Publications by authors named "Houssainatou Bah"
Article Synopsis
- In 2021, Guinea experienced an Ebola outbreak linked to the 2014-2016 epidemic, with a focus on understanding contact tracing reliability over a 21-day period.
- A study analyzed data from 1,071 contacts of 23 EVD cases, revealing that factors like marital status, urban vs. rural residence, food support, and team organization significantly impacted follow-up success rates.
- Recommendations for improving future contact tracing strategies include addressing demographic and organizational factors to enhance reliability, particularly in low-resource settings.
Assessment of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Its Associated Factors during the Crisis: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Benin.
Vaccines (Basel)
June 2023
Background: Having a maximum number of people vaccinated was the objective to control the COVID-19 pandemic. We report in this manuscript the factors associated with the willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during the pandemic period.
Methods: From April to May 2022, a community-based cross-sectional survey was performed.
A community-based contact isolation strategy to reduce the spread of Ebola virus disease: an analysis of the 2018-2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
BMJ Glob Health
June 2023
Introduction: Despite tremendous progress in the development of diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for Ebola virus disease (EVD), challenges remain in the implementation of holistic strategies to rapidly curtail outbreaks. We investigated the effectiveness of a community-based contact isolation strategy to limit the spread of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Methods: We did a quasi-experimental comparison study.