Joseph Sam Kanu

Affiliations

Directorate of Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Publications (13)

Healthcare Workers' Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Perceived Health Facility Preparedness Regarding COVID-19 in Sierra Leone.

Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare

Avec: Sulaiman Kanu , Peter Bai James , Abdulai Jawo Bah , John Alimamy Kabba , Musa Salieu Kamara , Christine Ellen Elleanor Williams , Joseph Sam Kanu

Antibiotic Use in Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Health Facilities in Sierra Leone in 2020-2021: Practice Does Not Follow Policy.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Avec: Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara , Ajay M V Kumar , Anna Maruta , Bobson Derrick Fofanah , Charles Kuria Njuguna , Steven Shongwe , Francis Moses , Sia Morenike Tengbe , Joseph Sam Kanu , Sulaiman Lakoh , Alie H D Mansaray , Kalaiselvi Selvaraj , Mohammed Khogali , Rony Zachariah

Regulating clinical trials in a resource-limited setting during the Ebola public health emergency in Sierra Leone.

Trials

Avec: Onome T Abiri , Abdulai J Bah , Michael Lahai , Durodami R Lisk , James P Komeh , Joy Johnson , Wiltshire C N Johnson , Sheku S Mansaray , Joseph Sam Kanu , James B W Russell , Fawzi Thomas , Murtada M Sesay , Thomas A Conteh , Alphan Tejan-Kella , Mohamed Sesay , Manal Ghazzawi , Brian Thompson , Sorie Conteh , Gibrilla Fadlu Deen

Hand Hygiene Compliance at Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Avec: Gladys Nanilla Kamara , Stephen Sevalie , Bailah Molleh , Zikan Koroma , Christiana Kallon , Anna Maruta , Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara , Joseph Sam Kanu , Julian S O Campbell , Hemant Deepak Shewade , Saskia van Henten , Anthony D Harries

Assessment of Infection Prevention and Control Measures at Points of Entry in Sierra Leone in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Avec: Kadijatu Nabie Kamara , James Sylvester Squire , Joseph Sam Kanu , Ronald Carshon-Marsh , Zikan Koroma , Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma , Anna Maruta , Christiana Kallon , Marcel Manzi , Bienvenu Salim Camara , Aelita Sargsyan , Alexandre Delamou , Jamie Ann Guth , Anthony Reid , Mohamed Ahmed Khogali , Mohamed Alex Vandi

Improvement in the Surveillance System for Livestock Diseases and Antimicrobial Use Following Operational Research Studies in Sierra Leone January-March 2023.

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Avec: Samuel Alie Konteh , Fatmata Isatu Bangura Turay , Amara Leno , Srinath Satyanarayana , Divya Nair , Mohamed Alpha Bah , Salam Saidu , David Sellu-Sallu , Sahr Raymond Gborie , Sorie Mohamed Kamara , Amadu Tejan Jalloh , Joseph Sam Kanu , Kadijatu Nabie Kamara , Matilda Mattu Moiwo , Esther Dsani , Noelina Nantima

Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality and Bacterial Antibiotic Sensitivity in Wells and Standpipes at Household Water Points in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Avec: Dauda Kamara , Doris Bah , Momodu Sesay , Anna Maruta , Bockarie Pompey Sesay , Bobson Derrick Fofanah , Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara , Joseph Sam Kanu , Sulaiman Lakoh , Bailah Molleh , Jamie Guth , Karuna D Sagili , Simon Tavernor , Ewan Wilkinson

Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a community-based health-screening survey.

BMJ open

Avec: James Baligeh Walter Russell , Theresa Ruba Koroma , Santigie Sesay , Sallieu Kabay Samura , Sulaiman Lakoh , Ansumana Bockarie , Onome Thomas Abir , Joseph Sam Kanu , Joshua Coker , Abdul Jalloh , Victor Conteh , Sorie Conteh , Mohamed Smith , Othman Z Mahdi , Durodami R Lisk

Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of a locally produced alcohol-based handrub and hand hygiene behaviour among health workers in Sierra Leone: a longitudinal hospital-based intervention study.

BMC health services research

Avec: Bobson Derrick Fofanah , Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara , Christiana Kallon , Rugiatu Kamara , Innocent Nuwagira , Robert Musoke , Sia Morenike Tengbe , Sulaiman Lakoh , Musa Mustapha Korjie , Bockarie Sheriff , Anna Maruta , Victoria Katawera , Abibatu Kamara , Binyam Getachew Hailu , Joseph Sam Kanu , Tendai Makamure , Charles Njuguna , Landry Kabego

An Intra-COVID-19 Assessment of Hand Hygiene Facility, Policy and Staff Compliance in Two Hospitals in Sierra Leone: Is There a Difference between Regional and Capital City Hospitals?

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Avec: Sulaiman Lakoh , Emmanuel Firima , Christine Ellen Elleanor Williams , Sarah K Conteh , Mohamed Boie Jalloh , Mohamed Gbeshay Sheku , Olukemi Adekanmbi , Stephen Sevalie , Sylvia Adama Kamara , Mohamed Akmed Salim Kamara , Umu Barrie , Gladys Nanilla Kamara , Le Yi , Xuejun Guo , Chukwuemeka Haffner , Matilda N Kamara , Darlinda F Jiba , Enanga Sonia Namanaga , Anna Maruta , Christiana Kallon , Joseph Sam Kanu , Gibrilla F Deen , Mohamed Samai , Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor , James B W Russell

SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Sierra Leone, March 2021: a cross-sectional, nationally representative, age-stratified serosurvey.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Avec: Mohamed Bailor Barrie , Sulaiman Lakoh , J Daniel Kelly , Joseph Sam Kanu , James Squire , Zikan Koroma , Silleh Bah , Osman Sankoh , Abdulai Brima , Rashid Ansumana , Sarah A Goldberg , Smit Chitre , Chidinma Osuagwu , Justin Maeda , Bernard Barekye , Tamuno-Wari Numbere , Mohammed Abdulaziz , Anthony Mounts , Curtis Blanton , Tushar Singh , Mohamed Samai , Mohamed A Vandi , Eugene T Richardson

Improvement in Infection Prevention and Control Performance Following Operational Research in Sierra Leone: A Before (2021) and After (2023) Study.

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Avec: Senesie Margao , Bobson Derrick Fofanah , Pruthu Thekkur , Christiana Kallon , Ramatu Elizabeth Ngauja , Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara , Rugiatu Zainab Kamara , Sia Morenike Tengbe , Matilda Moiwo , Robert Musoke , Mary Fullah , Joseph Sam Kanu , Sulaiman Lakoh , Satta Sylvia T K Kpagoi , Kadijatu Nabie Kamara , Fawzi Thomas , Margaret Titty Mannah , Victoria Katawera , Rony Zachariah

Assessment of antimicrobial stewardship programmes and antibiotic use among children admitted to two hospitals in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Avec: Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara , Bobson Derrick Fofanah , Innocent Nuwagira , Kadijatu Nabie Kamara , Sia Morenike Tengbe , Onome Abiri , Rugiatu Z Kamara , Sulaiman Lakoh , Lynda Farma , Abibatu Kollia Kamara , Binyam Hailu , Djossaya Dove , James Sylvester Squire , Selassi A D'Almeida , Bockarie Sheriff , Ayeshatu Mustapha , Najima Bawa , Hailemariam Lagesse , Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma , Joseph Sam Kanu

Réseau de co-auteurs

Sulaiman Lakoh 8 collaborations

Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara 6 collaborations

Anna Maruta 6 collaborations

Bobson Derrick Fofanah 5 collaborations

Christiana Kallon 5 collaborations

Sia Morenike Tengbe 4 collaborations

Kadijatu Nabie Kamara 4 collaborations

Zikan Koroma 3 collaborations

Christine Ellen Elleanor Williams 2 collaborations

Rony Zachariah 2 collaborations

Durodami R Lisk 2 collaborations

James B W Russell 2 collaborations

Fawzi Thomas 2 collaborations

Sorie Conteh 2 collaborations

Gladys Nanilla Kamara 2 collaborations

Stephen Sevalie 2 collaborations

Bailah Molleh 2 collaborations

James Sylvester Squire 2 collaborations

Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma 2 collaborations

Innocent Nuwagira 2 collaborations

Robert Musoke 2 collaborations

Bockarie Sheriff 2 collaborations

Victoria Katawera 2 collaborations

Mohamed Samai 2 collaborations

Sulaiman Kanu 1 collaboration

Peter Bai James 1 collaboration

Abdulai Jawo Bah 1 collaboration

John Alimamy Kabba 1 collaboration

Musa Salieu Kamara 1 collaboration

Ajay M V Kumar 1 collaboration

Charles Kuria Njuguna 1 collaboration

Steven Shongwe 1 collaboration

Francis Moses 1 collaboration

Alie H D Mansaray 1 collaboration

Kalaiselvi Selvaraj 1 collaboration

Mohammed Khogali 1 collaboration

Onome T Abiri 1 collaboration

Abdulai J Bah 1 collaboration

Michael Lahai 1 collaboration

James P Komeh 1 collaboration

Joy Johnson 1 collaboration

Wiltshire C N Johnson 1 collaboration

Sheku S Mansaray 1 collaboration

Murtada M Sesay 1 collaboration

Thomas A Conteh 1 collaboration

Alphan Tejan-Kella 1 collaboration

Mohamed Sesay 1 collaboration

Manal Ghazzawi 1 collaboration

Brian Thompson 1 collaboration

Gibrilla Fadlu Deen 1 collaboration

Julian S O Campbell 1 collaboration

Hemant Deepak Shewade 1 collaboration

Saskia van Henten 1 collaboration

Anthony D Harries 1 collaboration

Ronald Carshon-Marsh 1 collaboration

Marcel Manzi 1 collaboration

Bienvenu Salim Camara 1 collaboration

Aelita Sargsyan 1 collaboration

Alexandre Delamou 1 collaboration

Jamie Ann Guth 1 collaboration

Anthony Reid 1 collaboration

Mohamed Ahmed Khogali 1 collaboration

Mohamed Alex Vandi 1 collaboration

Samuel Alie Konteh 1 collaboration

Fatmata Isatu Bangura Turay 1 collaboration

Amara Leno 1 collaboration

Srinath Satyanarayana 1 collaboration

Divya Nair 1 collaboration

Mohamed Alpha Bah 1 collaboration

Salam Saidu 1 collaboration

David Sellu-Sallu 1 collaboration

Sahr Raymond Gborie 1 collaboration

Sorie Mohamed Kamara 1 collaboration

Amadu Tejan Jalloh 1 collaboration

Matilda Mattu Moiwo 1 collaboration

Esther Dsani 1 collaboration

Noelina Nantima 1 collaboration

Dauda Kamara 1 collaboration

Doris Bah 1 collaboration

Momodu Sesay 1 collaboration

Bockarie Pompey Sesay 1 collaboration

Jamie Guth 1 collaboration

Karuna D Sagili 1 collaboration

Simon Tavernor 1 collaboration

Ewan Wilkinson 1 collaboration

James Baligeh Walter Russell 1 collaboration

Theresa Ruba Koroma 1 collaboration

Santigie Sesay 1 collaboration

Sallieu Kabay Samura 1 collaboration

Ansumana Bockarie 1 collaboration

Onome Thomas Abir 1 collaboration

Joshua Coker 1 collaboration

Abdul Jalloh 1 collaboration

Victor Conteh 1 collaboration

Mohamed Smith 1 collaboration

Othman Z Mahdi 1 collaboration

Rugiatu Kamara 1 collaboration

Musa Mustapha Korjie 1 collaboration

Abibatu Kamara 1 collaboration

Binyam Getachew Hailu 1 collaboration

Tendai Makamure 1 collaboration

Charles Njuguna 1 collaboration

Landry Kabego 1 collaboration

Emmanuel Firima 1 collaboration

Sarah K Conteh 1 collaboration

Mohamed Boie Jalloh 1 collaboration

Mohamed Gbeshay Sheku 1 collaboration

Olukemi Adekanmbi 1 collaboration

Sylvia Adama Kamara 1 collaboration

Mohamed Akmed Salim Kamara 1 collaboration

Umu Barrie 1 collaboration

Le Yi 1 collaboration

Xuejun Guo 1 collaboration

Chukwuemeka Haffner 1 collaboration

Matilda N Kamara 1 collaboration

Darlinda F Jiba 1 collaboration

Enanga Sonia Namanaga 1 collaboration

Gibrilla F Deen 1 collaboration

Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor 1 collaboration

Mohamed Bailor Barrie 1 collaboration

J Daniel Kelly 1 collaboration

James Squire 1 collaboration

Silleh Bah 1 collaboration

Osman Sankoh 1 collaboration

Abdulai Brima 1 collaboration

Rashid Ansumana 1 collaboration

Sarah A Goldberg 1 collaboration

Smit Chitre 1 collaboration

Chidinma Osuagwu 1 collaboration

Justin Maeda 1 collaboration

Bernard Barekye 1 collaboration

Tamuno-Wari Numbere 1 collaboration

Mohammed Abdulaziz 1 collaboration

Anthony Mounts 1 collaboration

Curtis Blanton 1 collaboration

Tushar Singh 1 collaboration

Mohamed A Vandi 1 collaboration

Eugene T Richardson 1 collaboration

Senesie Margao 1 collaboration

Pruthu Thekkur 1 collaboration

Ramatu Elizabeth Ngauja 1 collaboration

Rugiatu Zainab Kamara 1 collaboration

Matilda Moiwo 1 collaboration

Mary Fullah 1 collaboration

Satta Sylvia T K Kpagoi 1 collaboration

Margaret Titty Mannah 1 collaboration

Onome Abiri 1 collaboration

Rugiatu Z Kamara 1 collaboration

Lynda Farma 1 collaboration

Abibatu Kollia Kamara 1 collaboration

Binyam Hailu 1 collaboration

Djossaya Dove 1 collaboration

Selassi A D'Almeida 1 collaboration

Ayeshatu Mustapha 1 collaboration

Najima Bawa 1 collaboration

Hailemariam Lagesse 1 collaboration