11 Result(s)

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Effect of awareness training to frontline health workers and the use of e-based technology on reporting of brucellosis cases in selected pastoral communities, Tanzania: a quasi-experimental study

Brucellosis is a serious community health problem and endemic disease in Tanzania in both humans and animals. Frontline health workers (FHWs) play a vital role in reporting and hence prevent and control brucel...

Belinda Joseph Mligo, Calvin Sindato, Richard B Yapi, Mpoki Mwabukusi… in One Health Outlook (2023)

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Gendered asymmetry of access to knowledge for brucellosis control among pastoral communities in north-west Côte d’Ivoire

Brucellosis is an infectious zoonotic disease considered as a threat to public health and pastoralist livelihoods. Symptoms of the disease can lead to gender-specific ailments such as abortions in women and or...

Stephane A. Y. Babo, Gilbert Fokou, Richard B. Yapi, Coletha Mathew… in Pastoralism (2022)

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Knowledge, attitude and practices of frontline health workers in relation to detection of brucellosis in rural settings of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Brucellosis an important zoonotic disease worldwide, which frequently presents as an undifferentiated febrile illness with otherwise varied and non-specific clinical manifestations. Despite its importance, the...

Belinda Joseph Mligo, Calvin Sindato, Richard B. Yapi, Coletha Mathew… in One Health Outlook (2022)

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Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making: protocol of a multi-country, transdisciplinary, mixed-methods research programme in three sub-Saharan countries

Health information systems are crucial to provide data for decision-making and demand for data is constantly growing. However, the link between data and decisions is not always rational or linear and the manag...

Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, David O’Donnell… in Health Research Policy and Systems (2021)

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Efficacy and safety of ascending doses of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium infection in preschool-aged and school-aged children: a single-blind randomised controlled trial

Despite decades of experience with praziquantel treatment in school-aged children (SAC) and adults, we still face considerable knowledge gaps relevant to the successful treatment of preschool-aged children (PS...

Jean T. Coulibaly, Gordana Panic, Richard B. Yapi, Jana Kovač… in BMC Medicine (2018)

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Effect of an integrated intervention package of preventive chemotherapy, community-led total sanitation and health education on the prevalence of helminth and intestinal protozoa infections in Côte d’Ivoire

Preventive chemotherapy with donated anthelminthic drugs is the cornerstone for the control of helminthiases. However, reinfection can occur rapidly in the absence of clean water and sanitation coupled with un...

Eveline Hürlimann, Kigbafori D. Silué, Fabien Zouzou… in Parasites & Vectors (2018)

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Spatial map** and prediction of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d’Ivoire

In Côte d’Ivoire, malaria remains a major public health issue, and thus a priority to be tackled. The aim of this study was to identify spatially explicit indicators of Plasmodium falciparum infection among schoo...

Clarisse A. Houngbedji, Frédérique Chammartin, Richard B. Yapi… in Parasites & Vectors (2016)

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Bayesian risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infections and estimates of preventive chemotherapy for school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis affects more than a billion people in the world and accounts for a global burden of 5.1 million disability-adjusted life years. The objectives of this study were (i) to map and p...

Richard B. Yapi, Frédérique Chammartin, Eveline Hürlimann… in Parasites & Vectors (2016)

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Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children: a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d’Ivoire

There is limited knowledge on the malaria burden of school-aged children in Côte d’Ivoire. The aim of this study was to assess Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity, use of preventive measure...

Clarisse A Houngbedji, Prisca B N’Dri, Eveline Hürlimann, Richard B Yapi… in Malaria Journal (2015)

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The epidemiology of polyparasitism and implications for morbidity in two rural communities of Côte d’Ivoire

Polyparasitism is still widespread in rural communities of the develo** world. However, the epidemiology of polyparasitism and implications for morbidity are poorly understood. We studied patterns of multipl...

Eveline Hürlimann, Richard B Yapi, Clarisse A Houngbedji… in Parasites & Vectors (2014)

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Concomitant Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal helminth infections in a rural community of southern Côte d’lvoire

Richard B Yapi, Eveline Hürlimann, Kigbafori D Silué… in Malaria Journal (2012)