Publications by authors named "Nazik Ibrahim"
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- Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable condition arising from group A strep infections, causing significant heart issues, especially in children and young adults in Sudan and similar countries.
- In response to the WHO's 2018 call for improved management guidelines, Sudan's health authorities, with WHO support, updated protocols for diagnosing and treating acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and RHD using evidence from literature between 2000 and 2022.
- The new guidelines feature simplified diagnostic algorithms for bacterial pharyngitis and ARF, emphasizing initial penicillin treatment at primary care and proposing echocardiography for more accurate diagnosis, though its broad adoption is currently unfeasible.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major global health concern, and their management is particularly challenging in humanitarian contexts where healthcare resources are limited. The WHO Non-Communicable Diseases Kit (WHO-NCDK) is a health system intervention targeted at the primary healthcare (PHC) level and designed to provide essential medicines and equipment for NCDs management in emergency settings, meeting the needs of 10 000 people for 3 months. This operational evaluation aimed to assess the effectiveness and utility of the WHO-NCDK in two PHC facilities in Sudan and identify key contextual factors that may influence its implementation and impact.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeterminants of tobacco use in Sudan: secondary analysis of STEPwise Survey 2016.
East Mediterr Health J
February 2021
Background: Tobacco is a leading cause of death and illness despite > 50 years of antitobacco efforts.
Aims: To establish the determinants of current and former smoking and smokeless tobacco use in Sudan as measured by the STEPwise Survey 2016.
Methods: A household-based cross-sectional World Health Organization STEPwise Survey was conducted among 7745 Sudanese citizens aged 18-69 years across 11 states in Sudan.