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Healthcare Seeking and Access to Care for Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis, and Malaria in Rural Gambia
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Dec 6:tpmd210362. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0362. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildren with acute infectious diseases may not present to health facilities, particularly in low-income countries. We investigated healthcare seeking using a cross-sectional community survey, health facility-based exit interviews, and interviews with customers of private pharmacies in 2014 in Upper River Region (URR) The Gambia, within the Basse Health & Demographic Surveillance System. We estimated access to care using surveillance data from 2008 to 2017 calculating disease incidence versus distance to the nearest heal...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - December 6, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Ilias Hossain Philip Hill Christian Bottomley Momodou Jasseh Kalifa Bojang Markieu Kaira Alhagie Sankareh Golam Sarwar Brian Greenwood Steve Howie Grant MacKenzie Source Type: research

Healthcare Seeking and Access to Care for Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis, and Malaria in Rural Gambia
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Dec 6:tpmd210362. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0362. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildren with acute infectious diseases may not present to health facilities, particularly in low-income countries. We investigated healthcare seeking using a cross-sectional community survey, health facility-based exit interviews, and interviews with customers of private pharmacies in 2014 in Upper River Region (URR) The Gambia, within the Basse Health & Demographic Surveillance System. We estimated access to care using surveillance data from 2008 to 2017 calculating disease incidence versus distance to the nearest heal...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - December 6, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ilias Hossain Philip Hill Christian Bottomley Momodou Jasseh Kalifa Bojang Markieu Kaira Alhagie Sankareh Golam Sarwar Brian Greenwood Steve Howie Grant MacKenzie Source Type: research

The Interplay Between Strictness of Policies and Individuals' Self-Regulatory Efforts: Associations with Handwashing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: When policies are less strict, exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus might be higher, triggering more self-regulation and, consequently, more handwashing adherence. Very strict policies may need to be accompanied by enhanced information dissemination or psychosocial interventions to ensure appropriate levels of self-regulation.PMID:34871341 | DOI:10.1093/abm/kaab102 (Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine - December 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aleksandra Luszczynska Zofia Szczuka Charles Abraham Adriana Baban Sydney Brooks Sabrina Cipolletta Ebrima Danso Stephan U Dombrowski Yiqun Gan Tania Gaspar Margarida Gaspar de Matos Konstadina Griva Michelle I Jongenelis Jan Keller Nina Knoll Jinjin Ma M Source Type: research

Healthcare Seeking and Access to Care for Pneumonia, Sepsis, Meningitis, and Malaria in Rural Gambia
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Dec 6:tpmd210362. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0362. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildren with acute infectious diseases may not present to health facilities, particularly in low-income countries. We investigated healthcare seeking using a cross-sectional community survey, health facility-based exit interviews, and interviews with customers of private pharmacies in 2014 in Upper River Region (URR) The Gambia, within the Basse Health & Demographic Surveillance System. We estimated access to care using surveillance data from 2008 to 2017 calculating disease incidence versus distance to the nearest heal...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - December 6, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ilias Hossain Philip Hill Christian Bottomley Momodou Jasseh Kalifa Bojang Markieu Kaira Alhagie Sankareh Golam Sarwar Brian Greenwood Steve Howie Grant MacKenzie Source Type: research

Prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with vision difficulties in Ghana, Gambia, and Togo: a multi-country analysis of recent multiple Indicator cluster surveys
The sense of sight is one of the important human sensory abilities that is required for independent functioning and survival. The highest burden of sight-related problems is recorded in low-and middle-income c... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - November 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Pascal Agbadi, Precious Adade Duodu, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, Henry Ofori Duah and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah Tags: Research Source Type: research

Child vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: Increasing coverage addresses inequalities
CONCLUSIONS: Continued efforts to improve access to vaccination services are required in sub-Saharan Africa. Improving vaccination coverage and reducing inequalities requires enhancing access to quality services that are accessible, affordable, and acceptable to all. Vaccination programs should target critical social determinants of health and address barriers to better maternal health-seeking behaviour.PMID:34794824 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.005 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - November 19, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Firew Tekle Bobo Augustine Asante Mirkuzie Woldie Angela Dawson Andrew Hayen Source Type: research

Insilico Functional Analysis of Genome-Wide Dataset From 17,000 Individuals Identifies Candidate Malaria Resistance Genes Enriched in Malaria Pathogenic Pathways
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of severe malaria have identified several association variants. However, much about the underlying biological functions are yet to be discovered. Here, we systematically predicted plausible candidate genes and pathways from functional analysis of severe malaria resistance GWAS summary statistics (N = 17,000) meta-analysed across 11 populations in malaria endemic regions. We applied positional mapping, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL), chromatin interaction mapping, and gene-based association analyses to identify candidate severe malaria resistance genes. We further a...
Source: Frontiers in Genetics - November 18, 2021 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research

Antibiotics at delivery: do the benefits outweigh the risks? Primum Non Nocere
BJOG. 2021 Nov 15. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17016. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAntibiotics administered just before delivery or during the intrapartum period is common globally and recommendations for increased use continue to expand. Before the introduction of maternal screening and treatment for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization to prevent neonatal GBS sepsis in the 1990's, maternal antibiotic treatment at delivery was used rarely, usually for confirmed maternal infections. With maternal screening for GBS, including a 20-25% positivity rate in the United States (US), antibiotic use at delivery increased substantia...
Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - November 15, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Robert L Goldenberg Elizabeth M McClure Source Type: research

Using hierarchical clustering analysis to evaluate COVID-19 pandemic preparedness and performance in 180 countries in 2020
Conclusion COVID-19 fatality can be a good proxy for countries’ resources and system’s resilience in managing the pandemic. These findings suggest that countries’ economic and sociopolitical factors may behave in a more complex way as were believed. To explore these complex epidemiological associations, models can benefit enormously by taking advantage of methods developed in computer science and machine learning. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - November 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sadeghi, B., Cheung, R. C. Y., Hanbury, M. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, COVID-19 Source Type: research