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Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries by Caudell, Mark A, Dorado-Garcia, Alejandro, Eckford, Suzanne, Creese, Chris, Byarugaba, Denis K, Afakye, Kofi, Chansa-Kabali, Tamara, Fasina, Folorunso O, Kabali, Emmanuel, Kiambi, Stella, Kimani, Tabitha, Mainda, Geoffrey, Mangesho, Peter E, Chimpangu, Francis, Dube, Kululeko, Kikimoto, Bashiru Boi, Koka, Eric, Mugara, Tendai, Rubegwa, Bachana, Swiswa, Samuel

“…The nutritional and economic potentials of livestock systems are compromised by the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. A major driver of…”
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Understanding the gap between access and use: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitators to insecticide-treated net use in Ghana by Ahorlu, Collins Stephen, Adongo, Philip, Koenker, Hannah, Zigirumugabe, Sixte, Sika-Bright, Solomon, Koka, Eric, Tabong, Philip Teg-Nefaah, Piccinini, Danielle, Segbaya, Sylvester, Olapeju, Bolanle, Monroe, April

“…Mass and continuous distribution channels have significantly increased access to insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in Ghana since 2000. Despite these gains, a…”
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Reaching adolescents with health services: Systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups and wellbeing programme in Ghana (Y-Check, Ghana) by Weobong, Benedict, Glozah, Franklin N, Taylor-Abdulai, Hannah B, Koka, Eric, Addae, Nancy, Alor, Stanley, Kohl, Kid, Banati, Prerna, Adongo, Philip B, Ross, David A

“…Routine health check-ups may improve adolescent health, but global guidelines are lacking. Phase 1 of the WHO-coordinated Y-Check Research Programme involved…”
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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on mother and child health - the case of Ghana by Koka, Eric, Narh, Emmanuel, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Adjei, Daniel Kwame Ampofo, Sebbie, Diana, Siam, Ishaque Mintah, Asare, Prince, McCoy, David, Gadzekpo, Audrey, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy

“…The lockdown measures in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have led to a wide range of unintended consequences for women and children. Until the…”
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Community perspectives on persistent transmission of lymphatic filariasis in three hotspot districts in Ghana after 15 rounds of mass drug administration: a qualitative assessment by Ahorlu, Collins S K, Koka, Eric, Adu-Amankwah, Susan, Otchere, Joseph, de Souza, Dziedzom Komi

“…The Global Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) started operation in 2000 and aimed at eliminating the disease by the year 2020,…”
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Understanding the factors influencing biosecurity adoption on smallholder poultry farms in Ghana: a qualitative analysis using the COM-B model and Theoretical Domains Framework by Buckel, Anica, Afakye, Kofi, Koka, Eric, Price, Cortney, Kabali, Emmanuel, Caudell, Mark A

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global threat to public, animal, and environmental health, consequently producing downstream economic…”
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Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana by Addison, Naa Okaikor, Pfau, Stefanie, Koka, Eric, Aboagye, Samuel Yaw, Kpeli, Grace, Pluschke, Gerd, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Junghanss, Thomas

“…Beyond Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific therapy, sound general wound management is required for successful management of Buruli ulcer (BU) patients which places…”
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Adolescent health and well-being check-up programme in three African cities (Y-Check): protocol for a multimethod, prospective, hybrid implementation-effectiveness study by Banati, Prerna, Ross, David Anthony, Weobong, Benedict, Kapiga, Saidi, Weiss, Helen Anne, Baltag, Valentina, Nzvere, Farirai, Glozah, Franklin, Nsanya, Mussa Kelvin, Greco, Giulia, Ferrand, Rashida, Doyle, Aoife Margaret, Adongo, Philip B, Adde, Kenneth S, Agbeno, Evans, Akweongo, Patricia, Bandason, Tsitsi, Bernays, Sarah, Chingono, Rudo, Chikwari, Chido Dziva, Dauya, Ethel, Derry, S, Koka, Eric, Mackworth-Young, Constance, Manyau, Salome, Owusu, Bernard A, Sedekia, Yovitha, Taylor-Abdulai, Hannah, Tembo, Mandi, Simms, Victoria

“…BackgroundDuring adolescence, behaviours are initiated that will have substantial impacts on the individual’s short-term and long-term health and well-being…”
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Cultural Understanding of Wounds, Buruli Ulcers and Their Management at the Obom Sub-district of the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana by Koka, Eric, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Okyere, Daniel, Adongo, Philip Baba, Ahorlu, Collins K

“…This study was conducted with the aim to understand some of the cultural belief systems in the management of wounds and patients practices that could…”
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The Impacts of Animal Health Service Providers on Antimicrobial Use Attitudes and Practices: An Examination of Poultry Layer Farmers in Ghana and Kenya by Afakye, Kofi, Kiambi, Stella, Koka, Eric, Kabali, Emmanuel, Dorado-Garcia, Alejandro, Amoah, Ann, Kimani, Tabitha, Adjei, Benjamin, Caudell, Mark A

“…International organizations and governments have argued that animal health service providers can play a vital role in limiting antimicrobial resistance by…”
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The Leeds Africa Climate Hackathon – experiences of running a hackathon and highlights of results by Crook, Julia, Marsham, John H., Fitzpatrick, Rory, Aryee, Jeffrey N. A., Baidu, Michael, Baker, Jessica C. A., Bland, Sam, Chapman, Sarah, Denby, Leif, Hartley, Andrew, Kovacs, Eszter, Lam, Timothy, Morris, Fran, Mwanthi, Anthony, Owen, Laura, Peatman, Simon, Pickering, Ben, Sabiiti, Geoffrey, Wainwright, Caroline, Webb, Tom, Yamba, Edmund I., Bani, Eric Koka, Amoako, Kingsley Kwako, Ochieng, Willis

“…The Leeds Africa Climate Hackathon aimed to generate user‐relevant narratives of possible future climate in East and West Africa relevant to hydroelectric…”
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Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions: a case study from the Obom sub-district by Ahorlu, Collins K, Koka, Eric, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Lamptey, Isaac, Ampadu, Edwin

“…Buruli ulcer is considered a re-emerging disease in West Africa where it has suffered neglect over the years, though children below the age of 16 years are the…”
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Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana by Phillips, Richard Odame, Owusu, Lucy, Koka, Eric, Ocloo, Edmond Kwaku, Simpson, Hope, Agbanyo, Abigail, Okyere, Daniel, Tuwor, Ruth Dede, Fokuoh-Boadu, Adelaide, Akuffo, Richard Adjei, Novignon, Jacob, Oppong, Michael Ntiamoah, Mosweu, Iris, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Cobbinah, Jojo, Mtuy, Tara B, Palmer, Jennifer, Ahorlu, Collins, Amoako, Yaw Ampem, Walker, Stephen L, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Marks, Michael, Pitt, Catherine, Pullan, Rachel

“…Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in…”
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Late onset of the serological response against the 18 kDa small heat shock protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in children by Röltgen, Katharina, Bratschi, Martin W, Ross, Amanda, Aboagye, Samuel Y, Ampah, Kobina A, Bolz, Miriam, Andreoli, Arianna, Pritchard, James, Minyem, Jacques C, Noumen, Djeunga, Koka, Eric, Um Boock, Alphonse, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Pluschke, Gerd

“…A previous survey for clinical cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) in the Mapé Basin of Cameroon suggested that, compared to older age groups, very young children may…”
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The role of economic factors in shaping and constituting the household burden of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Qualitative findings from Ghana and Ethiopia by Hailemichael, Yohannes, Novignon, Jacob, Owusu, Lucy, Okyere, Daniel, Mtuy, Tara, Alemu, Abebaw Yeshambel, Ocloo, Edmond Kwaku, Koka, Eric, Palmer, Jennifer, Walker, Stephen L., Gadisa, Endalamaw, Kaba, Mirgissa, Pitt, Catherine

“…Tracers of health system equity, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect marginalized populations. NTDs that manifest on the skin – “skin…”
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Social-technical interventions to reduce antimicrobial resistance in agriculture: evidence from poultry Farmer Field Schools in Ghana and Kenya by Caudell, Mark A., Kiambi, Stella, Afakye, Kofi, Koka, Eric, Kabali, Emmanuel, Kimani, Tabitha, Dorado-Garcia, Alejandro

“…Abstract Objectives To assess the feasibility of the Farmer Field School approach to address the complex problem of antimicrobial resistance in agriculture,…”
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Environmental and Behavioral Drivers of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Selected Communities Along the Densu River Basin of Ghana: A Case-Control Study by Aboagye, Samuel Yaw, Asare, Prince, Otchere, Isaac Darko, Koka, Eric, Mensah, George Ekow, Yirenya-Tawiah, Dzidzo, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy

“…AbstractThe exact route of transmission of (MU) (causative agent of Buruli ulcer [BU]), risk factors, and reservoir hosts are not clearly known, although it…”
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Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Mixed methods formative research for development of a complex intervention in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana by Okyere, Daniel, Ocloo, Edmond Kwaku, Owusu, Lucy, Amoako, Yaw Ampem, Tuwor, Ruth Dede, Koka, Eric, Novignon, Jacob, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Siam, Ishaque Mintah, Afreh, Emmanuel Kyei, Agbanyo, Abigail, Akuffo, Richard Adjei, Gyabaah, Solomon, Oppong, Michael Ntiamoah, Halliday, Katherine E, Simpson, Hope, Timothy, Joseph, Marks, Michael, Zuurmond, Maria, Walker, Stephen L, Pullan, Rachel L, Ahorlu, Collins Stephen, Phillips, Richard Odame, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Pitt, Catherine, Palmer, Jennifer

“…Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require…”
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Late Onset of the Serological Response against the 18 kDa Small Heat Shock Protein of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Children: e2904 by Röltgen, Katharina, Bratschi, Martin W, Ross, Amanda, Aboagye, Samuel Y, Ampah, Kobina A, Bolz, Miriam, Andreoli, Arianna, Pritchard, James, Minyem, Jacques C, Noumen, Djeunga, Koka, Eric, Boock, Alphonse Um, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Pluschke, Gerd

“…A previous survey for clinical cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) in the Mapé Basin of Cameroon suggested that, compared to older age groups, very young children may…”
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