Successful adaptation of twinning concept for global neurosurgery collaborations —a validation study
ConclusionThis study validated the use of the INTIMA model previously described in a mission by Swedish African Neurosurgical Collaboration (SANC). The model is sustainable and produces notable results. The core strength of the model is in the multidisciplinary team securing all the aspects and steps of the neurosurgical care. Installation of an operating microscope opened for further microsurgical possibilities, improving the neurosurgical care in The Gambia. (Source: Acta Neurochirurgica)
Source: Acta Neurochirurgica - April 11, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Source Type: research
Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia
ConclusionsKeeping a hospital clean is fundamental to good care, but training hospital cleaning staff in this low-income country neonatal unit failed to reduce surface contamination levels. Further qualitative investigation revealed multiple external factors that challenged any possible impact of the cleaning programme. Further work is needed to address barriers to hospital cleaning in low-income hospitals. (Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control)
Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control - April 8, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
The effect of physical barriers under a raised house on mosquito entry: an experimental study in rural Gambia
Anopheles gambiae, the major malaria mosquito in sub-Saharan Africa, feed largely indoors at night. Raising a house off the ground with no barriers underneath reduces mosquito-house entry. This experiment tested ... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - April 8, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Majo Carrasco-Tenezaca, Musa Jawara, John Bradley, Umberto D ’Alessandro, David Jeffries, Jakob B. Knudsen and Steve W. Lindsay Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comprehensive HIV knowledge and associated factors among reproductive-age women: analysis of the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020
Globally, there are 37.7 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). So far, there is no study done in Gambia which assessed comprehensive HIV knowledge and its associated factors. Therefore... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Menen Tsegaw, Bezawit Mulat, Kegnie Shitu and Amadou Barrow Tags: Research Source Type: research
Burdening caregivers of patients with schizophrenia at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, The Gambia
ConclusionThe caregivers of patients with schizophrenia at EFSTH are experiencing a high level of burden as a result of their caregiving role, which affects their health, and this calls for urgent intervention. (Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - March 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in the Gambia: Population-based cross-sectional surveys
CONCLUSIONS: Introduction of PCV was associated with reduced VT pneumococcal carriage in young, and older children, although with substantial residual prevalence. Persisting VT, and non-VT, carriage indicate significant, persistent transmission of pneumococci in the population.PMID:38490820 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.066 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - March 15, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Grant A Mackenzie Ilias Hossain Rasheed Salaudeen Henry Badji Ahmed Manjang Effua Usuf Christian Bottomley Brian Greenwood Philip C Hill Source Type: research
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in the Gambia: Population-based cross-sectional surveys
CONCLUSIONS: Introduction of PCV was associated with reduced VT pneumococcal carriage in young, and older children, although with substantial residual prevalence. Persisting VT, and non-VT, carriage indicate significant, persistent transmission of pneumococci in the population.PMID:38490820 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.066 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - March 15, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Grant A Mackenzie Ilias Hossain Rasheed Salaudeen Henry Badji Ahmed Manjang Effua Usuf Christian Bottomley Brian Greenwood Philip C Hill Source Type: research
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in the Gambia: Population-based cross-sectional surveys
CONCLUSIONS: Introduction of PCV was associated with reduced VT pneumococcal carriage in young, and older children, although with substantial residual prevalence. Persisting VT, and non-VT, carriage indicate significant, persistent transmission of pneumococci in the population.PMID:38490820 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.066 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - March 15, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Grant A Mackenzie Ilias Hossain Rasheed Salaudeen Henry Badji Ahmed Manjang Effua Usuf Christian Bottomley Brian Greenwood Philip C Hill Source Type: research
Anticoagulation control among patients on vitamin K antagonists in nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study assessed the quality of anticoagulation and associated factors among VKA-treated patients in nine SSA countries. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of randomly selected patients on anticoagulation from 20 clinics in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa. Eligible participants were those on VKAs for at least three months and with at least four international normalised ratios (INR) results in 2019 –2021. We report the proportion of INR values in the therapeutic range, time-in-therapeutic range (TTR) using the Rosendaal method, ...
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis - March 13, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: research
Early iron supplementation in exclusively breastfed Gambian infants: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: In exclusively breastfed Gambian infants, iron supplementation from 6 weeks of age was associated with a significant improvement in markers of iron status at around 6 months of age. There was no indication of adverse effects on growth or infections.PMID:38420570 | PMC:PMC10898279 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289942 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mamadou Bah Isabella Stelle Hans Verhoef Alasana Saidykhan Sophie E Moore Bubacarr Susso Andrew M Prentice Carla Cerami Source Type: research
Early iron supplementation in exclusively breastfed Gambian infants: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: In exclusively breastfed Gambian infants, iron supplementation from 6 weeks of age was associated with a significant improvement in markers of iron status at around 6 months of age. There was no indication of adverse effects on growth or infections.PMID:38420570 | PMC:PMC10898279 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289942 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mamadou Bah Isabella Stelle Hans Verhoef Alasana Saidykhan Sophie E Moore Bubacarr Susso Andrew M Prentice Carla Cerami Source Type: research
Early iron supplementation in exclusively breastfed Gambian infants: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: In exclusively breastfed Gambian infants, iron supplementation from 6 weeks of age was associated with a significant improvement in markers of iron status at around 6 months of age. There was no indication of adverse effects on growth or infections.PMID:38420570 | PMC:PMC10898279 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289942 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mamadou Bah Isabella Stelle Hans Verhoef Alasana Saidykhan Sophie E Moore Bubacarr Susso Andrew M Prentice Carla Cerami Source Type: research
Cigarette excise tax structure and cigarette prices in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
Conclusions
Regional tax directives that require the adoption of uniform specific excise taxes, or high minimum specific floors, could be an efficient way to get multiple African countries to adopt a tax structure that reduces substitution possibilities in response to excise tax increases. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - February 20, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Filby, S., Van Walbeek, C., Pan, L. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research
