Etiology-specific incidence and mortality of diarrheal diseases in the African region: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Autor: Cecilie Thystrup, Shannon E. Majowicz, Dinaol B. Kitila, Binyam N. Desta, Olanrewaju E. Fayemi, Christianah I. Ayolabi, Ephrasia Hugho, Elna M. Buys, Gabriel B. Akanni, Norgia E. Machava, Celso Monjane, Tine Hald, Sara M. Pires

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-26 (2024)

Abstract Background Diarrheal diseases substantially affect public health impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly in Africa, where previous studies have indicated a lack of comprehensive data. With a growing number of primary

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Estimating the Under-ascertainment of COVID-19 cases in Toronto, Ontario, March to May 2020

Autor: Binyam N Desta, Sylvia Ota, Effie Gournis, Sara M Pires, Amy L Greer, Warren Dodd, Shannon E Majowicz

Publikováno v: Desta, B N, Ota, S, Gournis, E, Pires, S M, Greer, A L, Dodd, W & Majowicz, S E 2023, ' Estimating the Under-ascertainment of COVID-19 cases in Toronto, Ontario, March to May 2020 ', Journal of Public Health Research, vol. 12, no. 2 . https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036231174133

Background: Public health surveillance data do not always capture all cases, due in part to test availability and health care seeking behaviour. Our study aimed to estimate under-ascertainment multipliers for each step in the reporting chain for COVI

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https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/2ec36c2b-b5ed-42cf-9d1d-956a89305900

Practicalities of implementing burden of disease research in Africa: lessons from a population survey component of our multi-partner FOCAL research project

Autor: Binyam N. Desta, Tesfaye Gobena, Custodia Macuamule, Olanrewaju E. Fayemi, Christianah I. Ayolabi, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Kate M. Thomas, Warren Dodd, Sara M. Pires, Shannon E. Majowicz, Tine Hald

Publikováno v: Desta, B N, Gobena, T, Macuamule, C, Fayemi, O E, Ayolabi, C I, Mmbaga, B T, Thomas, K M, Dodd, W, Pires, S M, Majowicz, S E & Hald, T 2022, ' Practicalities of implementing burden of disease research in Africa: lessons from a population survey component of our multi-partner FOCAL research project ', Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, vol. 19, no. 1, 4 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-022-00113-y

Background Collaborative research is being increasingly implemented in Africa to study health-related issues, for example, the lack of evidence on disease burden, in particular for the presumptive high load of foodborne diseases. The FOCAL (Foodborne

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35672710