N. Malika, T. V. Van Dyk, Qais Alemi, J. C. Belliard, Catherine Fisher, L. Ortiz, S. Montgomery
{"title":"What's keeping kids up at night? How psychosocial stressors exacerbate the relationship between sleep and mental health","authors":"N. Malika, T. V. Van Dyk, Qais Alemi, J. C. Belliard, Catherine Fisher, L. Ortiz, S. Montgomery","doi":"10.1002/puh2.95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.95","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49624632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasmine Syifa Nabila Budi, Fabiola Cathleen, Manatee Jitanan, Oraphan Butkatunyoo, A. Miranda
{"title":"Daycare shooting in Thailand: Time to address firearm violence as a global health issue","authors":"Yasmine Syifa Nabila Budi, Fabiola Cathleen, Manatee Jitanan, Oraphan Butkatunyoo, A. Miranda","doi":"10.1002/puh2.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.93","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48372973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molly Unoh Ogbodum, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, D. Lucero‐Prisno, Comfort Tanaka Gutu, Hajar Bouali, Buya Nabie Bangura, Moussa Fofana, M. B. Musa, H. Daoud, Priscilla Owusu‐Mensah, David Do Céu Fiagan, C. Danquah, Mohamed Samai
{"title":"African Medicines Agency: How it will change the landscape of medicines in Africa","authors":"Molly Unoh Ogbodum, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, D. Lucero‐Prisno, Comfort Tanaka Gutu, Hajar Bouali, Buya Nabie Bangura, Moussa Fofana, M. B. Musa, H. Daoud, Priscilla Owusu‐Mensah, David Do Céu Fiagan, C. Danquah, Mohamed Samai","doi":"10.1002/puh2.96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.96","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46136263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rabeya Mashferat Mary, Falguni Alam, A. Miranda, D. Lucero‐Prisno, M. I. Bulbul
{"title":"Achieving COVID‐19 herd immunity in Bangladesh","authors":"Rabeya Mashferat Mary, Falguni Alam, A. Miranda, D. Lucero‐Prisno, M. I. Bulbul","doi":"10.1002/puh2.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.97","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48239098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Durojaye, O. Adedeji, O. Egbewande, Aishat Abiodun Ibrahim, Eniola Sampson‐Oladipupo, Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf, Yusuf Babatunde
{"title":"Enhancing communication strategies in controlling neglected tropical diseases in Nigeria","authors":"A. Durojaye, O. Adedeji, O. Egbewande, Aishat Abiodun Ibrahim, Eniola Sampson‐Oladipupo, Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf, Yusuf Babatunde","doi":"10.1002/puh2.100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42898410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew Weil Semulimi, Charles Batte, Daniel Iraguha, Pamela Apio Okwir, Hope Atuhaire, Chelsea Lipoto, Tonny Muwonge, Norah Namirembe, Grace Biyinzika Lubega, Provia Ainembabazi, John Mukisa, Felix Bongomin, Isaac Ssinabulya, Emmy Okello
{"title":"Long COVID in Uganda: Electrographic findings among patients at risk.","authors":"Andrew Weil Semulimi, Charles Batte, Daniel Iraguha, Pamela Apio Okwir, Hope Atuhaire, Chelsea Lipoto, Tonny Muwonge, Norah Namirembe, Grace Biyinzika Lubega, Provia Ainembabazi, John Mukisa, Felix Bongomin, Isaac Ssinabulya, Emmy Okello","doi":"10.1002/puh2.78","DOIUrl":"10.1002/puh2.78","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>COVID-19 has a significant cardiovascular involvement. Electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities among people at a risk of Long COVID in Uganda was investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted from February to June 2022 at the post COVID - 19 clinic in Mulago National Specialized Hospital, Kampala. A standard resting ECG was performed on individuals at least 2 months following acute COVID-19, with a negative SARS-CoV-2 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics as well as vital signs were recorded for all study participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 244 study participants, 117 (47.9%) were female. The median age of all the participants was 33.0 (interquartile range: 26.0 - 43.5) years. Twenty-five (10.2%) participants had a history of smoking while 117 (48%) had a history of alcohol intake. In total, 46 (18.9%) had abnormal ECG findings (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 14.39 - 24.29) and non-specific T-wave inversion (n = 16, 34%) was the most frequent ECG abnormality. The proportion of participants with ECG abnormalities was 48% lower among females (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR): 0.52, 95% CI: 0.28 - 0.96, p value < 0.05) and 2-fold greater for those with a history of smoking (aPR: 2.03, 95% CI:1.096 - 3.776, p value < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>One in five Ugandans who were checked at the clinic at a risk of Long COVID showed ECG abnormalities. ECG screening is suggested to be integrated into the follow-up care of those at a risk of Long COVID.</p>","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10586224/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46355803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Bekele, A. Muili, Iyaketing Akpan Udom, Lizeth Hernández‐Rubio, Y. G. Mogessie, Shewit Yehuala Wubneh, G. Odey, D. Mengesha
{"title":"Achieving COVID‐19 herd immunity in Ethiopia","authors":"B. Bekele, A. Muili, Iyaketing Akpan Udom, Lizeth Hernández‐Rubio, Y. G. Mogessie, Shewit Yehuala Wubneh, G. Odey, D. Mengesha","doi":"10.1002/puh2.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.99","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42903430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Addo, Thelma Ohene Asare, Christina Arthur, Kenneth Amoateng, Kelvin Addo, J. Larbi
{"title":"Toxoplasma gondii\u0000 among pregnant women attending antenatal care in a district hospital in Ghana","authors":"S. Addo, Thelma Ohene Asare, Christina Arthur, Kenneth Amoateng, Kelvin Addo, J. Larbi","doi":"10.1002/puh2.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.82","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74613,"journal":{"name":"Public health challenges","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48117645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}