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Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus circulation by environmental surveillance in the absence of clinical cases [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Background On August 25, 2019, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research notified the confirmation of a circulating-vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) from the Agbogbloshie environmental surveillance (AES) site, in the Greater Accra ...
John Kofi Odoom, Evangeline Obodai, Gifty Boateng, Stanley Diamenu, Keren Attiku, Patrick Avevor, Ewurabena Duker, Bismarck Boahene, Miriam Eshun, Emmanuel Gberbie, Joseph Kwadwo Larbi Opare   +10 more
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Metal Exposures, Noise Exposures, and Audiometry from E-Waste Workers in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Metals, such as lead, may be ototoxic, but this property is not well understood, especially in conjunction with noise. This cross-sectional study investigated hearing, noise, and metal biomarkers in informal electronic waste (e-waste) recycling workers in Accra, Ghana.
Carlson K, Basu N, Fobil JN, Neitzel RL.
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Occupational exposures to particulate matter and PM2.5-associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Agbogbloshie waste recycling site in Ghana [PDF]

Environment International, 2022
Electronic waste (e-waste) disposal and recycling activities such as burning and smelting can emit particulate matter (PM), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and other pollutants that expose workers and nearby communities.
Lawrencia Kwarteng, Amila M. Devasurendra, Zoey Laskaris, John Arko-Mensah, Afua A. Amoabeng Nti, Sylvia Takyi, Augustine A. Acquah, Duah Dwomoh, Nil Basu, Thomas Robins, Julius N. Fobil, Stuart Batterman   +11 more
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Micronutrient Status of Electronic Waste Recyclers at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020
Growing evidence suggests that micronutrient status is adversely impacted by toxic metals (e.g., cadmium, lead, and arsenic) exposures; however, the micronutrient status of e-waste recyclers who are amongst the highest metal-exposed groups is not known.
Takyi SA, Basu N, Arko-Mensah J, Dwomoh D, Nti AAA, Kwarteng L, Acquah AA, Robins TG, Fobil JN.   +8 more
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Factors Associated with Malaria Infection among Head Porters in Agbogbloshie Market in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana [PDF]

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2020
Background. Head porters constitute the mobile population who are at an increasing risk of being infected with malaria. They move around the city to carry out their duties with no accommodation.
Patience Kwofie, John Tetteh, Reindorf Elijah Akakpo, Bismark Sarfo   +3 more
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Personal exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability among informal electronic waste workers at Agbogbloshie: a longitudinal study [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Informal electronic waste recycling activities are major contributors to ambient air pollution, yet studies assessing the effects or relationship between direct/continuous exposure of informal e-waste workers to particulate matter and ...
Afua A. Amoabeng Nti, Thomas G. Robins, John Arko Mensah, Duah Dwomoh, Lawrencia Kwarteng, Sylvia A. Takyi, Augustine Acquah, Niladri Basu, Stuart Batterman, Julius N. Fobil   +9 more
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Sexual and reproductive health education and its association with ever use of contraception: a cross-sectional study among women in urban slums, Accra [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain Language summary Sexual and reproductive health education among girls and women has several reproductive health benefits, including improved contraceptive knowledge, contraception use at first intercourse, increased chance of contraceptive use in a
Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Leonard Baatiema, Samuel Dery, Augustine Ankomah, John Kuumuori Ganle   +6 more
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Integrative Modeling of Urinary Metabolomics and Metal Exposure Reveals Systemic Impacts of Electronic Waste in Exposed Populations [PDF]

Metabolites
Background: Informal electronic waste (e-waste) recycling practices release a complex mixture of pollutants, particularly heavy metals, into the environment.
Fiona Hui, Zhiqiang Pang, Charles Viau, Gerd U. Balcke, Julius N. Fobil, Niladri Basu, Jianguo Xia   +6 more
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Cross-shift changes in pulmonary function and occupational exposure to particulate matter among e-waste workers in Ghana [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionLittle is known on the association between cross-shift changes in pulmonary function and personal inhalation exposure to particulate matter (PM) among informal electronic-waste (e-waste) recovery workers who have substantial occupational ...
Zoey Laskaris, Marie S. O'Neill, Stuart A. Batterman, Bhramar Mukherjee, Julius N. Fobil, Thomas G. Robins   +5 more
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Spatiality in Health: The Distribution of Health Conditions Associated with Electronic Waste Processing Activities at Agbogbloshie, Accra

Annals of Global Health, 2020
Background: A walk through the Agbogbloshie e-waste recycling site shows a marked heterogeneity in the spatial distribution of the different e-waste processing activities, which are likely to drive clustering of health conditions associated with the ...
Abenaa Adusei, John Arko-Mensah, Mawuli mdzodzomenyo, Judith Stephens, Afua Amoabeng, Saskia Waldschmidt, Katja Löhndorf, Kwame Agbeko, Sylvia Takyi, Lawrencia Kwarteng, Augustine Acquah, Paul Botwe, Prudence Tettey, Andrea Kaifie, Michael Felten, Thomas Kraus, Thomas Küpper, Julius Fobil   +17 more
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