Publications by authors named "Dennis Gyasi Konadu"
The global health community has targeted the elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including soil-transmitted helminthiasis by 2030. The elimination strategy has not changed from that of control using regular mass drug administration (MDA) with albendazole, WASH and education. Already doubts have been expressed about this achievement, principally because drugs do not interrupt transmission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly life respiratory microbiota may increase risk for future pulmonary disease. Associations between respiratory microbiota and lung health in children from low- and middle-income countries are not well-described. Leveraging the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS) prospective pregnancy cohort in Kintampo, Ghana, we collected nasopharyngeal swabs in 112 asymptomatic children aged median 4.
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- The study focused on understanding the bacterial and fungal microbiotas in rural Ghanaian children from birth to 5 years old, comparing them with their mothers' microbiotas.
- Results showed that while bacterial communities changed in composition and diversity as children aged, the fungal microbiota remained stable; mothers also experienced a significant shift in their microbiota after giving birth.
- The findings suggest that the differences in how infants and mothers share bacterial and fungal microbiotas could have important implications for health, indicating a need for more research on these dynamics.
Background: Vaginal infections usually caused by Candida sp, organisms responsible for bacterial vaginosis and Trichomonas vaginalis are associated with considerable discomfort and adverse outcomes during pregnancy and child birth. The study determined the prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), bacterial vaginosis (BV) and trichomoniasis (TV) in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital.
Methods: A study adopted a cross sectional design and recruited 589 pregnant women after seeking their informed consent from September, 2014 to March, 2015.