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Evaluating the availability and quality of services for lymphatic filariasis morbidity in Ghana.

Autor: Melissa Edmiston, Solomon Atinbire, Ernest O Mensah, Ernest Mensah, Bright Alomatu, Kofi Asemanyi Mensah, Stephanie Palmer

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 6, p e0010805 (2023)

Background and methodologyIn districts where lymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic, the goal is to provide 100% geographical coverage of the essential package of care. Additionally, countries seeking elimination status must document the availability o

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Serological and PCR-based markers of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis transmission in northern Ghana after elimination of trachoma as a public health problem.

Autor: Laura G Senyonjo, Oscar Debrah, Diana L Martin, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Stephanie J Migchelsen, Sarah Gwyn, Dzeidzom K deSouza, Anthony W Solomon, David Agyemang, Nana Biritwum-Kwadwo, Benjamin Marfo, Didier Bakajika, Ernest O Mensah, Agatha Aboe, Joseph Koroma, James Addy, Robin Bailey

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 12, p e0007027 (2018)

BACKGROUND:Validation of elimination of trachoma as a public health problem is based on clinical indicators, using the WHO simplified grading system. Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection and anti-Ct antibody responses (anti-Pgp3) have both been evalu

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Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Ghana: Providing evidence through a pre-validation survey.

Autor: Oscar Debrah, Ernest O Mensah, Laura Senyonjo, Dziedzom K de Souza, Tei E Hervie, David Agyemang, Didier Bakajika, Benjamin Marfo, Felix Ahorsu, Seth Wanye, Robin Bailey, Joseph B Koroma, Agatha Aboe, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0006099 (2017)

In order to achieve elimination of trachoma, a country needs to demonstrate that the elimination prevalence thresholds have been achieved and then sustained for at least a two-year period. Ghana achieved the thresholds in 2008, and since 2011 has bee

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Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators.

Autor: Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Dziedzom K de Souza, Benjamin Marfo, Samuel Odoom, Bright Alomatu, Odame Asiedu, Abednego Yeboah, Tei E Hervie, Ernest O Mensah, Paul Yikpotey, Joseph B Koroma, David Molyneux, Moses J Bockarie, John O Gyapong

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 3, p e0005280 (2017)

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Extent of Integration of Priority Interventions into General Health Systems: A Case Study of Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme in the Western Region of Ghana.

Autor: Ernest O Mensah, Moses K Aikins, Margaret Gyapong, Francis Anto, Moses J Bockarie, John O Gyapong

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 5, p e0004725 (2016)

BACKGROUND:The global health system has a large arsenal of interventions, medical products and technologies to address current global health challenges. However, identifying the most effective and efficient strategies to deliver these resources to wh

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Restarting Neglected Tropical Diseases Programs in West Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Publikováno v: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Countries across West Africa began reporting COVID-19 cases in February 2020. By March, the pandemic began disrupting activities to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as health ministries ramped up COVID-19–related policies an

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34670193

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Surveillance for peri-elimination trachoma recrudescence: Exploratory studies in Ghana

Autor: Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Agatha Aboe, Laura Senyonjo, Robin L. Bailey, David Agyemang, James Addy, Benjamin Marfo, Anthony W. Solomon, Sarah Gwyn, Diana L. Martin, Ernest O. Mensah, Adwoa Asante-Poku

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 9, p e0009744 (2021)
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Introduction To date, eleven countries have been validated as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, including Ghana in 2018. Surveillance for recrudescence is needed both pre- and post-validation but evidence-based guidance on approp

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009744

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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: current perspectives on mass drug administration

Autor: John O. Gyapong, Irene Offei Owusu, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Ernest O. Mensah, Margaret Gyapong

Publikováno v: Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine

Following the London declaration on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in 2012 and inspired by the WHO 2020 roadmap to control or eliminate NTDs, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) intensified preventive chemotherapy and m

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30050352

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