FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    A retrospective descriptive analysis of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis cases in Sindh-Pakistan from 2011 to 2021: An emerging global Public health threat

    Dr. Naveed Masood, Dr. Muhammad Asif Sayed, Dr. Samreen Qureshi, Dr. Mudassar Hussain
    Background
    Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is an emerging infectious disease caused by free-living amoebae Naegleria fowleri. In Pakistan, an increasing number of PAM cases have been...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Other
    • Pakistan

    Coronavirus Disease 2019 — Field Experience and Considerations for Disease Surveillance during Public Health Emergencies; Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; 2020 – 2021

    Dr. Ruvimbo Chingonzoh, Mr. Thomas Dlamini, Dr. Michelle Groome, Ms. Joy Ebonwu, Mr. Zonwabele Merile, Ms. Nosiphiwo Mgobo, Ms. Ncebakazi Gixela, Ms. Bontle Motloung, Dr. Emelina Mutabazi-Nizere, Ms. Nomgcobo Yamani, Mr. Nkosiphendule Mngceke
    Background
    Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance is essential in understanding the epidemiology and impact of this previously undescribed disease. Public health surveillance informs...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Health Information Systems (Including Surveillance)
    • Other
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • South Africa

    Antibody response, vaccine adverse events and presence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers vaccinated with inactivated vaccine previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 and with no prior infection, Ankara, Türkiye, 2021

    Dr. Gulsen Barlas, Dr. Yasemin Demirbilek, Dr. Selmur Topal, Dr. Fehminaz Temel, Dr. Yasemin Coşgun, Dr. Revasiye Kayalı Güleşen, Dr. Ali Kösekahya, Dr. Sultan Tuncay, Dr. Rahime Kaçmaz, Dr. Füsun Tünay, Dr. Fatma Gülay Korukluoğlu, Mrs. Fatma Boran, Dr. Tuğba Baltacı, Dr. Zekiye Çipil, Dr. Çağrı Emin Şahin, Dr. Muhammet Çömçe, Dr. Fatih Kara
    Background
    Türkiye began the COVID-19 vaccination drive with an inactivated CoronaVac in January 2021. We aimed to investigate the vaccine adverse events, seropositivity levels and disease status...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Turkey

    Assessment of Oral health-related quality of life and its associated factors in Adults, Mbouda Health District, West region-Cameroon, 2020

    Mr. Nathanael Doré Chimi Chimi, Mr. L. Onambele, Dr. Armel EVOUNA, Dr. Priscillia Anya Amvella
    Background
    Oral health is closely related to general health and people’s quality of life, through affecting their oral functions, social interactions and daily activities. We aimed to look for...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Health Promotions
    • Nutrition
    • Cameroon

    Declining Maternal mortality in Liberia 2017-2020: Are we winning the war?

    Mr. John Doe, Mr. John Doe, Mr. Alberta Corvah, Dr. Maame Amo-Addae, Dr. Peter Adewuyi, Mrs. Himiede Sesay, Dr. Obafemi Babalola
    Background
    Approximately 800 women die daily from preventable causes. Sub-Saharan Africa records 68% of all maternal deaths worldwide annually. Maternal death is a priority event under...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Liberia

    Birth and death rates, and causes of deaths among general population, Kono District, Sierra Leone, 2020-2021

    Mr. Ivan Augustine Barrie, Mr. Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Mrs. Binta Bah, Mr. Joel Francis Mansaray, Mr. Mohammed Babah Jalloh, Dr. Philip Gevao, Dr. Elduma Adel, Dr. Gebrekrstos Gebru
    Background
    Fertility, mortality, and migration are major determinants of population growth. They are used to project population size between census years. Population size is key in allocating...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Other
    • Sierra Leone

    Descriptive analysis of snake bites cases in Bugesera district–Rwanda, 2022

    Mr. Didier NDABANA, Mr. Jean Bosco Buhirike, Dr. Cyrille Ntahompagaze, Mr. Emmanuel Sebazungu, Mr. Francois Karambizi, Mr. Hyacenthus Uwitonze, Mrs. Esperance Niragire
    Background
    The WHO estimates that between 4.5 to 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year and 40-50% of them develop clinical illness which may lead to complications like amputation and...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • biosecurity & Biosafety
    • Rwanda

    Foodborne Disease Outbreak following Consumption of Tainted Maize Meal in a rural district of Lusaka Province, Zambia – 2021

    Ms. KABEELA SAMBWA, Mr. Michael Miyoba, Ms. Muonga Mfuya, Mr. Otis Mumba, Ms. Phelida Zulu, Mr. Kayonde Ngondo, Dr. James Zulu
    Background
    Foodborne outbreaks are commonly reported in different parts of Zambia. On 21st October 2021, Chirundu District Health Office received a report of diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pain,...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Zambia

    Outbreak Investigation of Viral Hepatitis E in in village Sultana, District Jhunjhunu, India July - September 2021.

    Dr. Harish kumar Kaushik, Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Dr. Rajkumar Dangi, Dr. Disha Meena, Dr. DEEPA MEENA, Dr. Ameya Vaze, Dr. Navin Verma, Dr. Sujeet Kumar Singh
    Background
    In north India, 27% of water-related outbreaks are reported to be caused by hepatitis E. 90% cases are enterically transmitted, spread mainly by fecally contaminated drinking water and...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Water or foodborne
    • India

    Evolution of waterborne diseases from 2018 to 2021, opportunities and challenges -Cameroon

    Mrs. Belle Fontem, Dr. Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Dr. Linda Esso Endalle, Dr. Armelle Ngomba, Dr. Libwea Njuma, Dr. Armel EVOUNA, Dr. Priscillia Anya Amvella, Dr. Patricia Mendjime, Dr. Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa
    Background
    Waterborne diseases (WD) remain the leading cause of illnesses and deaths globally. In Cameroon, World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 82% and 42% of the urban and rural...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Environmental Health (Including Water & Sanitation)
    • Health Promotions
    • Cameroon

    Cholera outbreak investigation at the New Bell Central Prison, Douala-Cameroon, April 2022

    Dr. Alice Raissa Malagal Alice Raissa, Dr. Marie Madeleine Dissongo Moukouri, Mrs. NDJOZOU ELIANNE FLORE, Mr. O. Byniet, Mr. E. Nyame, Dr. Rene Do’o Bessing, Dr. Dominik Hans Mossi, Mr. Leonard Ewane, Dr. Armel EVOUNA, Dr. Priscillia Anya Amvella
    Background
    On March 19, 2022, New Bell Health District notified a suspected case of cholera at the New Bell central Prison in Douala, one of the two most populated prison in Cameroon. We...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Environmental Health (Including Water & Sanitation)
    • Health Promotions
    • Cameroon

    Malaria outbreak - Ibans, Gracias a Dios, Honduras epidemiological weeks 4‒12, 2022.

    Prof. Marlene Alvarez
    Background
    In 2020, World Health Organization reported 627,000 Malaria deaths worldwide, 80% in <5 years. This Anopheles mosquito-borne disease is common in tropical regions. In 2021, Gracias a...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vector-borne
    • Honduras

    Outbreak investigation of covid-19 in Bwishyura market, Korangi district, Rwanda in April to May, 2021

    Dr. Jean Pierre BUCYANAYANDI, Mr. Celestin Nzafashwanimana, Mr. Seth Nsabayezu, Ms. Françoise Uwamariya, Mr. Jean Claude NIYOYITA, Mr. Emmanuel Nshimiyimna, Mr. Albert Ndagijimana
    Background
    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral disease that was first identified in China, Wuhan province in late 2019 and spread worldwide causing millions of deaths. Rwanda declared...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Rwanda

    Response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in rural area, El Mangal community, Sayaxche municipality, department of El Peten-Guatemala, July 2021

    Mr. Carlos Moran
    Background
    Coronavirus (COVID-19) acute respiratory disease caused by SARS-COV-2, affects people of all ages. Entered Guatemala in 2020, the first confirmed cases in Peten Sur-Occidente were...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Guatemala

    COVID-19 Outbreak in the tourism island of San Pedro Ambergris Caye, Belize, June 1 to July 23, 2021

    Dr. Joshua Canul, Ms. Myra Fernandez, Mr. Russell Manzanero
    Background
    In March 2020, the first laboratory-confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in San Pedro Ambergris Caye, the main tourism destination in Belize and immediate Public Health measures...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Belize

    COVID-19 outbreak - San Antonio Sulaco, Yoro, Honduras, July-August 2021.

    Prof. Seydy Aguilar, Dr. Suyapa Dominguez, Dr. Cristelia Euceda
    Background
    COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In August 2021, Honduras reported 312,192 cases and 8,310 deaths. Yoro reported 9,470 cases and 324 deaths. On epidemiological...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Honduras

    Vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among parents of children under five in the city of Gao, Mali in 2021

    Dr. KEBE Amadou Tila, Dr. Bouyagui TRAORE
    Background
    Since the beginning of immunization, there had been opposition from groups. This opposition has persisted in small communities. In recent decades with the advent of social networks the...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Mali

    Assessment of Uptake of Pre exposure Prophylaxis for HIV among clients attending Embu Teaching and Referral Hospital-Kenya 2021.

    Mr. Daniel Gichovi, Dr. Maryanne Gachari, Ms. Rosaline Njiru, Ms. Judy Anyieni, Dr. Maria Nunga
    Background
    The 2018 HIV treatment guideline recommends the use of Pre Exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention of new HIV infections among people who are at risk of being exposed to HIV through...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Health Promotions
    • Kenya

    Outbreak Investigation of Human Brucellosis inTadjourahHealth Region, Djibouti, November 2021

    Mr. ADAKE MOHAMED ADAKE, Dr. Pedwindé Hamadou Seogo, Dr. Kelebwe Prosper Ilunga, Mrs. Sahra Moussa Bouh, Mr. Mohamed Houmed Bourhan, Mr. Ahmed Said salem, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Dimbio, Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, Dr. Herbert Kazoora Brian, Dr. Tatek Anbessie Bogale, Dr. Houssein Youssouf Darar
    Background
    Brucellosis is a zoonosis that is one of the notifiable diseases in Djibouti. On November 21st, 2021, Tadjourah Medico-HospitalCenter(CMHT) notified to surveillance unit of Djibouti,...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Zoonotic
    • One Health
    • Djibouti

    Epidemiology of ESKAPE Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital, South Africa, January 2019 to August 2021

    Dr. Thendo Ndou, Mr. Khuliso Ravhuhali, Ms. Thembekile Zwane
    Background
    ESKAPE is an acronym for a group of five highly virulent pathogens, namely: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • South Africa

    Assessment of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Isolates from Inpatients at The Nairobi West Hospital, Kenya, June-December 2021

    Ms. Mercy Cheptoo, Dr. Maryanne Gachari, Mr. Hillary Limo, Dr. Peter Shikuku, Dr. Saini Prakash, Mr. Joseph Mulingwa, Dr. Maria Nunga
    Background
    Kenya's prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is approximately over 30% for first-line antibiotics. Analysis of the susceptibility profiles of pathogens will help guide the...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Kenya

    Behavioral Drives and Patterns of Antibiotic Use and Misuse: A Cross Sectional Study in Jalal Pur Jattan Pakistan in 2021

    Mr. Majid Ali Tahir, Dr. Mumtaz Ali Khan, Dr. Muhammad Wasif Malik, Prof. Aamer Ikram
    Background
    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is growing global threat mainly linked with behavioral routes. Pakistan is facing endemic AMR situation in different sporadic places of the country....
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Health Promotions
    • Pakistan

    Correlation between poverty and effectiveness of Sinopharm's BBIBP-Corv vaccine against COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and mortality, Peru-2021

    Mrs. Ingrith Baca-Zans, MRS. LIZ ZAMORA, Mrs. Ingrith Baca-Zans, Mrs. Carmen Rojas-Pariona, Dr. Alex Jaramillo, Dr. PABLO GRAJEDA
    Background
    The COVID-19 pandemic occurs in a previous global context of socio-economic inequalities and very deep differences in development between different regions, which has aggravated the...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Peru

    Epidemiology of attempted suicide in indigenous population in Colombia, 2018 - 2021

    MRS. GREACE AVILA, MRS. YALENA MOSQUERA BAHAMON
    Background
    Suicide attempt is a non-fatal self-inflicted behavior (1), involving varying degrees of
    suicidal intent, motives (2), and mechanisms. In Colombia, there is an upward trend in the...
    Conference: 11th TEPHINET Global (2022, Panama)
    • Neurologic Diseases
    • Mental health
    • Colombia

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