Publications by authors named "Nkereuwem O"
In 2020, it was estimated that there were 155 million survivors of TB alive, all at risk of possible post TB disability. The 2 International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium (Stellenbosch, South Africa) was held to increase global awareness and empower TB-affected communities to play an active role in driving the agenda. We aimed to update knowledge on post-TB life and illness, identify research priorities, build research collaborations and highlight the need to embed lung health outcomes in clinical TB trials and programmatic TB care services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Effective surface cleaning in hospitals is crucial to prevent the transmission of pathogens. However, hospitals in low- and middle-income countries face cleaning challenges due to limited resources and inadequate training.
Methods: We assessed the effectiveness of a modified TEACH CLEAN programme for trainers in reducing surface microbiological contamination in the newborn unit of a tertiary referral hospital in The Gambia.
Perspectives of TB survivors and policymakers on post-TB disability.
Public Health Action
March 2023
Background: An international multistakeholder participatory workshop was hosted in the Gambia, West Africa, in November 2021.
Objectives: To explore the experiences, challenges and recommendations of workshop participants on health and wellbeing after TB treatment.
Methods: An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative approach was used for data collection through facilitator-guided group discussions.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption to healthcare services globally and has impacted on tuberculosis (TB) patients and TB diagnosis and treatment services both in low- and high-income countries. We therefore explored the perspectives of members of regional and international TB control and research networks to further understand TB service disruptions and compared the experiences of members from West African and European countries.
Methods: This cross-sectional, explorative descriptive study was conducted from May to July 2020 using an open online survey with target respondents from both West African and European countries.
Objective: Prospective registration of clinical trials is an ethical, scientific, and legal requirement that serves several functions, including minimising research wastage and publication bias. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasingly hosting clinical trials over the past few years, and there is limited literature on trends in clinical trial registration and reporting in SSA. Therefore, we set out to determine the trends in clinical trials registered in SSA countries between 2010 and July 2020.
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- - The study aimed to evaluate how effective a Speaking Book (SB) was in improving caregivers' knowledge and understanding of vaccines in The Gambia while also examining its acceptability among caregivers and healthcare workers.
- - Participants included 200 caregivers and 15 healthcare workers, and results showed significant improvements in knowledge scores about vaccines at both the 1-month and 3-month follow-up visits after using the SB.
- - Feedback indicated that the SB was highly accepted and valued, leading to increased community sharing and better communication between caregivers and healthcare providers.
Background: The WHO Regional Office for the Africa Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group, in 2011, adopted the measles control and elimination goals for all countries of the African region to achieve in 2015 and 2020 respectively. Our aim was to track the current status of progress towards measles control and elimination milestones across 15 west African countries between 2001 and 2019.
Methods: We did a retrospective multicountry series analysis of national immunisation coverage and case surveillance data from Jan 1, 2001, to Dec 31, 2019.
Background: Several West African countries are unlikely to achieve the recommended Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) immunisation coverage and dropout targets in a landscape beset with entrenched intra-country equity gaps in immunisation. Our aim was to assess and compare the immunisation coverage, dropout and equity gaps across 15 West African countries between 2000 and 2017.
Methods: We compared Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) and the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) containing vaccine coverage between 2000 and 2017 using the WHO and Unicef Estimates of National Immunisation Coverage for 15 West African countries.