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Monetary Value of Disability-Adjusted Life Years and Potential Productivity Losses Associated With Neglected Tropical Diseases in the East African Community
(Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2023)Introduction: In 2019, the East African Community (EAC) lost 12,048,918 disability-adjusted life-years (DALY) across all ages from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The specific objectives of the study reported in the ... -
The Monetary Value of Disability-Adjusted-Life-Years Lost in the East African Community in 2015
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2018-07)The East African Community (EAC) member states (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) incur annually a huge loss of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) from communicable and non-communicable diseases and ... -
The monetary value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Turkey
(Emerald, 2020)Background: This study aimed to appraise the monetary value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Turkey. To our knowledge, it is the first study in Turkey to value human life losses associated with COVID-19. ... -
The monetary value of human lives lost due to neglected tropical diseases in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2017)Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are an important cause of death and disability in Africa. This study estimates the monetary value of human lives lost due to NTDs in the continent in 2015. The lost output or human capital ... -
The monetary value of human lives lost through Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background:Between 8 May 2018 and 27 May 2019, cumulatively there were 1286 deaths from Ebola Virus Disease(EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of this study was to estimate the monetary value ... -
The Monetary Value of Human Lives Lost to Suicide in the African Continent: Beating the African War Drums
(PubMed, 2020-04)Background: Suicide is an important public health problem in the African continent whose economic burden remains largely unknown. This study estimated the monetary value of human lives lost due to suicide in the African ... -
Monitoring malaria vector control interventions: effectiveness of five different adult mosquito sampling methods
(Oxford University Press, 2013)Long-term success of ongoing malaria control efforts based on mosquito bed nets (long-lasting insecticidal net) and indoor residual spraying is dependent on continuous monitoring of mosquito vectors, and thus on effective ... -
Moving from ideas to action-developing health financing systems towards universal coverage in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2012)Accelerating progress towards universal coverage in African countries calls for concrete actions that reinforce social health protection through establishment of sustainable health financing mechanisms. In order to explore ... -
Mutation patterns of resistance genes for macrolides, aminoglycosides, and rifampicin in nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates from Kenya
(F1000 Research Limited, 2022-08-19)Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) treatment constitutes a macrolide-based antibiotic regimen in combination with aminoglycosides for Rapid-Growing mycobacteria (RGM), and rifampicin for Slow-Growing mycobacteria ... -
National health financing policy in Eritrea: a survey of preliminary considerations
(BioMed Central, 2012)The 58th World Health Assembly and 56th WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted resolutions urging Member States to ensure that health financing systems included a method for prepayment to foster financial risk sharing ... -
National health research system in Malawi: dead, moribund, tepid or flourishing?
(BioMed Central, 2015)several instruments at both the global and regional levels to which countries in the WHO African Region are party call for action by governments to strengthen national health research systems (NHRS). This paper debates the ... -
National health research systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward
(BioMed Central, 2015)A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required investments in national health research systems ... -
OP25. 09: Early fetal growth in malaria infected pregnancies
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OP25. 10: Fetal biometrics, umbilical and uterine artery Doppler studies among malaria infected and not infected pregnant women
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011)Placental malaria contributes to maternal morbidity and low birth weight in malaria endemic countries. Intermittent anti‐malarial prophylaxis given twice during pregnancy has been shown to decrease the prevalence of low ... -
OP25. 10: Fetal biometrics, umbilical and uterine artery Doppler studies among malaria infected and not infected pregnant women
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011)Placental malaria contributes to maternal morbidity and low birth weight in malaria endemic countries. Intermittent anti‐malarial prophylaxis given twice during pregnancy has been shown to decrease the prevalence of low ... -
ORIGINAL RESEARCH Open Access Health financing in the African Region: 2000 – 2009 data analysis
(International Archives of Medicine, 2014)In order to raise African countries probability of achieving the United Nations Millennium. Development Goals by 2015, there is need to increase and more efficiently use domestic and external funding to strengthen health ... -
Ownership and technical efficiency of hospitals: evidence from Ghana using data envelopment analysis
(BioMed Central, 2014)In order to measure and analyse the technical efficiency of district hospitals in Ghana, the specific objectives of this study were to (a) estimate the relative technical and scale efficiency of government, mission, private ... -
Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under:
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)BACKGROUND: Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, disproportionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. ... -
Parasitism in children aged three years and under: relationship between infection and growth in rural coastal Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, dispropor-tionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. Our objective ... -
The pathogenicity of blood stream and central nervous system forms of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypanosomes in laboratory mice: a comparative study
(F1000 Research Limited, 2022-03-02)Background: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) develops in two stages namely early stage when trypanosomes are found in the blood and late stage when trypanosomes are found in the central nervous system (CNS). The two ...