PAMJ supplements

Strengthening Surveillance, Outbreak Investigation and Response: the Role of Ghana FELTP

This supplement highlights a few of the achievements of the GFELTP in terms of transforming the various works done by the residents and alumni into documents for sharing with the scientific community. It is a compilation of some of the outputs that were developed into manuscripts during one of the GFELTP’s training workshops organized for its residents and alumni. The papers in the supplement illustrate the capacity development efforts of the program and highlight the competencies acquired by the residents while in training.

Guest editors: Donne Kofi Ameme, Kofi Mensah Nyarko

Contact: Donne Kofi Ameme, amemedonne@yahoo.com

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Table of contents


Strengthening surveillance and response to public health emergencies in the West African sub-region: the role of Ghana FELTP (Editorial)

Donne Kofi Ameme, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Ernest Kenu, Edwin Andrews Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 1

[PDF - 186 KB]

Training Ghanaian frontline healthcare workers in public health surveillance and disease outbreak investigation and response (Research)

Donne Kofi Ameme, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Edwin Andrews Afari, Simon Antara, Samuel Oko Sackey, Fred Wurapa

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 2

[PDF - 281 KB]

Cholera outbreak following a marriage ceremony in Medinya, Western Ghana (Research)

Helena Acquah, Keziah Malm, Joyce Der, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Ebenezer Kofi Mensah, Samuel Oko Sackey, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Edwin Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 3

[PDF - 355 KB]

Factors influencing utilization of intermittent preventive treatment for pregnancy in the Gushegu district, Ghana, 2013 (Research)

Atasige Awin-irigu Stephen, Frederick Wurapa, Edwin Andrew Afari, Samuel Oko Sackey, Keaziah Laurencia Malm, Kofi Mensah Nyarko

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 4

[PDF - 313 KB]

Hepatitis B virus genotypes among chronic hepatitis B patients reporting at Korle-Bu teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana (Research)

Anthony Zunuo Dongdem, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Richard HarryAsmah, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Priscillia Nortey, Adwoa Agyei, David Nana Adjei, Ernest Kenu, Andrew Anthony Adjei

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 5

[PDF - 321 KB]

Exposure of small-scale gold miners in Prestea to mercury, Ghana, 2012 (Research)

Ebenezer Kofi Mensah, Edwin Afari,Frederick Wurapa,Samuel Sackey,Albert Quainoo, Ernest Kenu, Kofi Mensah Nyarko

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 6

[PDF - 305 KB]

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus co-infection among HIV-seropositive persons attending antiretroviral clinics in the Eastern Region of Ghana (Research)

Gideon Kye-Duodu, Priscillia Nortey, Keziah Malm, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Samuel Oko Sackey, Sampson Ofori, Edwin Andrews Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 7

[PDF - 386 KB]

Trends of diarrhoeal diseases in children under five years in the War Memorial Hospital-Navrongo, Ghana: 2010-2013 (Research)

Maria Anyorikeya, Donne Kofi Ameme, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Samuel Oko Sackey, Edwin Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 8

[PDF - 406 KB]

Review of meningitis surveillance data, upper West Region, Ghana 2009-2013 (Research)

Robert Domo Nuoh, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Priscilla Nortey, Samuel Oko Sackey, Noora Charles Lwanga, Donne Kofi Ameme, Culbert Nuolabong, Marijanatu Abdulai, Fredrick Wurapa, Edwin Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 9

[PDF - 322 KB]

Bovine tuberculosis surveillance system évaluation, Greater-Accra region, Ghana, 2006-2011 (Research)

Perdita Hilary Lopes, Patricia Akweongo, Fred Wurapa, Edwin Afari, Samuel Sackey, Dennis Ocansey, Kofi Mensah Nyarko

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 10

[PDF - 347 KB]

Pedestrians’ adherence to road traffic regulations on the N1 Highway in Accra, Ghana (Research)

Charles Lwanga Noora, Edwin Andrews Afari, Robert Domo Nuoh, Eric Yirenkyi Adjei, Gershon Kobla Anthony, Marijanatu Abdulai, Samuel Oko Sackey, Ernest Kenu, Kofi Mensah Nyarko

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 11

[PDF - 330 KB]

Household exposure and animal-bite surveillance following human rabies detection in Southern Ghana (Research)

Kofi Afakye, Ernest Kenu, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Sherry Ama Mawuko Johnson, Florence Wongnaah, George Kwame Bonsu

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 12

[PDF - 303 KB]

Outcome of Streptomycin-Rifampicin treatment of Buruli Ulcer in two Ghanaian districts (Research)

Florence Nzilanye Iddrisah, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Pricillia Awoh Nortey, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Jones Anim, Simon Nyovuura Antara, Ernest Kenu, Fred Wurapa, Edwin Andrew Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 13

[PDF - 350 KB]

Mapping as a tool for predicting the risk of anthrax outbreaks in Northern Region of Ghana (Research)

Ayamdooh Evans Nsoh, Ernest Kenu, Eric Kofi Forson, Edwin Afari, Samuel Sackey, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Nathaniel Yebuah

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 14

[PDF - 501 KB]

Pattern of diarrheal diseases in Atwima Nwabiagya District-Ghana, 2009- 2013 (Research)

Nana Yaw Peprah, Donne Kofi Ameme, Samuel Sackey, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Akosua Gyasi, Edwin Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 15

[PDF - 347 KB]

Capacity assessment of selected health care facilities for the pilot implementation of Package for Essential Non-communicable Diseases (PEN) intervention in Ghana (Research)

Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Donne Kofi Ameme, Dennis Ocansey, Efua Commeh, Mehitabel Tori Markwei, Sally-Ann Ohene

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 16

[PDF - 307 KB]

Diarrhoea morbidity patterns in Central Region of Ghana, 2008-2012 (Research)

Alexander Asamoah, Donne Kofi Ameme, Samuel Oko Sackey, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Edwin Andrew Afari

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 17

[PDF - 350 KB]

Determinants of stillbirths in Northern Ghana: a case control study (Research)

Bukari Adam Badimsuguru, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Edwin Andrew Afari, Samuel Oko Sackey, Chrysantus Kubio

Pan African Medical Journal. 01 October 2016. 25(1): 18

[PDF - 317 KB]
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