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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 This study reports on the prevalence and risk factors of chronic HBV among health care workers (HCWs) in a rural secondary hospital in Sierra Leone. Additionally, data on the uptake of HBV vaccination among negatively tested HCWs and on the linkage to ...
Musa Bangura +11 more
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Hantavirus in Bat, Sierra Leone
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Weiss, Sabrina +12 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Hand hygiene is the most important intervention for preventing healthcare-associated infections and can reduce preventable morbidity and mortality. We described the changes in hand hygiene practices and promotion in 13 public hospitals (six secondary and
Matilda N. Kamara +11 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 +4 more
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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 +14 more
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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: 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 +7 more
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IMF Staff Country Reports, 2014 This paper discusses Sierra Leone’s First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria (PC), and Financing Assurances Review. Program performance has been strong. All PCs were met with comfortable margins, and all indicative targets (ITs) were met, except for the one on poverty-related ...
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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 HealthIntroduction: 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 +9 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 +11 more
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