Search Results - "Ezeakile, Okechukwu"

Is there still yaws in Nigeria? Active case search in endemic areas of southern Nigeria by Ekeke, Ngozi, Iyama, Francis S, Chukwu, Joseph N, Asiedu, Kingsley, Marks, Michael, Omotowo, Babatunde, Agwu-Umahi, Olanike, Nvene, Victor O, Paul, Shiloh, Nwafor, Charles C, Meka, Anthony O, Eze, Chinwe C, Ezeakile, Okechukwu E, Njoku, Martin I, Murphy-Okpala, Ngozi N

“…Yaws is a disease caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, which is most commonly seen among children below 15 years. In the twentieth…”
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Improving TB Case Detection Through Active Case-Finding: Results of Multiple Intervention Strategies in Hard-to-Reach Riverine Areas of Southern Nigeria by Chukwu, Joseph N, Onah, Cosmas Kenan, Ossai, Edmund Ndudi, Nwafor, Charles C, Alphonsus, Chukwuka, Ezeakile, Okechukwu E, Murphy-Okpala, Ngozi, Eze, Chinwe C, Chijioke-Akaniro, Obioma, Meka, Anthony, Njoku, Martin I, Iyama, Francis S, Ekeke, Ngozi

“…A major challenge to TB control globally is low case detection, largely due to routine health facility-based passive case-finding employed by national TB…”
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Participatory Development and Assessment of Audio-Delivered Interventions and Written Material and Their Impact on the Perception, Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Leprosy in Nigeria: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Murphy-Okpala, Ngozi, Dahiru, Tahir, van 't Noordende, Anna T, Gunesch, Carolin, Chukwu, Joseph, Nwafor, Charles, Abdullahi, Suleiman Hudu, Anyaike, Chukwuma, Okereke, Ugochinyere Angelic, Meka, Anthony, Eze, Chinwe, Ezeakile, Okechukwu, Ekeke, Ngozi

“…In Nigeria, similar to many leprosy-endemic countries, leprosy is highly stigmatized. High levels of stigma among community members as well as internalized…”
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Investigation of community knowledge, attitudes and stigma towards leprosy in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study by Murphy-Okpala, Ngozi, Dahiru, Tahir, Eze, Chinwe, Nwafor, Charles, Ekeke, Ngozi, Abdullahi, Suleiman, Iyama, Francis S, Meka, Anthony, Njoku, Martin, Ezeakile, Okechukwu, Ukwaja, Kingsley N, Anyaike, Chukwuma, Sesere, Omayeli, Chukwu, Joseph

“…Abstract Background Little is known about community knowledge and stigma towards leprosy in endemic settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate community…”
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Screening diabetes mellitus patients for tuberculosis in Southern Nigeria: A pilot study by Ekeke, Ngozi, Aniwada, Elias, Chukwu, Joseph, Nwafor, Charles, Meka, Anthony, Chukwuka, Alphonsus, Ezeakile, Okechukwu, Ajayi, Adeyemi, Soyinka, Festus, Bakpa, Francis, Uwanuruochi, Victoria, Aniekwensi, Ezechukwu, Eze, Chinwe

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) are of great public health importance globally, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tuberculosis is the third cause…”
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