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University of Health and Allied Sciences
Education•Ho, Ghana•
About: University of Health and Allied Sciences is a education organization based out in Ho, Ghana. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 637 authors who have published 1063 publications receiving 9380 citations. The organization is also known as: UHAS & IAU-024335.
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TL;DR: Polymorphism was found at most loci, clustering genotypes into eight groups among both Australian and Ghanaian isolates, although there was some variation between countries, and linkage disequilibrium was observed, suggesting T. vaginalis population is highly clonal.
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TL;DR: Programmes aimed at improving knowledge, attitudes and practices should focus on Barbers in urban communities, those without any formal education, and those with less than five years work experience.
Abstract: The barbing industry poses particular public health risks if it is not conducted in a safe and hygienic manner. These risks can lead to the transmission of infectious diseases like the Human Immuno...
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TL;DR: Whether mHealth interventions can improve adherence to neonatal health protocols in low-resource settings cannot be ascertained, but Neonatal health improvement activities are however likely to improve protocol adherence.
Abstract: This study assessed health workers’ adherence to neonatal health protocols before and during the implementation of a mobile health (mHealth) clinical decision-making support system (mCDMSS) that sought to bridge access to neonatal health protocol gap in a low-resource setting. We performed a cross-sectional document review within two purposively selected clusters (one poorly-resourced and one well-resourced), from each arm of a cluster-randomized trial at two different time points: before and during the trial. The total trial consisted of 16 clusters randomized into 8 intervention and 8 control clusters to assess the impact of an mCDMSS on neonatal mortality in Ghana. We evaluated health workers’ adherence (expressed as percentages) to birth asphyxia, neonatal jaundice and cord sepsis protocols by reviewing medical records of neonatal in-patients using a checklist. Differences in adherence to neonatal health protocols within and between the study arms were assessed using Wilcoxon rank-sum and permutation tests for each morbidity type. In addition, we tracked concurrent neonatal health improvement activities in the clusters during the 18-month intervention period. In the intervention arm, mean adherence was 35.2% (SD = 5.8%) and 43.6% (SD = 27.5%) for asphyxia; 25.0% (SD = 14.8%) and 39.3% (SD = 27.7%) for jaundice; 52.0% (SD = 11.0%) and 75.0% (SD = 21.2%) for cord sepsis protocols in the pre-intervention and intervention periods respectively. In the control arm, mean adherence was 52.9% (SD = 16.4%) and 74.5% (SD = 14.7%) for asphyxia; 45.1% (SD = 12.8%) and 64.6% (SD = 8.2%) for jaundice; 53.8% (SD = 16.0%) and 60.8% (SD = 11.7%) for cord sepsis protocols in the pre-intervention and intervention periods respectively. We observed nonsignificant improvement in protocol adherence in the intervention clusters but significant improvement in protocol adherence in the control clusters. There were 2 concurrent neonatal health improvement activities in the intervention clusters and over 12 in the control clusters during the intervention period. Whether mHealth interventions can improve adherence to neonatal health protocols in low-resource settings cannot be ascertained by this study. Neonatal health improvement activities are however likely to improve protocol adherence. Future mHealth evaluations of protocol adherence must account for other concurrent interventions in study contexts.
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TL;DR: The call to practise inclusive education in African countries has coincided with efforts to promote deeper cooperation in the education sector as mentioned in this paper, and Ghana and Nigeria have adopted a common curriculum to promote the integration of education in Africa.
Abstract: The call to practise inclusive education in African countries has coincided with efforts to promote deeper cooperation in the education sector. Ghana and Nigeria have adopted a common curriculum to...
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TL;DR: Consumer acceptability of indigenous chicken meats is investigated using survey and sensory evaluation to find answers to questions related to marketability or otherwise of the naked‐neck, frizzled naked‐ neck, and normal‐feathered cockerels.
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Authors
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Christopher J L Murray | 209 | 754 | 310329 |
Fred Binka | 55 | 178 | 9536 |
Seth Owusu-Agyei | 52 | 276 | 10805 |
John O. Gyapong | 50 | 145 | 7813 |
Sake J. de Vlas | 50 | 226 | 8740 |
Mehdi Ahmadi | 48 | ||
Wim Groot | 47 | 377 | 8993 |
Abraham Hodgson | 46 | 131 | 6871 |
Milena Pavlova | 40 | 246 | 5372 |
Irene Akua Agyepong | 36 | 115 | 5006 |
Margaret Gyapong | 35 | 115 | 3307 |
Abraham Oduro | 35 | 155 | 3539 |
Said Aboud | 35 | 184 | 3819 |
David Guwatudde | 28 | 96 | 2789 |
Billy Ngasala | 27 | 68 | 2552 |