Kofi, Effah;
Mawusi, C. Wormenor;
Tekpor, Ethel;
Amuah, Joseph E;
Atuguba, Hayford B;
Mensah, Essel N. O;
Badzi, Ewoenam S;
Danyo, Stephen;
Agyiri, Dominic;
Klutsey, Gifty B;
Akakpo, Patrick K.
Objectives: Cervical precancer screening programs are difficult to establish in low resource settings partly because of a lack of human resource. Our aiming was to overcome this challenge. We hypothesized that this could be done through task shifting to trained nurses.
Design: Descriptive retrospective ...
Background: The world began to realise the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January 2020, and since then the number of people infected has exceeded 1 million globally. In less than 1 month following the first reported case in Nigeria, over 180 people had tested positive to the disease...
Disability, and everything it encompasses, presents major challenges to individuals, families and communities worldwide. Children with disabilities (CWD) are marginalised and excluded in most societies. Discrimination and prejudice towards CWD are compounded by poverty, lack of essential services and sup...
BACKGROUND—Whether a broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) can be used to prevent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) acquisition is unclear. METHODS—We enrolled at-risk cisgender men and transgender persons in the Americas and Europe in the HVTN 704/HPTN 085 trial and at-risk women in sub-Sah...
Vaccines are recognised globally for their importance in the reduction of vaccines preventable
diseases to improve the quality of life of the entire population. The importance of vaccines has been further demonstrated with the COVID-19 outbreak with countries scrambling to produce vaccines to combat the ...
Le système de santé de la République du Congo est caractérisé par un important gap dans l’offre des services de santé entre le milieu urbain et le milieu rural. La communauté rurale de Pondila, dans le département du Kouilou n’échappe pas à cette description, avec un faible taux de fréquen...
Background: Understanding the mental health needs of healthcare workers during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with a view of mitigating its impact on occupational functioning is vital.
Aim: To determine the prevalence and correlates of psychological distress amongst healthcare workers.
Se...
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined life as a whole. The lack of
knowledge about the safe practices needed to manage the spread of the global
pandemic could be detrimental to public health. This dearth of knowledge and
inappropriate practices could increase the spread of the coronavirus and lead to
h...
Introdução: Moçambique é um dos países endémicos à malária. Em 2011, a estimativa de prevalência desta doença era de 40–80% em crianças dos 2–9 anos e 90% em crianças menores de 5 anos. Estas altas prevalências podem ser devido à dificuldade das crianças em desenvolverem uma resposta i...
Obodai, Evangeline;
Kyei, George B;
Aboagye, James;
Bonney, Evelyn Y;
Asante, Ivy A;
Bonney, Joseph K H;
Adusei-Poku, Mildred;
Lamptey, Helena;
Adu, Bright;
Koram, Kwadwo A;
Ampofo, William K;
Odoom, John K.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is an important subject for global health. Ghana experienced lowmoderate transmission of the disease when the first case was detected in March 12, 2020 until the middle of July when the number of cases begun to drop. By August 24, 2020, the country's total numbe...
