Research Centre for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital/Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
Research Centre for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital/Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Bandim Health Project, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Research Centre for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
OPEN, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Bandim Health Project, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Research Centre for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; GloHAU, Centre for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
to analyze the epidemiological profile, spatial and temporal distribution of tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau from 2018 to 2020....
an ecological study, carried out in Guinea-Bissau, considering new cases of tuberculosis. Spatial analysis of areas was used to verify tuberculosis distribution in the country, and time series were us...
a total of 6,840 new cases of tuberculosis were reported. Tuberculosis incidence rate in the country ranged from 36.8 to 267.7 cases/100,000 inhabitants, with emphasis on the regions of Bissau and Bio...
the study made it possible to identify the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, spatial distribution heterogeneity, in addition to identifying the disease evolution over the years...
Description of tuberculosis (TB)-focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) findings for children with presumptive TB....
Cross-sectional study (July 2019 to April 2020)....
Simão Mendes hospital in Bissau, a setting with high TB, HIV, and malnutrition burdens....
Patients aged between 6 months and 15 years with presumptive TB....
Participants underwent clinical, laboratory and unblinded clinician-performed POCUS assessments, to assess subpleural nodules (SUNs), lung consolidation, pleural and pericardial effusion, abdominal ly...
A total of 139 children were enrolled, with 62 (45%) women and 55 (40%) aged <5 years; 83 (60%) and 59 (42%) were severely malnourished (SAM) and HIV-infected, respectively. TB confirmation occurred i...
We found a high prevalence of POCUS signs in children with TB compared with children with unlikely TB. POCUS-positivity was dependent on nutritional status but not on HIV status or age. TB-focused POC...
NCT05364593....
Mobility is an important risk determinant for HIV given the potential for intermittent access to HIV services. Mobility may be particularly relevant among female sex workers, (FSW) who have been shown...
FSW in four regions of Guinea-Bissau were recruited with a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) method and participated in an integrated bio-behavioral survey between September 27, 2017 and January 26, 20...
Survey respondents included 323 individuals in Bissau, 45 in Bissorã, 140 in Bafatá, and 59 in Gabu. Statistical analyses demonstrated that mobility to more than one destination was significantly asso...
These results suggest that while some prevention services including HIV prevention information reach mobile FSW in Guinea-Bissau more than their non-mobile counterparts, the higher rates of condomless...
Despite the high prevalence of low birth weight infants in sub-Saharan Africa and the associated poor outcomes, weight change during the newborn period has not been well characterized for this populat...
Submicroscopic Plasmodium infections can be a source of persistent malaria transmission. The aim of this study was to assess their frequency, distribution, morbidity and associated factors in a pre-el...
Dried fingerprick whole blood samples from 601 participants in the 2017 national, household-based, cross-sectional survey to estimate malaria prevalence were subjected to DNA extraction. The DNA was u...
Nested PCR assays detected submicroscopic P. falciparum infections in 20.3% (95% CI = 16.8-23.8) of individuals microscopically negative for Plasmodium species in the general population and in 21.4% (...
The results obtained highlight the contribution of asymptomatic and submicroscopic P. falciparum infections to malaria transmission in high malaria-transmission areas and the need for molecular-based ...
Approximately 4.4 million children die peripartum annually, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. Accurate mortality tracking is essential to prioritising prevention efforts but is undermined...
Using a case-control design, we followed up on women who had reported a SB or ENND in a retrospective household survey nested in the Bandim Health Project's Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems...
We interviewed 278 women (cases: 63 (23%); controls: 215 (77%)). Most cases were SBs misclassified as ENNDs (n/N = 49/63 (78%)). Three-fourths of the interviewed women reported having received no upda...
Peripartum provider-mother interactions are limited in Guinea-Bissau and associated with birth outcome misclassifications in retrospective household surveys. In our study population, misclassification...
Guinea-Bissau has among the world's highest maternal and perinatal mortality rates. To improve access to quality maternal and child health (MCH) services and thereby reduce mortality, a national healt...
the goal of the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) - Frontline is to strengthen the country's surveillance capacity at the district level to prepare and respond to health emergencies, includin...
this cross-sectional descriptive study uses 2015-2019 program data collected through record reviews and historical narratives from FETP students and graduates. We generated descriptive summary statist...
since its inception in 2016, FETP Frontline has implemented 14 cohorts and trained 198 frontline surveillance officers. Program participants improved surveillance data quality, investigated 51 outbrea...
Guinea-Bissau's FETP - Frontline program provides a practical example of an effective strategy to strengthen health systems through a well-prepared workforce trained to quickly detect and respond to h...
A 35-year-old traveller to West Africa returned from his trip with a sand flea embedded in his foot. The pea-sized sand flea was extracted entirely by a non-medical person, allowing an exceptional vis...
the need to correctly measure and follow body composition as a simple disease prevention metric is important, especially where the healthcare infrastructures are poor. The variety of inexpensive devic...
volunteers grouped for athletic and sports modalities at stadiums and sports facilities in Bissau were included. All anthropometric measurements were done in both devices. For statistical analysis, we...
the study included 274 participants, mean age 27.4 years, 214 (78%) males. For body fat, the median between the Omron and Tanita measures was 2.6 and the interquartile was 5.2. The Omron measured medi...
the results indicate a good level of agreement between the two devices. In resource-limited settings, the Omron is likely a reasonable substitute for more expensive body composition devices....
