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Corneal and conjunctival abnormalities in a cohort of survivors from the Western African Ebola virus disease outbreak.
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Truhlsen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Purpose: To characterize corneal and conjunctival abnormalities (CCAs) and their impact on visual acuity in a cohort of survivors from the Western African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak.
Design: A post hoc analysis of 121 patients, who had previously undergone screening for the Ebola Virus Persistence in Ocular Tissues and Fluids study, was performed.
Methods: Patients underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic exam at the Lowell and Ruth Gess Eye Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Establishment of a brain tumor consortium of Africa: Advancing collaborative research and advocacy for brain tumors in Africa.
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November 2024
Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconson, USA.
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- Brain tumors pose a major global health issue, particularly in Africa, where limited access to diagnostics and treatment amplifies the crisis and lack of standardized cancer protocols.
- The Brain Tumor Consortium for Africa (BTCA) was created in 2023 to enhance CNS tumor diagnosis and care in Sub-Saharan Africa, identifying gaps in neuro-oncology capacity through a survey.
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Breast Cancer Knowledge and Attitude Toward Breast Cancer Screening Practice Among Catholic Nuns in Lake Zone-Tanzania.
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Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines received regulatory approval and were recommended for use in young girls nearly 2 decades ago. Uptake is mostly high in resource-rich settings. In resource-limited settings, where the burden of cervical cancer is disproportionately high, access to and uptake of HPV vaccines are nowhere near satisfactory, despite evidence that HPV vaccination is highly cost-effective and a significant value-for-money investment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobal Health Security in Vision Care: Health Systems Strengthening During Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Responses.
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October 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
During the last decade, global health security has been threatened by major Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Western Africa (2014 to 2016) and in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2018 to 2020). Particularly in Western Africa, the outbreak initially overwhelmed health care capacity in already fragile health systems. Thousands of survivors were at risk of newly recognized postacute ocular complications, and their need for urgent ophthalmic care challenged national vision health systems with scarce eye care services.
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