Hutchins, Harry Power, Grace Ant, Thomas Teixeira da Silva, Eunice Goncalves, Adriana Rodrigues, Amabelia Logan, James Mabey, David Last, Anna
Published in
Malaria Journal
BackgroundMalaria remains a significant public health problem in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Government control measures include bed net distribution campaigns, however, local knowledge, attitudes and practices towards bed nets and malaria are uncharacterized on the remote Bijagos Archipelago.MethodsKnowledge, attitude and practice questionnaires w...
Aaby, P Gomes, J Fernandes, M Djana, Q Lisse, I Jensen, H
Published in
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
This paper examines the nutritional status and mortality of refugee and resident children in a non-camp setting during the war in Guinea-Bissau. Subjects included 422 children aged 9-23 months in 30 clusters. Results showed that, during the refugee situation, all the children deteriorated nutritionally and mortality was high (3.0% in a 6-week perio...
Daniels, N A Simons, S L Rodrigues, A Gunnlaugsson, G Forster, T S Wells, J G Hutwagner, L Tauxe, R V Mintz, E D
Published in
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
This paper evaluates the microbiologic quality of oral rehydration solution (ORS) prepared at a hospital during a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau. The study tested a simple intervention using special vessels for disinfecting tap water with bleach and for preparing, storing, and dispensing ORS. Subjects included approximately 80% of the cholera pa...
Garly, M L Martins, C L Balé, C da Costa, F Dias, F Whittle, H Aaby, P
Published in
International journal of epidemiology
Early 2-dose measles vaccination schedules in Africa have been associated with no improvement in coverage due to immunization of the same individuals on both occasions, low return rate, high refusal rate, low vaccine efficacy, and fear of blunting the antibody response. Findings are presented from the study of patterns of vaccination participation,...
Sodemann, M Jakobsen, M S Mølbak, K Martins, C Aaby, P
Published in
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
In a household survey in Bandim, Guinea-Bissau, 319 episodes of diarrhea in children of mean age 10.5 months were followed by interviews every second day of the episode until the mother reported that the diarrhea had stopped, the child was hospitalized, or 14 days had elapsed. Although most mothers knew about oral rehydration salts (ORS), only 58% ...
Sack, R B Siddique, A K
Published in
Lancet (London, England)
Cholera is readily treated through rehydration with oral or parenteral fluids. When properly treated, the disease has a mortality rate of less than 1%, but a rate of mortality of greater than 50% when untreated. Proper treatment for cholera, although simple and inexpensive, is not available in many parts of the developing world. In some Western Afr...
Machado, F L
Published in
Sociologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
"Taking as our point of reference the migratory framework of the society of departure, we first of all anlayse time and volume factors in the patterns of migration from Guinea-Bissau to Portugal, in two distinct segments: immigrants as such and Guineans of Portuguese nationality or ¿Luso-Guineans'. For each of these we have subsequently outlined th...
Melbye, M Poulsen, A G Gallo, D Pedersen, J B Biggar, R J Larsen, O Dias, F Aaby, P
Published in
International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer
HTLV-1 infections are particularly prevalent in parts of Japan, the Caribbean, and West Africa, with the virus apparently endemic in Africa for centuries with only a minor impact upon the population's health. Findings are reported from a study conducted to assess the impact of HTLV-1 infection upon overall survival and to investigate the risk facto...
Jancloes, M
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World health forum
Poverty is the main reason why babies are not vaccinated, clean water and sanitation are not provided, curative drugs and other treatments are not available, and mothers die in childbirth. It is the main cause of low life expectancy, handicap, disability, and starvation, and a major factor in mental illness, stress, suicide, family disintegration, ...
Andersson, S da Silva, Z Norrgren, H Dias, F Biberfeld, G
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AIDS (London, England)
Western blot (WB) is the most widely used serological confirmatory test of ELISA and rapid simple tests (RST) to detect infection with HIV. WB tests, however, are expensive, time-consuming, and have technical disadvantages. The authors therefore conducted a study to identify cost-efficient alternative strategies for HIV-antibody screening, confirma...