Publications by authors named "J A Tine"
Background: Screening for depression remains a priority for people living with HIV (PLWH) accessing care. The nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a widely used depression screening tool, but has limited accuracy when applied across various cultural contexts. We aimed to evaluate the performance of alternative PHQ-9 scoring algorithms in sub-Saharan African PLWH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKnowledge, attitudes, and practices of health care professionals regarding dengue fever: need for training and provision of diagnostic equipment in Togo in 2022, a cross-sectional study.
Front Public Health
June 2024
Article Synopsis
- Health professionals in the Kara region of Togo lack training and resources related to dengue fever, with only 3% receiving relevant training in the past 3 years and 10% having access to diagnostic tests.
- The study found that while nearly half of the surveyed healthcare workers had good knowledge of dengue, only 30% showed positive attitudes, and only 9.4% applied appropriate practices when diagnosing and treating the disease.
- Ongoing training for healthcare workers was shown to significantly improve their ability to diagnose and manage dengue fever, highlighting the need for enhanced education and resource availability in Togo.*
Article Synopsis
- Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies have been effective against SARS-CoV-2 in at-risk groups, but their effectiveness is declining due to new variants.
- Health authorities are using in vitro tests to guide treatment recommendations, but these tests may not accurately reflect clinical efficacy in real-world situations.
- A study using hamsters shows that while AZD7442 retains some effectiveness against specific variants like BA.1 and BA.2, its reliability drops significantly against BA.5, underscoring the need for animal studies to enhance understanding of antibody performance in humans.
In Senegal, violent delinquency and illicit drug use are on the increase. This study focuses on two distinct groups: drug users (DUs) undergoing rehabilitation and violent ex-offenders (VEs). The methodology adopted includes a quantitative survey of the general population (n=1009), followed by a qualitative survey of fifteen participants, including eight DUs undergoing treatment at the Centre de prise en charge intégrée des addictions de Dakar (CEPIAD) (Integrated Addictions Management Center of Dakar) and the Centre Jacques Chirac de Thiaroye, and seven former VEs from the Grand Yoff district.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the predominant cause of hepatocellular carcinoma in west Africa, yet data on the incidence of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma remain scarce. We aimed to describe the uptake and early outcomes of systematic ultrasound-based hepatocellular carcinoma screening in SEN-B, which is a prospective HBV cohort in Senegal.
Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we included treatment-naive, HBsAg-positive individuals who were referred to the two infectious diseases clinics (the Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases and Ambulatory Treatment Center) at Fann University Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, between Oct 1, 2019, and Oct 31, 2022.