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Opioid Epidemics

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
In this paper, I propose an economic theory that addresses the epidemic character of opioid epidemics. I consider a community in which individuals are heterogenous with respect to the experience of chronic pain and susceptibility to addiction and live through two periods.
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Evaluation of diarrheal disease surveillance in the Minawao refugee camp, Cameroon, 2016

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background: Between 2013 and 2015, the Minawao refugee camp in Cameroon received about 51 000 refugees fleeing Boko Haram. A rapid increase in population and inadequate sanitary installations increase the risk of diarrheal disease.
F.C. Amabo, E.C. Seukap, E. Mathieu, G.A. Etoundi   +3 more
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For-Profit Hospitals Out of Business? Financial Sustainability During the COVID-19 Epidemic Emergency Response [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020
This perspective argues that for-profit hospitals will be heavily affected by epidemic crises, including the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
Florien Margareth Kruse, Patrick P.T. Jeurissen   +1 more
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Epidemic Trade [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
This paper studies the spread of the Black Death as a proxy for the ow of medieval trade between 1346 and 1351. The Black Death struck most areas of Europe and the wider Mediter- ranean. Based on a modified version of the gravity model, we estimate the speed (in kilometers per day) of transmission of the disease between the transmitting and the ...
Lars Boerner, Battista Severgnini
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Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2011
Introduction. Keratocnjunctivitis is corneal and conjunctival inflammation Clinical signs involve the irritating trio: mixed hyperemia of conjunctival membranes, corneal subepthelial infiltrates and regional lymphadenopathy. The most common causes of epidemic are adenovirus, herpes virus, and rarely cytomegalovirus, which are now occurring ...
Mirjana Janicijevic-Petrovic, Suncica Sreckovic, Nenad Petrovic, Tatjana Sarenac   +3 more
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Roles and Challenges of Community Health Workers in Epidemiological Surveillance: A Qualitative Study in Cameroon

Health Research in Africa
Introduction. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are key community and health system liasons. Their closeness and acceptance by their community give them an important role to play concerning early detection in community-based surveillance (CBS). To sort out
Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Linda Esso, Daniele Sandra Yopa, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Nestor Atangana Onana, Boris Kompguep, Loïc Tchoupo, Gbétogo Maxime Kiki, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Jules Leon Owona Manga, Georges Nguefack-Tsaque, Georges Alain Etoundi   +11 more
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Leveraging an epidemic to establish vaccine clinical trial capacity in a low resource setting: the Ugandan experience

Trials
Background Pandemics have increasingly become more frequent. Globally, between 1970 and 2016, a total of over 1770 disease outbreaks of 38 known and two unknown causes were reported.
Winters Muttamba, Alhassane Toure, Misaki Wayengera, Henry Kyobe Bosa, Wilber Sabiiti, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Bruce Kirenga   +6 more
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Investigation of chronic limb ulcers in Northern Cameroon: a socio-anthropological and clinical perspective

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background In September 2023, fifty cases of chronic limb ulcers of unknown origin were reported in six Health Districts (HDs) in Northern Cameroon. This disease, locally called “Ladde”, was described as of mystical origin, transmitted by insect bites ...
Theodore Alex Tonye, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Linda Esso, Chanceline Bilounga, Nadia Mandeng, Ingrid Kenko, Patricia Mendjime, Telesphore Guiswe, Loic Kongne Choupo, Sebastien Douka, Armand Zra, Hoche BlackBoye, Grâce Anita Nkoro, Hamza Gaya, Etienne Guenou, Donald Adegono, Leonel Keptchuime, Hermann Landry Munshili Njifon, Chevalier Nyat, Ronald Perraut, Zakari Yaou Alhadji, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa   +21 more
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Trends of cholera epidemics and associated mortality factors in Cameroon: 2018–2023: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background Cameroon has faced frequent and severe cholera outbreaks since 1971, with case-fatality rates (CFRs) ranging from 12% in 1991, to 5.3% in 2014, all higher than the less than 1% cholera CFR target set by WHO. However, not many studies providing
Akenji Blaise Mboringong, Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Roland Ndip Ndip, Esso Endalle Linda, Dibog Luc Bertand, Mendjime Patricia, Belinga Sandrine, Balana Flore Essiene, Theodore Ntamack, Etoundi Georges Alain Mballa   +9 more
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Assessing the Resilience and Core Functions of Cameroon’s Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) System: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Evaluation in 2023

Health Research in Africa
Introduction. Despite adopting IDSR in the early 2000s, Cameroon had yet to conduct a comprehensive nationwide evaluation of its surveillance system's effectiveness and operational gaps against global infectious threats. Methodology. This 2023 nationwide
Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Nestor Atangana Onana, Linda Esso, Protais Cyriaque Etene, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Elise Ikoula Amougou, Annick Mfoulou Assala, Boris Kompguep, Manuella Efemba, Luc Bakebeg, Raoul Nembot, Durand YK Gameni, Loïc Tchoupo, Georges Alain Etoundi, Georges Alain Etoundi, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Jules Leon Owona Manga, Georges Nguefack-Tsague   +17 more
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