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From:Military Medical Research (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedDespite the widespread use of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in clinical practice, there are a lot of challenges. We conducted a secondary analysis of 129 malaria RDT data from rounds 5-8 of the World Health...
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From:Journal of Tropical Medicine (Vol. 2020) Peer-ReviewedBackground. Globally, approximately 20% of malignancy are caused by infection. Schistosoma infection is a major cause of bladder in most part of Africa. In 2018 alone, there were approximately 549,393 new cases and...
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From:Journal of OncologyPeer-ReviewedThe estimated incidence rate of prostate cancer in Africa was 22.0/100,000 in 2016. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has cited prostate cancer as a growing health threat in Africa with approximated...
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From:Biomarkers in Medicine (Vol. 8, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Mohamed Jalloh aff1 , Matthew R Cooperberg [*] aff1 Keywords: active surveillance; biomarkers; disease monitoring; prostate cancer; PSA PSA PSA is a 33-kD glycoprotein of the kallikrein family...
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From:Prostate CancerPeer-ReviewedProstate cancer is the most common cancer in men in developed countries and the leading cause of mortality in males in less developed countries. African ethnicity is one of the major risk factors for developing prostate...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedPackaged drinking water (PW) sold in bottles and plastic bags/sachets is widely consumed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and many urban users in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) rely on packaged sachet water (PSW)...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 98, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedObjective To evaluate changes in Ebola-related knowledge, attitudes and prevention practices during the Sierra Leone outbreak between 2014 and 2015. Methods Four cluster surveys were conducted: two before the outbreak...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 99, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective To quantify the potential impact of engaging religious leaders in promoting safe burial practices during the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone. Methods We analysed population-based...
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed
Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behavior during 2014-2015 Outbreak, Sierra Leone
We assessed the effect of information sources on Ebola-specific knowledge and behavior during the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone. We pooled data from 4 population-based knowledge, attitude, and...