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Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district
Collins
K
Ahorlu,
Eric
Koka,
Dorothy
Yeboah-Manu,
Isaac
Lamptey,
Edwin
Ampadu
BMC Public Health 2013, 13:59 (22 January 2013)
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Characteristics of users and implications for the use of complementary and alternative medicine in Ghanaian cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a cross- sectional study
Joel
Yarney,
Andrew
Donkor,
Samuel
Y
Opoku,
Lily
Yarney,
Isaac
Agyeman-Duah,
Alice
C
Abakah,
Emmanuel
Asampong
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:16 (19 January 2013)
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Trends in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana
Akua
Agyeman-Budu,
Charles
Brown,
George
Adjei,
Mohammed
Adams,
David
Dosoo,
Dominic
Dery,
Michael
Wilson,
Kwaku
P
Asante,
Brian
Greenwood,
Seth
Owusu-Agyei
Malaria Journal 2013, 12:22 (17 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
This study has investigated the multiplicity of infection within asymptomatic residents of the Kintampo districts of Ghana, and the influence of age and seasonality, by studying the distribution of the polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum antigen merozoite surface protein 2
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Early results of prostate cancer radiation therapy: an analysis with emphasis on research strategies to improve treatment delivery and outcomes
Kosj
Yamoah,
Kwamena
Beecham,
Sarah
E
Hegarty,
Terry
Hyslop,
Timothy
Showalter,
Joel
Yarney
BMC Cancer 2013, 13:23 (16 January 2013)
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Prevalence of congenital malaria in high-risk Ghanaian newborns: a cross-sectional study
Christabel
C
Enweronu-Laryea,
George
O
Adjei,
Benjamin
Mensah,
Nancy
Duah,
Neils
B
Quashie
Malaria Journal 2013, 12:17 (11 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A very interesting study of two populations of newborns - one in a neonatal intensive care unit, the other studied during the first week of life. The paper was able to address an important question: how often are newborns at risk of dying from congenital malaria? The answer is, rarely.
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Assessing the impact of TB/HIV services integration on TB treatment outcomes and their relevance in TB/HIV monitoring in Ghana
Gloria Akosua
Ansa,
John
D
Walley,
Kamran
Siddiqi,
Xiaolin
Wei
Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2012, 1:13 (24 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The article describes the impact of the integration of TB and HIV services on TB treatment outcomes, and how these outcomes can be utilised as relevant indicators to monitor the effectiveness of the integration. Image: A graph comparing number of TB patients dying, after integration of TB and HIV services, who are HIV-positive or negative.
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Electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine
George
O
Adjei,
Collins
Oduro-Boatey,
Onike
P
Rodrigues,
Lotte
C
Hoegberg,
Michael
Alifrangis,
Jorgen
A
Kurtzhals,
Bamenla
Q
Goka
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:420 (17 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
An electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria showed no significant changes in ECG except a bradycardia in the artesunate-amodiaquine group. It is difficult to attribute this change to anti-malarial treatment as patients had probably fever, intestinal disorders and/or ionic imbalance before treatment.
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The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from panel data analysis
Jacob
Novignon,
Solomon
A
Olakojo,
Justice
Nonvignon
Health Economics Review 2012, 2:22 (11 December 2012)
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Anti-ulcerogenic activity of the root bark extract of the African laburnum “Cassia sieberiana” and its effect on the anti-oxidant defence system in rats
Edmund
T
Nartey,
Mark
Ofosuhene,
Caleb
M
Agbale
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012, 12:247 (10 December 2012)
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Diabetes and depression comorbidity and socio-economic status in low and middle income countries (LMICs): a mapping of the evidence
Tiziana
Leone,
Ernestina
Coast,
Shilpa
Narayanan,
Ama
de Graft Aikins
Globalization and Health 2012, 8:39 (26 November 2012)
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Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years of age in three ecological zones in Ghana
Benjamin
Abuaku,
Nancy
Duah,
Lydia
Quaye,
Neils
Quashie,
Kwadwo
Koram
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:388 (22 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
A classic in vivo efficacy study of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana, a country interesting because of the recent introduction of a multi first-line treatment strategy with different forms of ACT.
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Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood
Peter
W
Gething,
Fiifi
Johnson,
Faustina
Frempong-Ainguah,
Philomena
Nyarko,
Angela
Baschieri,
Patrick
Aboagye,
Jane
Falkingham,
Zoe
Matthews,
Peter
M
Atkinson
BMC Public Health 2012, 12:991 (16 November 2012)
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Diversity and transmission competence in lymphatic filariasis vectors in West Africa, and the implications for accelerated elimination of Anopheles-transmitted filariasis
Dziedzom
K
de Souza,
Benjamin
Koudou,
Louise
A
Kelly-Hope,
Michael
D
Wilson,
Moses
J
Bockarie,
Daniel
A
Boakye
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:259 (14 November 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
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Editor’s summary
In areas where the vector species transmitting Wuchereria bancrofti are Anopheles mosquitoes, it is feasible to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) using Mass Drug Administration alone. This review outlines the differences in the diversity and transmission competence in the An. gambiae vectors of LF in West Africa, and the challenges it poses to the 2020 elimination goal. It calls for a better understanding of the vector competence of mosquitoes infected with W. bancrofti in different areas and a supplementation of MDA activities with vector control. Image: Anopheles head and mouth parts.
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Troop education and avian influenza surveillance in military barracks in Ghana, 2011
John
Odoom,
Samuel
Bel-Nono,
David
Rodgers,
Prince
G
Agbenohevi,
Courage
K
Dafeamekpor,
Roland M
L
Sowa,
Fenteng
Danso,
Reuben
Tettey,
Richard
Suu-Ire,
Joseph H
K
Bonney,
Ivy
A
Asante,
James
Aboagye,
Christopher
Abana,
Joseph
Frimpong,
Karl
C
Kronmann,
Buhari
A
Oyofo,
William
K
Ampofo
BMC Public Health 2012, 12:957 (8 November 2012)
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The affordable medicines facility-malaria—A success in peril
Ambrose
O
Talisuna,
Seraphine
Adibaku,
Chioma
N
Amojah,
George
K
Amofah,
Vivian
Aubyn,
Alex
Dodoo,
Elizabeth
Juma,
Djermakoye
H
Jackou,
Sigsbert
Mkude,
Albert
P
Okui,
Benjamin
Ramarosandratana,
Shija
J
Shija
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:370 (8 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
A group of senior scientists and managers of African National Malaria Control Programme outline the importance for continuing the present AMFm programme
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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a rural population in Ghana
Mawuli
Gyakobo,
Albert
GB
Amoah,
De-Anne
Martey-Marbell,
Rachel
C
Snow
BMC Endocrine Disorders 2012, 12:25 (30 October 2012)
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Comparative phylogenomics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from invasive disease and nasopharyngeal carriage from West Africans
Eric
S
Donkor,
Richard
A
Stabler,
Jason
Hinds,
Richard
A
Adegbola,
Martin
Antonio,
Brendan
W
Wren
BMC Genomics 2012, 13:569 (29 October 2012)
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Socio-cultural determinants of timely and delayed treatment of Buruli ulcer: Implications for disease control
Mercy
M
Ackumey,
Margaret
Gyapong,
Matilda
Pappoe,
Cynthia
Maclean,
Mitchell
G
Weiss
Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2012, 1:6 (25 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
An integrated approach to Buruli ulcer that includes periodic screening for early case-detection, collaboration with private practitioners and traditional healers and, use of mobile services to improve access, adherence and treatment outcomes is suggested.
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Cooking fuel choices and garbage burning practices as determinants of birth weight: a cross-sectional study in Accra, Ghana
Adeladza
K
Amegah,
Jouni
JK
Jaakkola,
Reginald
Quansah,
Gameli
K
Norgbe,
Mawuli
Dzodzomenyo
Environmental Health 2012, 11:78 (17 October 2012)
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Who is utilizing anti-retroviral therapy in Ghana: An analysis of ART service utilization
Phyllis
Dako-Gyeke,
Rachel
Snow,
Alfred
E
Yawson
International Journal for Equity in Health 2012, 11:62 (16 October 2012)
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Intermittent preventive treatment for children (IPTC) combined with timely home treatment for malaria control
Collins
K
Ahorlu,
Kwadwo
A
Koram
Malaria Journal 2012, 11(Suppl 1):P108 (15 October 2012)
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Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under 5 years in 3 ecological zones in Ghana
Benjamin
Abuaku,
Nancy
Duah,
Lydia
Quaye,
Neils
Quashie,
Kwadwo
Koram
Malaria Journal 2012, 11(Suppl 1):P107 (15 October 2012)
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Characterization of malaria transmission by vector populations for improved interventions during the dry season in the Kpone-on-Sea area of coastal Ghana
David
P
Tchouassi,
Isabella
A
Quakyi,
Ebenezer
A
Addison,
Kwabena
M
Bosompem,
Michael
D
Wilson,
Maxwell
A
Appawu,
Charles
A
Brown,
Daniel
A
Boakye
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:212 (26 September 2012)
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Editor’s summary
We have conducted an entomological study on malaria vectors and transmission indices during the dry season at Kpone-on-Sea, a coastal village of southern Ghana, earmarked for testing of improved control strategies including possible vaccine trials.
Image:Map of Ghana showing Kpone-on-Sea, a coastal village of southern Ghana
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Research-policy partnerships - experiences of the Mental Health and Poverty Project in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia
Tolib
N
Mirzoev,
Maye
A
Omar,
Andrew
T
Green,
Philippa
K
Bird,
Crick
Lund,
Angela
Ofori-Atta,
Victor
Doku
Health Research Policy and Systems 2012, 10:30 (14 September 2012)
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Using classification tree modelling to investigate drug prescription practices at health facilities in rural Tanzania
Dan
K
Kajungu,
Majige
Selemani,
Irene
Masanja,
Amuri
Baraka,
Mustafa
Njozi,
Rashid
Khatib,
Alexander
N
Dodoo,
Fred
Binka,
Jean
Macq,
Umberto
D’Alessandro,
Niko
Speybroeck
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:311 (5 September 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The authors describe a data mining approach using classification tree analysis to describe and predict the key contributory factors of poly-pharmacy in malaria-endemic areas in Tanzania.
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