The Ebola outbreak: effects on HIV reporting, testing and care in Bonthe district, rural Sierra Leone

Autor: Anthony D. Harries, P. Owiti, I. Kargbo-Labour, M. Koroma, A. H. Gamanga, P. Bhat

Publikováno v: Public Health Action. 7:10-15

Setting: All public health facilities in Bonthe District, rural Sierra Leone. Objective: To compare, in the periods before and during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, 1) the submission and completeness of monthly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) r

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https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.16.0087

G6PD deficiency assessment in Freetown, Sierra Leone, reveals further insight into the molecular heterogeneity of G6PD A

Autor: Victor R. Willoughby, Idrissa Gamanga, A.A. Gbakima, Amadu Jalloh, Muctarr Jalloh, David Baion, Foday Sahr, Hiroyuki Matsuoka

Publikováno v: Journal of human genetics. 53(7)

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in Africa is of high prevalence, although precise data are lacking in many individual nations. We investigated 129 unrelated subjects (71 male subjects, 58 female subjects) visiting a teaching hospi

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18452027

Ebola and community health worker services in Kenema District, Sierra Leone: please mind the gap!

Autor: Vandi MA; Kenema District Health Management Team, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone., van Griensven J; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium., Chan AK; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi., Kargbo B; Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone., Kandeh JN; Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone., Alpha KS; Kenema District Health Management Team, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone., Sheriff AA; Kenema District Health Management Team, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone., Momoh KSB; Kenema District Health Management Team, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone., Gamanga A; International Rescue Committee, Kenema, Sierra Leone., Najjemba R; Independent Public Health Consultant, Geneva, Switzerland., Mishra S; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Center for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Publikováno v: Public health action [Public Health Action] 2017 Jun 21; Vol. 7 (Suppl 1), pp. S55-S61.