FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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FEAD: The Field Epidemiology Abstract Database

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    Perception and Adherence to use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test among Health Care Workers – Nigeria, March 2018

    Mamman Aliyu Na’uzo, Dahiru Tukur, Muawiyyah Sufyan, Olufemi Ajumobi, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Patrick Nguku
    Background:
    In 2010, the World Health Organization recommended the test before treatment policy using Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (mRDT). Despite the introduction of this policy, presumptive...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Nigeria

    Maternal Death Surveillance in Deïdo Health District - Littoral Region, Cameroon, 2017

    Marcel Wilfried Nwaha Nwaha, Gaël KOUAMEN TCHOUNKEU, Linda ESSO ENDALLE, Georges Alain ETOUNDI MBALLA
    Background:
    In Cameroon, the 2011 overall maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was estimated at 782 deaths per 100,000 live births. Maternal Death surveillance (MDS) by health facilities began in 2014....
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Cameroon

    Evaluation of the Surveillance System for Acute Neurologic Syndrome Associated with Zika – Northwest and Southwest Regions, Guatemala, 2016-2017

    Marcela Orózco
    Background:
    After confirming autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Guatemala in November 2015, many cases were reported in the western regions of the country. With description of Zika virus-...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Guatemala

    Level and determinants of non-compliance to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected individuals—Kazakhstan, 2017-2018

    Marina Lvova
    Background:
    In Kazakhstan, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is offered since 2004 free of charge to HIV-infected individuals under certain medical indications. Full compliance with ART improves...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Kazakhstan

    Establishment of Enhanced Diarrhea Surveillance in Hospitals After an Armed Conflict in Marawi City, Philippines, June 2017

    Mariz Zheila Blanco, Jasper Kent Ola, Alireza Faiyaz, Alethea De Guzman, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Nemia Sucaldito, Ferchito Avelino
    Background:
    On May 23, 2017, a firefight ensued between government forces and an armed group in Marawi City resulting to mass evacuation of people to Iligan City. On June 2, 2017, a Field...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Water or foodborne
    • Philippines

    Quality HIV Counselling services are a major driver for uptake of HIV testing services among tea plantation workers in Tamteco-Toro kahuna tea estate, Uganda: Findings from a discrete choice experiment.

    Martha Akulume, Susan Babirye, Simon Peter Kibira

    Background:
    HIV Testing and Counseling (HCT) is low in heavily affected communities in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV testing options tailored to the preferences of high-risk populations may...

    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • Uganda

    Investigating the health effects of loose-fill asbestos insulation in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

    Martyn Kirk, Rosemary Korda, Bruce Armstrong, Cathy Banwell, Susan Trevenar, Hsei-Di Law, Mark Clements
    Background:
    Asbestos causes mesothelioma and other cancers, although the health effects of residential exposure are less clear. We investigated the health effects of living in ~1100 houses...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Occupational and environmental health
    • Australia

    Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacterial Pathogens in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012-2017: A Secondary Data Analysis

    Marvellous Mhondoro, Nqobile Ndlovu, Donewell Bangure, Tsitsi Juru, Notion Gombe, Gerald Shambira, Simbarashe Chiwanda, Mufuta Tshimanga
    Background:
    In 2017, World Health Organisation published a list 12 priority-bacteria, which require surveillance because they are resistant to antibiotics.Data from a private laboratory in Harare...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Zimbabwe

    Sorcery, village conflict and an outbreak of febrile illness; an investigation on Siassi Island - Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, June 2017

    Mary Kaevakore, James Flint, Mathias Bauri, Berry Ropa
    Background:
    On June 9, 2017, we received notification of a sudden increase in febrile illness cases, including three deaths, from two villages in Morobe Province. Belief that the outbreak was...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Papua New Guinea

    Measles Outbreak in Kamukunji Sub-County, Nairobi County - Kenya, 2018

    Maryanne Gachari, Tura Galgalo, Robert Rotich, Ali Noor, Richard Kihara, Jack Irungu, Zimy Wansaula, Meredith Dixon, Jane Githuku, Elvis Oyugi, Zeinab Gura, Christie Reed
    Background:
    In early 2018, measles outbreaks began in rural Kenya. In August 2018, cases were laboratory-confirmed in urban Kamukunji Sub-county, home to a large migrant, refugee population, with...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Kenya

    Hepatitis A Vaccine Immunogenicity 25 Years After Vaccination in Alaska

    Maya Ramaswamy, Dana Bruden, Mary Snowball, Julie Morris, Philip Spradling, Noele Nelson, Michael Bruce, Brian McMahon
    Background:
    The Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for children ≥ 1 year old, however the duration of vaccine protection is unknown. In 1991, a cohort of Alaska Native children 3 to 6 years old...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Viral hepatitis and HIV
    • United States of America

    Epidemio-clinical profile of childhood cancers in Yaounde at the Mother and Child Center, 2016-2017

    Mbella Maurice Rocher, F. NGO Sack, Dorine Bernadette Ngono Noah, Paul Koki Ndombo, Armel Evouna, Georges Alain ETOUNDI MBALLA
    Background:
    Incidence of childhood cancers ranges from 50 to 200 per million children worldwide and mortality remains high in developing countries. In Cameroon, few data are available, with 62...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Cameroon

    Surveillance Evaluation of Severe Maternal Morbidity - La Altagracia, Dominican Republic, 2017-2018

    Mercedes Cueto, Samuel Cueto
    Background:
    Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is a public health problem and its surveillance is a strategy proposed to reduce the maternal mortality rate. It is estimated that 40% of women will...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Dominican Republic

    Re-emergence of Yellow Fever-South Ethiopia, 2018

    Mesay Gunta, Solomon Kinde, Fekadu Gemechu, David Sugerman, Mesay Hailu, Wadu Marshalo, Zinabu Desalegn, Jimmawork Wondimu
    Background: Yellow Fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by Aedes mosquito species, with prior Ethiopian outbreaks in 1966 and 2013 in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples...
    Conference: FETP International Night (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ethiopia

    Measles outbreak investigation and public health reponse in Kasserine district. Tunisia, 2019

    Mhamdi Dalel, Moncef Mhamdi, Hajer Lataief, Nissaf Ben Alaya
    Background:
    Measles is a mandatory notifiable disease in Tunisia. In Kasserine district (Central west Tunisia), the annual incidence of measles is 1 to 2 cases per year and the overall vaccination...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vaccine preventable diseases
    • Tunisia

    Trend of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Jordan, 2010- 2016

    Mohammad Alhawarat, Bassam Shadfan, Ibrahim Iblan, Ashraf Aqel
    Background:
    Middle East countries are endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis, with countries like Syria having a very high incidence. However, data on the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Jordan

    Scabies Outbreak Investigation in Bilawanja Mosque, Hulbareg District, Southern Ethiopia, 2017

    Mohammad Yasin
    Background:
    Scabies is an ectoparasitic, highly contagious skin disease caused by infestation of the skin by the human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Dermatologists estimate that more...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Vector-borne
    • Ethiopia

    Survival and Its Predictors among Colo-Rectal Cancer Patients in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012-2016: Hospital-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

    Mohammed Ahmed, Aman Yesuf, Jilcha Dirbi, Mamo Wubshet
    Background:
    Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 3rd and 4th leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Without a national CRC screening program, it is the 4th leading cause of morbidity and...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Chronic disease
    • Ethiopia

    Risk factors associated with cesarean delivery in pregnant women: Kwanza North Hospital, Angola, 2017

    Moises Kussevi, Belchior Silva, João Pires
    Background:
    Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections (CS) to be between 10% and 15%. Over the last decades, there is concern about...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Maternal and child health
    • Angola

    Outbreak Investigation of Extensive Drug Resistant Typhoid Fever - Hyderabad, Pakistan 2017

    Mudassar Hussain, Santosh Kumar, Munaza Qadri, Sandeep Kumar, Naveed Memon, Musa Raheem, Mirza Amir Baig
    Background:
    Since 2016, Pakistan is experiencing the world’s largest outbreak of extensive drug resistant typhoid fever (XDR-TF). On 9th January 2017, Directorate General Health Services, Sindh...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Anti-microbial resistance
    • Pakistan

    Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis among guest of wedding party - Ajara, Georgia, 2018

    Mziuri Jakeli, Nona Ephadze, Eka Khabazi, Keti Galdavadze
    Background:
    Ajara Public Health Center received information from two clinics on hospitalization of three patients with diarrhea on June 18. All the patients attended wedding party on June 17....
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Georgia

    Treatment Outcomes among Drug Sensitive Tuberculosis Patients in Tana River County - Kenya, 2014–2017

    Nalikwa Bonaya, Elvis Oyugi, Esther Kisangau, Zeinab Gura
    Background:
    Kenya is among 22 high burden countries that together account for 80% of TB cases globally. In 2017, Kenya achieved a treatment success rate (TSR) of 83.2% and cure rate (CR) of 65%....
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Public health surveillance
    • Kenya

    Epidemiological Profile of Human Brucellosis in Jordan, 2017

    Nansi Abdulrahim
    Background:
    Human Brucellosis (HB) is a zoonosis and re-emerging disease that is common in Mediterranean countries. In Jordan, HB is endemic in all parts of Jordan according to Ministry of Health...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Zoonotic
    • Jordan

    Level and determinant of botulism awareness as a measure of disease protection from home canned and preserved foods - Karasuiskei District, Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan

    Nazgul Abamuslimova
    Background:
    In 2018, 30 small outbreaks of botulism, involving 61 individuals with two fatalities, occurred in Osh Province in Kyrgyzstan. Home-canned fruits and vegetables were the source of...
    Conference: 10th TEPHINET Global (2019, USA)
    • Water or foodborne
    • Kyrgyzstan

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