Publications by authors named "G Mahama"
Background: Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat. In Afghanistan, high levels of indiscriminate antibiotic use exist, and healthcare programmes are not informed by understanding of local attitudes towards rational antibiotic use. Médecins Sans Frontières is an international non-governmental organization providing healthcare services to the Ahmad Shah Baba (ASB) District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, since 2009.
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- Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a growing global health concern, and Haiti officially recognized it as a public health threat in 2018, with limited surveillance in place to track the issue.
- A study analyzed microbiological data from a Médecins Sans Frontières trauma hospital over six years, revealing significant rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and an alarming rise in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria.
- The findings highlight the urgent need for enhanced ABR surveillance to guide effective clinical practices and improve infection prevention efforts in similar healthcare settings.
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- Postoperative pneumonia can lead to longer hospital stays, increased risk of complications and death, and higher healthcare costs, especially noted at Toronto General Hospital in patients after hepatectomy and Whipple procedures in 2016.
- To address this issue, a comprehensive evidence-based bundle was introduced in 2017, including measures like oral care and physical activity, along with staff training and patient education.
- The effectiveness of this approach was monitored through data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, aiming to lower the rates of postoperative pneumonia and its impact on healthcare stressors.
Conservation agriculture (CA) practices are being widely promoted in many areas in sub-Saharan Africa to recuperate degraded soils and improve ecosystem services. This study examined the effects of three tillage practices [conventional moldboard plowing (CT), hand hoeing (MT) and no-tillage (NT)], and three cropping systems (continuous maize, soybean-maize annual rotation, and soybean/maize intercropping) on soil quality, crop productivity, and profitability in researcher and farmer managed on-farm trials from 2010 to 2013 in northwestern Ghana. In the researcher managed mother trial, the CA practices of NT, residue retention and crop rotation/intercropping maintained higher soil organic carbon, and total soil N compared to conventional tillage practices after 4 years.
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