Spatial Analysis and Time Trend Regression of Multifactorial Violence-Related Death and its Connection with Public Health in Nigeria

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Cholera resurgence in Africa: assessing progress, challenges, and public health response towards the 2030 global elimination target

Infezioni in Medicina, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 32(2)

Опубликована: Май 30, 2024

Global efforts to combat epidemic cholera outbreaks have witnessed tremendous feats over the decades. However, sporadic in regions, particularly across African states, mask these advancements. This regressive trend is frequently fuelled by factors retarding towards optimal environmental sanitation and personal hygiene, which include ingesting infected food, drinking contaminated waters, engaging unhealthy practices such as indiscriminate waste sewage disposal poor toilet practices. The ongoing achieve Taskforce on Cholera Control (GTFCC) targets of a 90% reduction cases deaths 2030, even wake continuous various reported World Health Organization (WHO) face significant threat. One effort, among others, AFRICHOL project, an enhanced surveillance consortium launched Africa decade ago part GTFCC at WHO monitor fast-track GTFCC's 2030 targets. It tasked with supporting implementation research-based strategies for combating Africa. prequalified oral vaccines - Dukoral, Shanchol, Euvichol those recombinant DNA technology also emerged remarkable strides. In this progress, challenges persist. Climate change, including extreme weather events lack safe water, sanitation, hygiene facilities, acts multiplier, amplifying existing hindering progress. Porous borders inefficient disease networks member states facilitate inter-territorial spread disease. Despite challenges, global are achievable provided strong institutional infrastructure additional evidence-based public health initiatives promulgated enacted. Roadmap Ending Outbreaks resourceful tool advancing fight eradicating cholera.

Язык: Английский

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Analysing the six-year malaria trends at Metehara Health Centre in Central Ethiopia: the impact of resurgence on the 2030 elimination goals

Malaria Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2024

Abstract Background Despite Ethiopia’s concerted efforts to eliminate malaria by 2030, the disease continues pose a significant public health and socioeconomic challenge in country. The year 2021 witnessed 2.78 million cases 8041 associated deaths, emphasizing persistent threat. Monitoring prevalence trend of is crucial for devising effective control elimination strategies. This study aims assess at Metehara Health Centre East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia. Methods A retrospective study, spanning from February September 2023, utilized registration laboratory logbooks evaluate 2017/18 2022/23. Malaria related data were collected using pre-designed collection sheet. Descriptive statistics employed summarization, presented through graphs tables. Results Out 59,250 examined blood films, 17.4% confirmed presence Plasmodium infections. Among cases, 74.3%, 23.8%, 1.84% attributed falciparum , vivax mixed infections, respectively. exhibited steady decline 2021/22, reaching 9.8% prevalence. However, an abrupt increase 26.5% was observed Males accounted higher proportion (66%) compared females (34%). age group 15–24 years experienced highest incidence 42%. Notably, peaked during autumn (September November) 43% reached lowest percentage spring (March May) 13%. Conclusion persists as around Metehara, central Ethiopia, predominantly driven . five-year declining interrupted notable upsurge 2022/23, indicating resurgence area. It imperative adopt reverse strategy sustain progress achieved national plan.

Язык: Английский

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Emergency Care for Refugee Patients at Suceava Hospital, Romania: Challenges and Insights from the First Year of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

Healthcare, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13(2), С. 138 - 138

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

Background: The ongoing military conflict in Ukraine has had a devastating impact on children’s health, exposing them to range of illnesses. aim this study was analyze the most common medical conditions among Ukrainian children since beginning conflict, with focus identifying and understanding these problems wartime setting. Method: To assess health status affected children, we collected data from 422 pediatric patients who presented emergency department. analysis included reviewing records, documenting nature illness, treatments administered, need for hospitalization. Results: Preliminary results indicate that interstitial pneumonia, contusions, gastroenterocolitis, traumatic brain injury were conditions. Of studied, 80% received appropriate care without hospitalization, while 20% admitted further evaluation. Conclusions: Interstitial pneumonia diagnosed 23% patients, highlighting vulnerability respiratory system under Contusions predominant musculoskeletal injuries, accounting 81% cases, gastroenterocolitis 46% reflecting poor living

Язык: Английский

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Improving diagnostics and surveillance of malaria among displaced people in Africa

International Journal for Equity in Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 24(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2025

Abstract African communities that have been forced to leave their homes experience a considerably greater susceptibility malaria as result of densely populated living conditions, restricted availability healthcare, and environmental influences. Internally displaced individuals frequently live in large settlements with drinking water, essential sanitation, medical services, intensifying the spread malaria. As result, occurrence is significantly more common among refugees internally compared those who are not displaced. This leads rates illness death, especially young people. Insufficient monitoring worsens condition, leading delayed identification intervention, contributing higher incidence severe deaths. Furthermore, these faced economic consequences contribute continuation poverty worsening socio-economic inequalities. psychological impact malaria, which marked by feelings anxiety uncertainty, particularly vulnerable populations such children pregnant women, aggravating overall burden. Hence, addressing Africa requires comprehensive well-coordinated strategies. Advanced diagnostic surveillance technologies for promptly identifying treating providing chances monitor control its effectively. Collaboration policy, humanitarian sectors crucial implementing solutions incorporate enhanced diagnostics, surveillance, socio-psychological support. Active involvement community, usage Community Health Workers, regular collection data increasing awareness, directing efforts, tackling specific difficulties encountered groups. Moreover, implementation management, incorporation health utilization adaptable healthcare interventions reducing effects To mitigate improve outcomes Africa, it focus on areas.

Язык: Английский

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April 15th war and hemodialysis patients in Sudan: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Trends in incidence, prevalence, and mortality of non-communicable diseases in Iraq (2003–2021)

BMC Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 29, 2025

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major public health concern in Iraq, playing significant role the country's morbidity and mortality rates. To offer thorough overview of patterns overall impact NCDs on health, this study aims to map trends incidence, prevalence, rates Iraq between 2003 2021. Data from Global Burden Disease (GBD) Study 2021 were utilized. The focus was 2021, period marked by social political changes. Using GBD results tool, age-standardized (ASPR, ASIR, ASMR) for 12 extracted expressed per 100,000 population. Descriptive statistics with 95% uncertainty intervals calculated, analyzed. analysis revealed nuanced trajectory ASPR all increased slightly (change %: 0.1, UI: -2.2 2.4), notable decline chronic respiratory -14.4, (-30.9 6.1) rise neoplasms 32.7, -5.9 81.3). ASIR diabetes kidney showed largest increase 42.9, 28.4 59.3), while had greatest -12.1, -36.8 22.5). Cardiovascular remained leading cause both sexes, ASMRs increasing males decreasing females over period. Skin subcutaneous highest ASMR 48.2), digestive experienced -21.4). highlights progress reducing NCD especially among younger people. However, older still face high death cardiovascular diseases. Rising cases cancer, diabetes, signal need targeted interventions. Continued risk factors healthcare access is essential.

Язык: Английский

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Unveiling the Silent Threat: Exploring Hypertension Prevalence and Risk Factors Among University Students in Syria

International Journal of Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 70

Опубликована: Фев. 3, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Synthesizing the impact of armed conflicts on food security, livelihoods and social dynamics in Amhara region, Ethiopia

BMC Nutrition, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 11(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 3, 2025

Armed conflicts cause food insecurity and famine by triggering the disruption destruction of systems. The conflict that erupted in northern Ethiopia lasted from 2020 to 2022 affected millions people. This resulted severe damage security, livelihoods social dynamics communities Amhara region. study synthesized impact on there zones, South Wello, North Wello Shewa zones Region. management response scope humanitarian assistance are also analyzed. used a qualitative case design. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions observation. Data local authorities, representatives displaced people, government non-government officials who responded crisis community members directly conflict. primary supplemented review reports credible secondary sources. research thematic narrative analysis techniques synthesize armed livelihoods, region, Ethiopia. Over 5.5 million people found be acute over half internally due Northern monetary value caused is estimated at $500 million, basic services loss 14 quintals agricultural production. has disrupted systems damaging infrastructure, causing market distortions shortages. Livelihoods threatened jobs private municipal property. infrastructure such as health, water sanitation, agriculture institutions inevitably have lasting negative impacts overall productivity community. Communities' religious traditional values, informal networks ​​are conflict, complicating communities' reconstruction efforts. significant Recognizing multiple region critical step developing effective responses. Government, non-governmental organizations, community-based should play crucial role building resilience support post-conflict Future studies can capitalize this finding could design large scale assessment using quantified further provide evidence

Язык: Английский

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Understanding experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: a mixed-methods study to inform intervention development in Ethiopia

BMJ Global Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 10(2), С. e016650 - e016650

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Background The WHO and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health have developed strategies to expand integrate services for co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) which manifest in the skin. To inform these strategies, we aimed understand social, economic health system context skin NTD care Kalu woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia, where cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) leprosy are endemic. Methods Between October 2020 May 2022, surveyed reviewed records 41 primary healthcare facilities explored common disease experiences focus group discussions (n=40) interviews with people affected by (n=37) CL (n=33), workers (n=23), kebele authorities opinion leaders (n=33) traditional healers (n=7). Opportunities integrated service provision were through policy document review, officials (n=25), stakeholder meetings. Results Availability diagnostic supplies worker competence provide was very limited across facilities, particularly CL. People commonly sought from while administered self-care or help healers. Travel costs at specialised outside district inhibited timely care-seeking both diseases. Transmission discourses shaped different understandings who expectations behaviour during after treatment. Many actors felt that existing supply chain interventions, decentralised treatment approaches community engagement initiatives could also benefit CL, but others warned against increasing unless be provided on a scale commensurate large burden they perceived. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate significant gaps NTDs within healthcare, health-seeking patterns need develop new models care, especially

Язык: Английский

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