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Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a community-based health-screening survey

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To investigate the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs), target organ damage (TOD) and its associated factors among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone.Design This community-based cross-sectional study used a stratified multistage ...
Sorie Conteh, Santigie Sesay, Sulaiman Lakoh, Joseph Sam Kanu, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Theresa Ruba Koroma, Sallieu Kabay Samura, Ansumana Bockarie, Onome Thomas Abir, Joshua Coker, Abdul Jalloh, Victor Conteh, Mohamed Smith, Othman Z Mahdi, Durodami R Lisk   +14 more
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Factors for success in mental health advocacy [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Mental health advocacy groups are an effective way of pushing the mental health agenda and putting pressure on national governments to observe the right to health; however, there is limited research that highlights best practices for such ...
Katrina Hann, Heather Pearson, Doris Campbell, Daniel Sesay, Julian Eaton   +4 more
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Community engagement in outbreak response: lessons from the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Documentation of structured community engagement initiatives and real-time monitoring of community engagement activities during large-scale epidemics is limited.
Katharine Owen, Paul Sengeh, Jamie Bedson, Danielle Pedi, Saiku Bah, Allan Oniba, Musa Sangarie, James S Fofanah, Mohammed B Jalloh, Laura Skrip, Benjamin M Althouse, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne   +11 more
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Factors associated with mortality among inpatients at Koidu Government Hospital, Sierra Leone: A Secondary data analysis

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Sierra Leone's life expectancy in 2019 was 61 years, below the average for low-income African countries. This study aimed to determine factors associated with morbidity and mortality among inpatients at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH ...
Ivan Augustine Barrie, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Babatunde Duduyemi, Umaru Sesay, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Anna Jammeh, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +7 more
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An outbreak investigation of a highly fatal Lassa Fever in Bo District, Sierra Leone, 2023

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Lassa fever is endemic in West Africa, with an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 infections and 5,000 deaths annually. On February 1, 2023, the Bo District Surveillance Team received a notification from a community in the district about ...
Ibrahim Conteh, Hassan Swarray, Gbessay Saffa, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Umaru Sesay, Kassim Kamara, Anna Jammeh, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +9 more
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Evaluation of an Electronic Case-based Disease Surveillance System in Karene District, Sierra Leone

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: In 2018, the Government of Sierra Leone introduced an electronic Case-based Disease Surveillance System (eCBDS) to enhance timely data collection, analysis, and dissemination for outbreak detection.
Eldred Olufemi Moore, Umaru Sesay, Adel Hussein Elduma, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Anna Jammeh, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Bridget Magoba, Mohamed Alex Vandi, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +8 more
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Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Isaiah Nketiah, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
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Diagnostic challenges and implications of a Yellow Fever co-infected with Malaria case in Freetown, Sierra Leone, September 2023: An outbreak investigation

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Yellow fever is one of the epidemic-prone and immediately reportable diseases in Sierra Leone. On September 7, 2023, the Western Area Urban District Surveillance Unit received a notification on a suspected yellow fever case from Connaught ...
Umaru Sesay, Adel Hussein Elduma, Hafeez Umar Imam Barrie, Henry Bangura, Mohamed Sallieu Bah, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +5 more
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Lower Dose‐Normalized Tacrolimus Exposure in CYP3A5*6 vs. *3 Loss‐of‐Function Allele Carriers: A Longitudinal Retrospective Real‐World Study in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Pharmacogenomic research has historically focused on individuals of European ancestry, leading to the underrepresentation of genetic variants common in non‐European populations. This bias is exemplified by CYP3A5*6, a functionally consequential variant common in individuals of African ancestry (MAF: 11–19%) but virtually absent in Europeans (MAF: 0.15%)
Amar D. Levens, Dirk Jan A. R. Moes, Yanick Boer, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Dorottya K. de Vries, Danny van der Helm, Soufian Meziyerh, Dave L. Roelen, Stefan Böhringer, Teun Van Gelder, Jesse J. Swen   +10 more
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart, Bayan Abubakr, Beltina Gjeloshi, Dieter Pfoser   +3 more
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