Epidemiology of Arboviruses in East Africa

The epidemiology of noncommunicable respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major and increasing global health issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that NCDs represent 63% of all global deaths of which 3.9 million are due to chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in particular. COPD is now the third most common cause of death globally; 90% of these deaths occur in Low an...

On the Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis in the Middle East and North Africa.

mating pooled measures because of heterogeneity of studies’. This poor old clinician had difficulty interpreting such pooled measures and believed it was far preferable simply to look at the data. Included here is a table 1 , which I constructed (from their tables 1 and 2) that summarizes to me their major epidemiologic findings. Prevalence day was presumably in the last of the cited study year...

Molecular epidemiology of African swine fever in East Africa By Baratang

Field Epidemiology in Africa

Field Epidemiology in Africa Sheba Nakacubo Gitta, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Mufuta Tshimanga African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Makerere University School of Public Health, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Program, Department of Community Medicine, Harare, Zimbabwe Corresponding author: Sheba Nakacubo Gitta, African Field ...

Public health laboratory systems development in East Africa through training in laboratory management and field epidemiology

Laboratories are integral to the delivery of quality health care and for public health functions; however laboratory systems and services are often neglected in resource-poor settings such as the East African region. In order to sustainably strengthen national laboratory systems in resource-poor countries, there is a need to train laboratory personnel to work in clinical as well as public healt...