Results: 5

Modelling COVID-19 vaccination status and adherence to public health and social measures, Eastern Mediterranean Region and Algeria

Bull. W.H.O. (Online); 101 (2), 2023
Objective: To study the link between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination status and adherence to public health and social measures in Members of the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Algeria. Methods: We analysed two rounds of a large, cross-country, repeated cross-sectional mobile phone surve...

Implementation and contribution of temperature screening and handwashing practice at points of entry for COVID-19 pandemic response in a humanitarian crisis setting

Pan Afr. med. j; 43 (), 2022
Introduction: over the last decade, insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin has triggered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Niger´s Diffa Region with a significant population movement. In this humanitarian setting, we reviewed the implementation process and the contribution of temperature screening ...

Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic: teaching midwifery at the national level in Sierra Leone in the pandemic and post pandemic

Africa health (Online); 44 (4), 2022
The contents of this article are drawn from personal experiences and National response by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation during the COVID-19 pandemic in the midst of teaching in a midwifery training school. Teaching Midwifery in COVID-19 Pandemic and Post Pandemic periods impacted on the way stude...

A scoping review to identify the type and effect of hand hygiene interventions on the reduction of infectious diseases (including COVID-19) in preschool children

Background. Proper handwashing can reduce the burden of diseases related to hand hygiene (HH) and so contribute reducing under-5 mortality. Preschoolers can benefit from HH interventions by the burden of disease and absenteeism being reduced. Objective. To perform a scoping review of literature to assess...

Information needs and sources for ebola virus disease among staff of a college of medicine in ENUGU, Nigeria

This study was carried out to ascertain the information needs and sources for Ebola among staff of College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. A total of 200 questionnaires were used to elicit informatio...