An assessment of Ghana’s pilot of the RTS,S malaria vaccine implementation programme; 2019–2021: a retrospective study

Autor: Michael Rockson Adjei, Peter Ofori Tweneboah, George Bonsu, Janet Vanessa Baafi, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Sally-Ann Ohene, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Martin Peter Grobusch

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)

Abstract Background In May 2019, Ghana piloted the introduction of RTS,S malaria vaccine into routine immunization in 42 districts of seven of the 16 regions. The RTS,S malaria vaccine implementation programme (MVIP) post-introduction evaluation (PIE

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Post introduction evaluation of the malaria vaccine implementation programme in Ghana, 2021

Autor: Michael Rockson Adjei, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Rafiq Okine, Peter Ofori Tweneboah, Emmanuel Tettey Sally, John Frederick Dadzie, Fred Osei-Sarpong, Michael Jeroen Adjabeng, John Tanko Bawa, George Bonsu, Kwadwo Odei Antwi-Agyei, Basil Benduri Kaburi, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Elizabeth Juma, Francis Chisaka Kasolo, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)

Abstract Background Malaria remains a public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa with the region contributing to more than 90% of global cases in 2020. In Ghana, the malaria vaccine was piloted to assess the feasibility, safety, and its impact in

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Bridging the Access Gap for Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Management Across Sub-Saharan Africa: Learnings for Other Global Health Interventions?

Autor: Lutz Hegemann, Vas Narasimhan, Kwaku Marfo, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Solomon Ofori-Acquah, Isaac Odame

Publikováno v: Annals of Global Health, Vol 89, Iss 1, Pp 76-76 (2023)

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major unresolved global health issue, with the highest disease burden in sub-Saharan African countries; yet, SCD care has not proportionally reached patients in these regions, and the disease has received li

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Trend of RTS,S vaccine uptake in the malaria vaccine implementing programme (MVIP) pilot regions, Ghana; 2019-2022.

Autor: Adjei MR; Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; World Health Organization, Country Office, Accra, Ghana., Tweneboah PO; World Health Organization, Country Office, Accra, Ghana., Bawa JT; PATH, Accra, Ghana., Baafi JV; Ghana Health Service, District Health Directorate, Sunyani West, Odumase, Ghana., Kubio C; Ghana Health Service, Headquarters, Accra, Ghana., Amponsa-Achiano K; Ghana Health Service, Regional Health Directorate, Volta Region, Ho, Ghana., Asiedu-Bekoe F; Ghana Health Service, Regional Health Directorate, Volta Region, Ho, Ghana., Kuma-Aboagye P; Ghana Health Service, Regional Health Directorate, Volta Region, Ho, Ghana., Grobusch MP; Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; Institute of Tropical Medicine, and German Center of Infectious Diseases (DZIF), University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.; Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Centre de Recherches Médicales en Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon.; Masanga Medical Research Unit, Masanga, Sierra Leone., Ohene SA; World Health Organization, Country Office, Accra, Ghana.

Publikováno v: Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Oct 03; Vol. 10 (19), pp. e38858. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 03 (Print Publication: 2024).