The Enterics for Global Health (EFGH)

Karachi Pakistan Shigella surveillance

Journal

Open forum infectious diseases
ISSN: 2328-8957
Titre abrégé: Open Forum Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101637045

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2024
Historique:
medline: 27 3 2024
pubmed: 27 3 2024
entrez: 27 3 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) In Pakistan, EFGH will be conducted in Karachi, which is one of the metropolitan cities bordering the Arabian Sea and has a diverse population of 1.6 million according to the 2017 population census. The study aims to enroll 1400 children aged 6-35 months over 2 years (2022-2024) from 6 health care facilities (Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Khidmat-e-Alam Medical Centre, Sindh Government Hospital Korangi 5, Sindh Government Hospital Ibrahim Hyderi, Ali Akbar Shah VPT Center, and Bhains Colony VPT Center) situated in Nazimabad and Bin-Qasim town. Moreover, population enumeration and health care utilization surveys from a defined catchment area of health facilities will be conducted to estimate the The study will provide critical data to policy-makers about the burden of

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
The Enterics for Global Health (EFGH)
Methods UNASSIGNED
In Pakistan, EFGH will be conducted in Karachi, which is one of the metropolitan cities bordering the Arabian Sea and has a diverse population of 1.6 million according to the 2017 population census. The study aims to enroll 1400 children aged 6-35 months over 2 years (2022-2024) from 6 health care facilities (Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Khidmat-e-Alam Medical Centre, Sindh Government Hospital Korangi 5, Sindh Government Hospital Ibrahim Hyderi, Ali Akbar Shah VPT Center, and Bhains Colony VPT Center) situated in Nazimabad and Bin-Qasim town. Moreover, population enumeration and health care utilization surveys from a defined catchment area of health facilities will be conducted to estimate the
Conclusions UNASSIGNED
The study will provide critical data to policy-makers about the burden of

Identifiants

pubmed: 38532950
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad651
pii: ofad651
pmc: PMC10962754
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

S113-S120

Informations de copyright

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: no reported conflicts.

Auteurs

Naveed Ahmed (N)

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai (MT)

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Farah Naz Qamar (F)

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

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