Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government Health and Wellness, Cape Town, South Africa.
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Health Intelligence Directorate, Western Cape Government Health and Wellness, Cape Town, South Africa.
EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR), Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR), Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200-319, Portugal.
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 3453 Avenida Julius Nyerere, Maputo, Moçambique.
CCM - Comissão de Coordenação Multissetorial de luta contra a TB, Rua Marien N'Gouabi, Rua Marien N'Gouabi, S/N, atrás do CMI de Bissau, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
CNEPS - Comité Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa na Saúde, Avenida Combatente da Liberdade da Pátria, Avenida Combatente da Liberdade de Pátria, Hospital "3 de Agosto", Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR), Rua das Taipas 135, Porto, 4050-600, Portugal.
Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200-319, Portugal.
Aix Marseille Univ, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Microbes, Evolution, Phylogénie et Infection (MEPHI), 13385 Marseille, France.
Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, 13385 Marseille, France.
Nutrient profiling (NP) models that assess nutrient density of foods can help remedy micronutrient deficiencies. We used NP methods to identify the most nutrient-rich foods in the 2019 FAO/INFOODS Wes...
The agricultural productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is severely constrained by pests and pathogens, impacting economic stability and food security. An epidemic of cassava ...
Oral health is a major public health issue in West Africa, yet it has gotten little attention. Individual and group disparities in health status are influenced by social determinants of health (SDH), ...
Childhood-onset rheumatoid arthritis (CORA), known as rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a type of juvenile idiopathic arthritis that shares the same genetic factors and ...
The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features, disease activity, functional disability, and treatment of CORA at diagnosis in Senegal and compare the findings to other CORA populations....
We conducted a mixed cohort study by reviewing the medical records of patients diagnosed with CORA with an age of symptom onset < 18 years according to the 2019 PRINTO provisional criteria for RF-posi...
A total of 21 patients were included. Eighteen (85.7%) were Females. The mean age at symptom onset was 13.0 ± 3.0 years, and at diagnosis was 16.4 ± 4.2 years. Morning stiffness, joint swelling, and j...
In our study, CORA mainly affects 13-year-old girls, characterised by high disease activity with joint deformity and significant functional impairment. Treatment is mainly based on methotrexate, predn...
The coexistence of traditional healing practices deeply rooted in cultural and historical contexts and the evolving landscape of modern healthcare approaches in West African societies creates a dynami...
A scoping review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Sc...
The search identified 3484 records, with 46 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. Publications spanned from 1979 to 2023, with no observed trend in the number of publications over successive decade...
This scoping review offers an extensive overview of traditional healing practices in West Africa. The studies highlighted in this review stress the necessity for culturally sensitive healthcare interv...
Despite their ancient past and high diversity, African populations are the least represented in human population genetic studies. In this study, uniparental markers (mtDNA and Y chromosome) were used ...
Achieving a net zero carbon has been one of the main agendas for all state and non-state actors. The political system of developing countries sometimes makes both internal and external actors question...
Drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern globally, complicating TB control and management efforts. West Africa has historically faced difficulty in combating DR-TB due to...
The emigration of physicians from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to high-income countries (HICs), colloquially referred to as the "brain drain", has been a topic of discussion in global heal...
A literature search was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE and The Cochrane Library. Main inclusion criteria were the inclusion of West African trained physicians' perspectives, the reasons and implications ...
A total of 17 articles were included in the final review. Reasons for physician emigration include poor working conditions and remuneration, limited career opportunities, low standards of living, and ...
The medical brain drain is a global health equity issue requiring the collaboration of LMICs and HICs in implementing possible solutions. Future studies should examine policies and innovative methods ...
The E/S (exposed/susceptible) ratio is analyzed in the SEIR model. The ratio plays a key role in understanding epidemic dynamics during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and Guinea. The max...
