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Joseph Okeibunor
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 126
Citations - 1738
Joseph Okeibunor is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Public health. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 101 publications receiving 1092 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph Okeibunor include Obafemi Awolowo University & University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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Performance of predictors: evaluating sustainability in community-directed treatment projects of the African programme for onchocerciasis control.
Uche V. Amazigo,Joseph Okeibunor,Victoria Matovu,Honorat G. M. Zouré,Jesse B. Bump,A. Sékétéli +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that community ownership is among the important determining factors of sustainability of community-based programmes, and that health system weaknesses could hamper community efforts in sustaining a project, such as when ivermectin was delivered late.
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Spatial and temporal distribution of infectious disease epidemics, disasters and other potential public health emergencies in the World Health Organisation Africa region, 2016-2018.
Ambrose Talisuna,Emelda A. Okiro,Ali Ahmed Yahaya,Mary Stephen,Boukare Bonkoungou,Emmanuel Onuche Musa,Etienne Minkoulou,Joseph Okeibunor,Benido Impouma,Haruna Mamoudou Djingarey,N’da Konan Michel Yao,Sakuya Oka,Zabulon Yoti,Ibrahima Socé Fall +13 more
TL;DR: The frequent and widespread occurrence of epidemics and disasters in Africa is a clarion call for investing in preparedness and it is called upon all African countries to establish governance and predictable financing mechanisms for IHR implementation and to build resilient health systems everywhere.
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Rural-urban differences in health-seeking for the treatment of childhood malaria in south-east Nigeria.
TA Okeke,Joseph Okeibunor +1 more
TL;DR: Urban and rural mothers differed in their responses to childhood fevers, and training drug vendors and caretakers are important measures to improve malaria control.
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Preventing malaria in pregnancy through community-directed interventions: evidence from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Joseph Okeibunor,Bright Orji,William R. Brieger,Gbenga Ishola,Emmanuel Otolorin,Barbara Rawlins,Enobong U Ndekhedehe,Nkechi G. Onyeneho,Günther Fink +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the inclusion of community-based programmes can substantially increase effective access to malaria prevention, and also increase access to formal health care access in general, and antenatal care attendance in particular in combination with supply side interventions.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of standardised seroprevalence studies, from January 2020 to December 2021
Hannah Lewis,H. Ware,Mairead Whelan,Lorenzo Subissi,Zi-hong Li,Xiaomeng Ma,Anthony Nardone,Marta Valenciano,Brianna Cheng,Kimberley Noel,C. Cao,Mercedes Yanes-Lane,Belinda L. Herring,Ambrose Talisuna,Nsenga Ngoy,Thierno Balde,David A. Clifton,Maria D. Van Kerkhove,David L. Buckeridge,Niklas Bobrovitz,Joseph Okeibunor,Rahul Krishan Arora,Isabel Bergeri +22 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of population-based seroprevalence studies in Africa suggests greater population exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and potential protection against COVID-19 severe disease than indicated by surveillance data.