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pro vyhledávání: '"Elizabeth Elhassan"'
Autor:
Akinola Oluwole, Laura Dean, Luret Lar, Kabiru Salami, Okefu Okoko, Sunday Isiyaku, Ruth Dixon, Elizabeth Elhassan, Elena Schmidt, Rachael Thomson, Sally Theobald, Kim Ozano
Publikováno v:
Human Resources for Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2019)
Abstract Background The control and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) is dependent on mass administration of medicines (MAM) in communities and schools by community drug distributers (CDDs) who are supported and supervised by health f
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6dbf6ac894904dbaa0a84fdaf2ec6ffe
Autor:
Sellase Pi-Bansa, Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei, Kwadwo Kyeremeh Frempong, Elizabeth Elhassan, Osei Kweku Akuoko, David Agyemang, Collins Ahorlu, Maxwell Alexander Appawu, Benjamin Guibehi Koudou, Michael David Wilson, Dziedzom Komi de Souza, Samuel Kweku Dadzie, Jürg Utzinger, Daniel Adjei Boakye
Publikováno v:
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Abstract Background Mass drug administration (MDA) programmes for the control of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana, have been ongoing in some endemic districts for 16 years. The current study aimed to assess factors that govern the success of MDA program
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/61a6f461bf9844e5a875f65d9f651b2a
Autor:
Sellase Pi-Bansa, Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei, Joannitta Joannides, Maame Esi Woode, David Agyemang, Elizabeth Elhassan, Samuel Kweku Dadzie, Maxwell Alexander Appawu, Michael David Wilson, Benjamin Guibehi Koudou, Dziedzom Komi de Souza, Jürg Utzinger, Daniel Adjei Boakye
Publikováno v:
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Abstract Background The global strategy for elimination of lymphatic filariasis is by annual mass drug administration (MDA). Effective implementation of this strategy in endemic areas reduces Wuchereria bancrofti in the blood of infected individuals
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/47d0e7ff99c74e0a92a3142d60bd238d
Autor:
Akinola Stephen Oluwole, Sunday Isiyaku, Attahiru Aliyu Aliero, Christian Nwosu, Adamani William, Elizabeth Elhassan, Uwem Friday Ekpo
Publikováno v:
Parasite Epidemiology and Control, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 21-29 (2017)
There is a hypothesis that Mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin and albendazole for the treatment of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis could have an impact on the burden of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) in MDA communities. We, th
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2dc6d51d0471491f92de4e140589cda2
Autor:
Didier Bakajika, Laura Senyonjo, Peter Enyong, Joseph Oye, Benjamin Biholong, Elizabeth Elhassan, Daniel Boakye, Ruth Dixon, Elena Schmidt
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 11, p e0006904 (2018)
BackgroundMassangam health district (HD), in the West Region of Cameroon, has received ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) for 20 years, however there is evidence of continued high transmission of Onchocerca volvulus. In order to better underst
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6c5284154dd94968be9868cd8273152e
Autor:
Sellase Pi-Bansa, Joseph H. N. Osei, Worlasi D. Kartey-Attipoe, Elizabeth Elhassan, David Agyemang, Sampson Otoo, Samuel K. Dadzie, Maxwell A. Appawu, Michael D. Wilson, Benjamin G. Koudou, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Jürg Utzinger, Daniel A. Boakye
Publikováno v:
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 49 (2019)
Mass drug administration (MDA) is the current mainstay to interrupt the transmission of lymphatic filariasis. To monitor whether MDA is effective and transmission of lymphatic filariasis indeed has been interrupted, rigorous surveillance is required.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e9e4abd6f15a474fba3270092fe5e271
Autor:
Laura Senyonjo, Joseph Oye, Didier Bakajika, Benjamin Biholong, Afework Tekle, Daniel Boakye, Elena Schmidt, Elizabeth Elhassan
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 8, p e0004905 (2016)
BACKGROUND:Community Directed Treatment with ivermectin is the cornerstone of current efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis. However recent studies suggest there are foci where long-term annual distribution of the drug alone has failed to ensure elimin
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/99e9de60ab304956b681c2e74f999726
Autor:
Sunday Isiyaku, Michael Igbe, Suzie Madaki, Louise C Hamill, Patrick Ndongmo, William Adamani, Simon Bush, Joy Shu'aibu, Elizabeth Elhassan, Yisa Saka, Chukwuma Anyaike, Nse Michael Akpan, Akilah Joel, Audrey Nyior, Alhassan Abdullahi, Attahiru Aleiro, Abdullahi Labbo, Hayward Babale Mafuyai, Bertram E B Nwoke
Publikováno v:
International Health. 14:ii43-ii54
Background More than 40 million people live in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in Nigeria. For at least 19 y, mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin was implemented with at least 65% total population coverage in Kaduna, Kebbi and Zamfara states.
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f41df4e88d25b85a893753b7c677a796
https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac036
https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac036
Autor:
Sally Theobald, LA Lar, Kabiru K. Salami, A.S. Oluwole, Laura Dean, Sunday Isiyaku, Kim Ozano, Elena Schmidt, Elizabeth Elhassan, Okefu Okoko, Rachael Thomson, Ruth Dixon
Publikováno v:
Human Resources for Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2019)
Human Resources for Health
Human Resources for Health
Background The control and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) is dependent on mass administration of medicines (MAM) in communities and schools by community drug distributers (CDDs) who are supported and supervised by health facility s
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0a73f2a1eb26c0bdff64c214567bb0ca
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12960-019-0419-8
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12960-019-0419-8
Autor:
Elizabeth Elhassan, Frank O. Richards, Yao K. Sodahlon, Martin K H Kollmann, David H. Molyneux, Simon Bush, Yaobi Zhang
Publikováno v:
International Health. 10:i97-i101
The NGDO Coordination Group for the Control of Onchocerciasis was launched in 1992, and with the paradigm shift from control of disease to elimination of onchocerciasis transmission, the Group shifted its orientation to that new paradigm in 2013. It
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e292b37d521431d9d4a4ef32040ddf52
https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx050
https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx050