Investigation of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) type 2 outbreak, – Sierra Leone, December 2020
Alfred Fomba, Joseph Bangura, Patrick Swaray, Idrissa Tarawalie, Salieu Jalloh, Sheku Samba, Leonard Hakizimana, Uzoma Ogbonna, Eboh Victor, Gebrekrstos Gebru, Kofi Nyarko, Alden Henderson, Tushar Singh
Background:
Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV), is a genetic mutation of the Sabin virus. Sierra Leone reported its last case of wild polio virus in 2010. In December 2020 the...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Healthcare related infections
Investigation of newly identified COVID-19 clusters in Kalyanpuri, New Delhi, India, June–July, 2020
Arvind Kamboj, Nishant Nirwan, Kanica Kaushal, Sushma Choudhary, Tanzin Dikid
Background:
COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic on 30 January 2020 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). In the early part of the pandemic, the transmission dynamics of...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Knowledge of Occupational Hazards and Prevalence of Injuries among Construction Workers Abuja, Nigeria, 2019
Ahmad Njidda, Auwal Abubakar, Jamilu Nikau, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Patrick Nguku, Adamu Shehu
Background:
The health and safety profile of the construction industry in Nigeria is poor. The industry alone accounted for 39.2% of injuries and 34.9% of deaths at the workplace in Nigeria...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Occupational and environmental health
- Injury
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices during a Brazilian Spotted Fever Outbreak in a municipality in southeastern Brazil, 2019
Maria Isabella Haslett, Camila Fernanda Santana, Lidsy Fonseca, Juliana Fittipaldi, Junia Carrieri, Luciane Coutinho, Edmundo Flores, Isabela Veloso, José Renato Costa, Cibelle Cabral
Background:
Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is a febrile hemorrhagic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, transmitted by the Amblyomma sculptum tick. Between May and...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vector-borne
- Public health surveillance
Mass Drug Administration Coverage and Determinants of Drug
Uptake for Elimination of Onchocerciasis in Ulanga District, 2019
Ambakisye Kuyokwa Mhiche, Dinah Gasarasi, Ahmed Abade, Oscar Kaitaba, Isaac Njau, Akili Kalinga
Background:
Ulanga district has been implementing Mass Drug Administration (MDA) intervention for the past 20 years. However, there has been limited evidence for transmission interruption while...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vector-borne
- Public health surveillance
Monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and reasons for vaccine acceptance, Finland - April to December 2020
Charlotte Hammer, Veronica Cristea, Thimothee Dub, Jonas Sivelä
Background:
Vaccination is a cornerstone in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Finland started vaccination against COVID-19 in December 2020. To better understand the impact of this control...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Other
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Monitoring progress towards improvement in Human Immunodeficiency Virus care for those newly diagnosed in Queensland, Australia 2014–2018
Elenor Kerr, Jonathan Malo, Emma Field, Damin Si, Robert Ware, Sonya Bennett, Stephen Lambert
Background:
Shortening the time to viral suppression after HIV diagnosis reduces morbidity and transmission. Current treatment indicators do not include the more relevant health outcome of viral...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
Outbreak of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus Type-2 Chienge District, Luapula Province, Zambia, September 2019
Musole Chipoya, Nyambe Sinyange
Background: Africa has seen a significant rise in circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks following the switch to bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) in 2016. In September...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Public health surveillance
- Healthcare related infections
Post-cyclone rapid needs assessment, Puri Urban, Odisha,
India–May 2019
Ashish Tigga, Kevisetuo Dzeyie, Nihar Ranjan Ray, Sunil Dash, Rajesh Yadav, Pankaj Bhatnagar, Pauline Harvey
Background:
Extremely severe cyclonic storm “Fani” hit Odisha State on 3 May 2019, displacing 1.5 million and causing 64 deaths. We conducted a rapid needs assessment in highly affected Puri...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Injury
- Public health surveillance
- Occupational and environmental health
Predictors of Viral Load Suppression among HIV Positive Female Sex Workers on Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Harare, Zimbabwe 2019
Blessing Mushangwe, Raymond Yekeye, Cleophas Chimbetete, Sherpherd Shamhu, Tsitsi Juru, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga
Background:
The estimated viral load suppression among female sex workers (FSWs) in Harare is 63% against 95% target for elimination of HIV. Virological non-suppression among FSWs living with HIV...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Viral hepatitis and HIV
- Occupational and environmental health
- Public health surveillance
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Outpatients during a Period of Community Transmission—Zambia, July 2020
Dabwiso Banda, Nyambe Sinyange
Background:
Zambia recorded its first cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections in March 2020 and began regularly testing persons at health facilities in April 2020. We assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Prevalence of suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among the Zambian population – Zambia, 2020-2021.
Nyambe Sinyange, Oliver Mweso
Background:
The onset of the second Covid-19 wave in December 2020 in Zambia coincided with detection of the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant as the predominant strain among sequenced specimens in the...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Protective behavioral practices toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among health care workers in Sierra Leone, 2019
Francis Foday Amara, Kadijatu Kamara, Abdul Sesay, Joseph Bangura, Patrick Swaray, Jeffery Macavoray, Mary Mansaray, Musu Abu, David Moses, Umaru Sesay, Idrissa Tarawalie, Salieu Jalloh, Sheku Samba, Alfred Fomba, Uzoma Ogbonna, Leonard Hakizimana, Kofi Nyarko
Background:
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global public health threat. Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of infection because they treat COVID-19 patients. In Sierra Leone, HCWs...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Healthcare related infections
- Vaccine preventable diseases
Results of The Largest Nationwide Campaign Targeting 60 Million Egyptians Above 18 Years For Reducing Mortality From Noncommunicable Diseases, 2018-2019: A Focus on Diabetes Mellitus
Galal Elshishiney, Sahar Samy, Hanaa Abuelsood, Salma Afifi, Aysam Salah, Mohamed Hassany
Background:
Egypt is facing growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) driven by uncontrolled risk factors. Studies indicated that 15.1% of Egyptians aged 15-69 years are diabetics. A...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Chronic disease
- Public health surveillance
Risk Factors Analysis of HIV Outbreak Among Children Under 15 Years, Sindh-Pakistan - June, 2019
Adnan Khan, Muhammad Asif Syed
Background:
From April to June 2019, 909 new HIV infections were identified in Larkana, Pakistan; 86% were children age <15 years. To identify the possible transmission links in this outbreak...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
Risk factors associated with frequent outbreaks of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Case-Control Study
Nayar Nawaz, Muhammad Asif Syed, Adnan Khan, Aamir Hussain, Arslan Memon
Background:
Congo Crimean hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic infection that is enzootic in Sindh Province, Pakistan. Each year, it leads to many outbreaks and sporadic cases in...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
Risk factors for Community Acquired Urinary Tract Infections by
Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Bacteria, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2019
Marvellous Mhondoro, Nqobile Ndlovu, Simbarashe Chiwanda, Tsitsi Juru, Gerald Shambira, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga
Background:
Drug resistance is a major public health concern responsible for morbidity and mortality globally. In Harare, 3rd generation cephalosporins resistant E.coli in urines increased from...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Anti-microbial resistance
- Other
Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Yemen, 2019: a case control study
Khaled Al-Jamrah, Esam Mahyoub, Abdulaziz Al Aghbari, Labiba Anam
Background:
The emergence of Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a great challenge for TB control program in Yemen where estimated 2.3% of new TB cases and 18% of previously treated...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Other
- Anti-microbial resistance
Saudi CDC COVID-19 Rapid Response Teams —A 4-Month Report, April 2020–July 2020
Abdulaziz Almutairi, Sami Almudarra
Background:
Saudi Arabia reported its first COVID-19 cases on 2 March 2020. Cases continued to spread in the Kingdom, and existing public health infrastructure was unable to meet testing demands...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Public health surveillance
Skin cancer risk factors among black South Africans — The Johannesburg Cancer Study, 1995–2016
Babongile Ndlovu, Wenlong Chen, Lazarus Kuonza, Mazvita Sengayi-Muchengeti, Elvira Singh
Background:
Persons with higher levels of melanin are assumed to have a lower risk of skin cancer (SC). However, sunlight exposure is not the only SC risk factor and lesions can occur on covered...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Occupational and environmental health
- Other
Tuberculosis Screening among Contacts of Bacteriologically Confirmed TB Patients -- Rwanda, June 2016 to July 2019
Edward Rusesa, Joseph Ntaganira, Patrick Migambi, Samuel Rwunganira
Background:
Although Rwanda has made substantial progress in tuberculosis (TB) control, it remains a major public health challenge. From July 2016 to June 2019, the TB surveillance system...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
- Public health surveillance
Uganda’s Preparedness and Prompt Control of Imported Ebola Virus Disease, June 2019
Sandra Nabatanzi, Alex Riolexus Ario, Allan Muruta, Issa Makumbi, Benon Kwesiga, Atek Kagirita, Doreen Gonahasa, Paul Mbaka, Innocent Komakech, Felix Ocom, Joseph Ojwang, Ida Marie Ameda, Simon Kyazze, Allan Mpairwe, Henry Mwebesa, Miriam Nanyunja
Background:
On 1 August 2018, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in North-Kivu province, 100km from the Uganda border. The World Health...
Conference: FETP International Night (2021, USA)
Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Kindergarten-Grade 12 Schools during the First Two Months of In-Person Instruction of 2021 – British Columbia, Canada
Laurence Campeau, France Thistlethwaite, Jiayun Angela Yao, Li Rita Zhang, Christina Fung, Ariella Zbar
Background:
Further evidence around transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in educational settings in the Canadian context is needed to assess the effectiveness of current containment measures and inform...
Conference: 11th TEPHINET Americas (2021, Canada)
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Other
- Public health surveillance
Investigation of an Outbreak of ST-11 Serogroup W Invasive Meningococcal Disease – Alberta, Canada, 2021
Katharine Fagan-Garcia, Gregory Tyrrell, Raymond Tsang
Background:
Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis most commonly presents as meningitis and/or meningococcemia with a high case fatality rate and severe sequelae....
Conference: 11th TEPHINET Americas (2021, Canada)
- Other
- Vaccine preventable diseases