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Cochrane Cameroon: bringing Cochrane to francophone sub-Saharan Africa.

The Pan African medical journal

Mbuagbaw L, Wafeu GS, Kredo T, Durao S, Oliver J, Wiysonge CS, Zogo PO.
PMID: 34539962
Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Jul 02;39:166. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.166.30508. eCollection 2021.

No abstract available.

Forced migration as a risk factor for COVID-19 infection in Africa: insight from Agadez, Niger.

The Pan African medical journal

Batoure AA, Batoure O, Anya BM, Tambwe D, Baruani B, Khalef IE, Biey JN, Katoto P, Wiysonge CS.
PMID: 34909085
Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Oct 13;40:97. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.97.28116. eCollection 2021.

No abstract available.

Strengthening the Health System as a Strategy to Achieving a Universal Health Coverage in Underprivileged Communities in Africa: A Scoping Review.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Jaca A, Malinga T, Iwu-Jaja CJ, Nnaji CA, Okeibunor JC, Kamuya D, Wiysonge CS.
PMID: 35010844
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 05;19(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010587.

Universal health coverage (UHC) is defined as people having access to quality healthcare services (e.g., treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care) they need, irrespective of their financial status. Access to quality healthcare services continues to be a challenge for many...

Drivers of hesitancy towards recommended childhood vaccines in African settings: a scoping review of literature from Kenya, Malawi and Ethiopia.

Expert review of vaccines

Adamu AA, Essoh TA, Adeyanju GC, Jalo RI, Saleh Y, Aplogan A, Wiysonge CS.
PMID: 33682587
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2021 May;20(5):611-621. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1899819. Epub 2021 Mar 22.

INTRODUCTION: There is a dearth of literature on vaccine hesitancy in Africa. In this study, we aimed to explore the drivers of hesitancy toward recommended childhood vaccines in Kenya, Malawi, and Ethiopia.METHODS: A scoping review methodology was used as...

Wealth and sexual behaviour among men in Cameroon.

BMC international health and human rights

Kongnyuy EJ, Wiysonge CS, Mbu RE, Nana P, Kouam L.
PMID: 16965633
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2006 Sep 11;6:11. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-6-11.

BACKGROUND: The 2004 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Cameroon revealed a higher prevalence of HIV in richest and most educated people than their poorest and least educated compatriots. It is not certain whether the higher prevalence results partly...

A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve HPV Vaccination Coverage.

Vaccines

Mavundza EJ, Iwu-Jaja CJ, Wiyeh AB, Gausi B, Abdullahi LH, Halle-Ekane G, Wiysonge CS.
PMID: 34201421
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Jun 23;9(7). doi: 10.3390/vaccines9070687.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Although most HPV infections are transient and asymptomatic, persistent infection with high-risk HPV types may results in diseases. Although there are currently three effective and safe prophylactic...

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among healthcare workers in South Africa.

Expert review of vaccines

Wiysonge CS, Alobwede SM, de Marie C Katoto P, Kidzeru EB, Lumngwena EN, Cooper S, Goliath R, Jackson A, Shey MS.
PMID: 34990311
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2022 Jan 06;1-11. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2022.2023355. Epub 2022 Jan 06.

BACKGROUND: We assessed willingness to accept vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers(HCWs) at the start of South Africa's vaccination roll-out.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among HCWs in Cape Town in March-May 2021...

Improving communication for immunisation in Africa: contribution of the Vaccines for Africa website.

The Pan African medical journal

Wiysonge CS, Waggie Z, Rhoda L, Hussey G.
PMID: 21532899
Pan Afr Med J. 2009 Apr 14;2:3.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: C. Wiysonge is a medical epidemiologist and Vaccinology Programme Manager at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa. He previously worked for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in Cameroon...

Cochrane Column.

International journal of epidemiology

Wiysonge CS, Wiysonge CS, Zani B, Mbacham W, Hodel EM, Terlouw DJ.
PMID: 26320106
Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Oct;44(5):1502-5. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv163. Epub 2015 Aug 29.

No abstract available.

Cochrane Column.

International journal of epidemiology

Wiysonge CS, Wiysonge CS, Wiysonge CS, Kredo T, Osiemo D, Boulle A, Ford N.
PMID: 26111533
Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun;44(3):750-5. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv111. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

No abstract available.

Taking stock of global immunisation coverage progress: the gains, the losses and the journey ahead.

International health

Nnaji CA, Owoyemi AJ, Amaechi UA, Wiyeh AB, Ndwandwe DE, Wiysonge CS.
PMID: 31927563
Int Health. 2021 Dec 01;13(6):653-657. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihz120.

Despite the enormous benefits of vaccination, global immunisation coverage progress has stalled and remains suboptimal in many countries. In this commentary, we review the recently published update of the World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund Estimates of...

Clinical features and predictors of mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Niger.

Conflict and health

Katoto PDMC, Aboubacar I, Oumarou B, Adehossi E, Anya BM, Mounkaila A, Moustapha A, Ishagh EK, Diawara GA, Nsiari-Muzeyi BJ, Didier T, Wiysonge CS.
PMID: 34906189
Confl Health. 2021 Dec 14;15(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s13031-021-00426-w.

INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has spread across the African continent, including Niger. Yet very little is known about the phenotype of people who tested positive for COVID-19. In this humanitarian crises region, we aimed at characterizing variation in clinical features among...

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