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Journal of Public Health in Africa
Dikeluarkan Scopus 2013
ISSN 2038-9922 · AOSIS · 992 artikel di indeks
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Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing ambitions: Opportunities and regional implications
Background: Global health emergencies consistently expose and exacerbate vaccine inequities, with high-income countries prioritising their populations and leaving low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) facing delays and shortages. Diseases primarily affecting LMICs receive limited attention from…
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Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among young adults in Lephalale between 2021 and 2023, Limpopo province, South Africa
Background: Overweight and obesity are rising health concerns in South Africa, increasingly affecting young adults in rural communities, and are influenced by distinct demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors. Aim: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of body mass index…
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Commemorating a decade of service: Reflections on Nigeria’s deployment of 196 public health professionals to Liberia and Sierra Leone during the 2014–2015 Ebola crisis
The West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic of 2013–2016 was the largest on record, severely affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and overwhelming public health systems. Following Nigeria’s successful containment of its domestic EVD outbreak in 2014, the African Union Support to…
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Cervical cancer information access and dissemination strategies among rural Kenyan women: A mixed methods study
Background: Cervical cancer (CC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. In rural Kenya, screening uptake is particularly low, partly because of limited access to reliable health information and other structural barriers such as the unavailability of…
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Tougan population towards dengue in Burkina Faso in 2024
Background: Recent dengue outbreaks in Burkina Faso have caused substantial morbidity and mortality among semi-urban and urban populations. Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among the population of Tougan, a semi-urban city, towards dengue. Setting: Between April 2024 and…
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Artemisinin resistance threat in Central and West Africa needs holistic action
Artemisinin partial resistance (ART-R) has now emerged in the Horn, Eastern and Southern Africa. Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 gene, strongly associated with ART-R, are increasingly reported in several Central and West Africa countries. Here, we opine that the emergence and spread…
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Traditional health practices in child care: Perceptions of caregivers in a township community
Background: For women of childbearing age in South Africa, using different traditional healthcare practices is common. The use is intended for differing reasons, including aiding with conception and care of the baby during the neonatal phase and of the mother during the nursing stages. This is…
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Family planning in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District: A follow-up on attitudes and practices
Background: In 2010, the Barekuma Collaborative Community Development Project demonstrated concerning evidence of unmet family planning needs in the Barkese sub-district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. In 2023, Ghana Health Services requested the study be repeated to understand how the prevalence…
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Addressing the need for an operational research framework for Africa
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which supports all 55 member states (MS) in Africa, was established to strengthen the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks based on…
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Prioritisation and risk ranking of epidemic-prone diseases for emergency preparedness and response in Eastern Africa using a multi-criteria decision analysis framework, 2023
Background: Resources to respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious disease emergencies are limited. Aim: To support preparedness planning and resource allocation, a prioritisation methodology was applied to rank epidemic-prone diseases in Eastern Africa. Setting: The study took place in the…
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Burden of group A rotavirus infection among children with acute diarrhoea in Lambaréné, Gabon
Background: Rotaviruses are among the most common causal pathogens of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in children. Little is known about the burden of rotavirus diarrhoea in Gabon. Aim: This study aimed to determine the proportion of rotavirus infection in children under 5 years with diarrhoea in…
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Charting Africa’s digital public health future: Five priorities for action
No abstract available.
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Evaluation of the concordance between nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs in the detection of COVID-19
Background: Nasopharyngeal swabs (NASO) cause discomfort for patients, which can discourage them from getting tested for COVID-19 and limit case detection. It is therefore necessary to consider an alternative, more comfortable swab. Aim: Evaluated the concordance between nasopharyngeal and…
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COVID-19 and ethics in action: Insights from African research committees
Background: Research ethics committees (RECs) in Africa face challenges, including inadequate institutional support, low member engagement, and limited ethical review capacity. The COVID-19 pandemic added another layer of pressure on RECs. Aim: To delineate the activities of African RECs and…
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Evaluation of perception towards brain health in Nigeria: Results from a nationwide awareness survey
Background: Brain health involves the continuous functioning of mental, cognitive, motor and physical abilities driven by brain processes. Despite high levels of brain health risk in Nigeria, there is a lack of data on the public perception of brain health. Aim: The authors investigated the…
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Effect of intervention on preventive practices of hypertension and diabetes among teachers
Background: This study addressed the critical gap in teachers’ preventive practices regarding hypertension and diabetes, highlighting the need for workplace health interventions to improve disease prevention. Aim: This study aimed to examine the effect of an educational intervention on…
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PrEP and choice counselling – Insights into implementation
Adolescent girls and young women are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The introduction of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was a game-changer in HIV prevention. In 2023, the dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR) was introduced in select implementation research sites in…
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Obstetric fistula awareness in The Gambia, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar and Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys data
Background: Obstetric fistulas represent a frequently overlooked consequence of inadequate maternal health care and are largely preventable and treatable, with fistula awareness playing a key role in these efforts. This article aimed to understand the levels of fistula awareness and socioeconomic…
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Migration corridors in Africa and access to health services: Current challenges and a path forward for research and practice
This commentary discusses migration corridors on the African continent and access to health services. It stems from a workshop on migration corridors held in South Africa and reflects the interdisciplinary collaborative dialogue on migration journeys and healthcare, incorporating physical and…
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Integrating a single-dose intravenous iron therapy (ferric carboxymaltose) for maternal anaemia in Nigeria: Insights from stakeholder engagement
Background: Maternal anaemia contributes to high maternal morbidity and adverse birth outcomes in Nigeria. Oral iron supplementation is common but limited by poor adherence, side effects and systemic barriers. Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM), a single-dose intravenous iron formulation, offers a…