New bryophyte records for West and Central African countries

Population Structure of Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa from West and Central African Countries

BACKGROUND Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) has a non-clonal, epidemic population with a few widely distributed and frequently encountered sequence types (STs) called 'high-risk clusters'. Clinical P. aeruginosa (clinPA) has been studied in all inhabited continents excepted in Africa, where a very few isolates have been analyzed. Here, we characterized a collection of clinPA isolates from four count...

Hurlburt dental team aids and trains West African countries.

Onchocerciasis distribution and severity in five West African countries.

The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa recently extended its operation to Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, the western part of Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone. To estimate the number of people infected and blinded by the disease and to determine its distribution and severity in the extension area, 215 villages were selected, using a stratified random sampling procedure, and surveyed. All the ...

Experience Implementing Electronic Health Records in Three East African Countries

INTRODUCTION Efficient use of health care resources in low-income countries by providers and local and national managers requires timely access to patient data. OBJECTIVE To implement electronic health records (EHRs) in HIV clinics in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. RESULTS We initially developed and implemented an EHR in Kenya through a mature academic partnership. The EHR was then implemente...

West African countries plan to strengthen health systems after Ebola.

The health facilities and infrastructure put in place to help Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea contain the Ebola virus disease epidemic should form the basis of a new health system, the World Health Organization has urged. At a high level meeting on building resilient health systems at WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, many delegates said that the equipment and resources provided by non-government...