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Optimal Approach and Strategies to Strengthen Pharmacovigilance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cohort Study of Patients Treated with First-Line Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies in the Nanoro Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Burkina Faso

Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2020
Background and purpose Resource-limited countries face challenges in setting up effective pharmacovigilance systems. This study aimed to monitor the occurrence of adverse events (AEs) after the use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs ...
T. Rouamba, Paul Sondo, K. Derra, S. Nakanabo-Diallo, B. Bihoun, E. Rouamba, Z. Tarnagda, A. Kazienga, I. Valéa, H. Sorgho, F. Pagnoni, Fati Samadoulougou-Kirakoya, H. Tinto   +12 more
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Medication exposure during pregnancy: a pilot pharmacovigilance system using health and demographic surveillance platform [PDF]

, 2014
There is limited safety information on most drugs used during pregnancy. This is especially true for medication against tropical diseases because pharmacovigilance systems are not much developed in these settings.
Abdulla, Salim, Mrema, Sigilbert, Mosha, Dominic, Mazuguni, Festo, Genton, Blaise   +4 more
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Rural South African Community Perceptions of Antibiotic Access and Use: Qualitative Evidence from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System Site

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019
. Knowledge and practices of rural South African populations with regard to antibiotic access and use (ABACUS) remain understudied. By using the case of four villages in the north east of the country, our aim was to investigate popular notions and social
Jocelyn Anstey Watkins, F. Wagner, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, H. Wertheim, O. Sankoh, J. Kinsman   +5 more
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Health and demographic surveillance systems: contributing to an understanding of the dynamics in migration and health [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2013
Migration is difficult to measure because it is highly repeatable. Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) provide a unique opportunity to study migration as multiple episodes of migration are captured over time. A conceptual framework is needed to show the public health implications of migration.Research conducted in seven HDSS centres ...
Gerritsen, Annette, Bocquier, Philippe, White, Michael, Mbacke, Cheikh, Alam, Nurul, Beguy, Donatien, Odhiambo, Frank, Sacoor, Charfudin, Phuc, Ho Dang, Punpuing, Sureeporn, Collinson, Mark A   +10 more
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Pemanfaatan Geospasial Melalui Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) pada Pasien Tuberkulosis dalam Manajemen Obat

JURNAL MANAJEMEN DAN PELAYANAN FARMASI (Journal of Management and Pharmacy Practice), 2021
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that causes a high mortality rate. Currently, Indonesia is the largest contributor to TB cases in the world. In 2019, the estimated number of cases was 845,000 cases, while case enrollment was 562,000. Thus, the
D. A. Puspandari, Hermawati Setiyaningsih, Zafria Atsna, T. Andayani   +3 more
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Pregnancy intention data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background An estimated 40% of pregnancies globally are unintended. Measurement of pregnancy intention in low- and middle-income countries relies heavily on surveys, notably Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), yet few studies have evaluated survey ...
Judith Yargawa, Kazuyo Machiyama, Victoria Ponce Hardy, Yeetey Enuameh, Edward Galiwango, Kassahun Gelaye, Kaiser Mahmud, Sanne M. Thysen, Damazo T. Kadengye, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Hannah Blencowe, Joy E. Lawn, Angela Baschieri, John Cleland, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +14 more
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Childhood Undernutrition and Its Predictors in a Rural Health and Demographic Surveillance System Site in South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Background: Overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate in South Africa, while childhood undernutrition remains persistently high. This study determined the magnitude and predictors of stunting and underweight among schoolchildren in the ...
Perpetua Modjadji, S. Madiba
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
Abstract Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSSs) provide a foundation for characterizing and defining priorities and strategies for improving population health. The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) project aims to inform policy to prevent child deaths through generating causes of death from ...
Solveig A. Cunningham, Nida Shaikh, Ariel Nhacolo, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Karen L. Kotloff, Abu Mohd Naser, Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Sunday A. Adedini, Thomas Misore, Uma U Onuwchekwa, Mary Claire Worrell, Shams El Arifeen, Nega Assefa, Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Reinhard Kaiser, Shabir А. Madhi, Ashka Mehta, David Obor, Charfudin Sacoor, Samba O. Sow, Milagritos D. Tapia, Amanda L. Wilkinson, Robert F. Breiman, Janet Agaya, George Aol, Stephen Liech, Leonard Oyuga, Victor Akelo, Beth A. Tippett Barr, Emily Zielinski-Gutiérrez, Sanwarul Bari, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Md. Mamunur Rashid, Tanvir Hossain, Quique Bassat, Quique Bassat, Paulo Filimone, Aura Hunguana, Edgar Jamisse, Teodimiro Matsena, Inácio Mandomando, Arlindo Malheia, Inácio Mandomando, Dickens Onyango, Matshidiso Sello, Dineo Thaele, Amara Jambai   +46 more
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The integrated disease surveillance and response system in northern Ghana: challenges to the core and support functions [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) strategy was adopted in Ghana over a decade ago, yet gaps still remain in its proper functioning.
Adokiya, Martin Nyaaba, Müller, Olaf, Martin N Adokiya, John K Awoonor-Williams, Awoonor-Williams, John K., Adokiya, Martin N., Olaf Müller, Beiersmann, Claudia, Claudia Beiersmann   +8 more
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High Hidden Burden of Diabetes Mellitus among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Urban Northwest Ethiopia

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020
Background. Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan African countries with a rapidly increasing burden of diabetes mellitus (DM). There is limited updated information about the community-based burden of the disease and its associated factors in Ethiopia which
Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Terefe Derso, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Mezgebu Yitayal, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Telake Azale, Bisrat Misganaw, Adane Kebede, Destaw Fetene Teshome, Endalkachew Dellie, Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Asmamaw Atnafu   +13 more
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