Browsing Research Articles (School of Pharmacy) by Author "Okonji, Osaretin Christabel"
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Challenges faced by African healthcare workers during the third wave of the pandemic
Nchasi, Goodluck; Okonji, Osaretin Christabel; Jena, Rahul (Wiley, 2022)Africa experienced the third wave of the coronavirus disease in 2019, which caused an 18% rise in cases in most parts of the continent. As of January 2022, the region had an estimated 10.4 million cumulative cases and ... -
Inequalities in the prevalence of stunting, anemia and exclusive breastfeeding among African children
Ekholuenetale, Michael; Okonji, Osaretin Christabel; Nzoputam, Chimezie Igwegbe (BMC, 2022)Childhood stunting and anemia are on the increase in many resource-constrained settings, without a counter increase in proper feeding practices such as exclusive breastfeeding. The objective of this study was to explore ... -
Marburg virus disease amid Covid-19 in West Africa: An emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemic threat, future implications and way forward
Eneh, Stanley Chinedu; Okonji, Osaretin Christabel; Chiburoma, Anyike Goodness (2023)Amid the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several African countries including Ghana and Equatorial Guinea have reported several zoonotic outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic has added more strain on the already ... -
Marburg virus disease outbreak amidst COVID-19 in the Republic of Guinea: A point of contention for the fragile health system?
Okonji, Osaretin Christabel; Mohanan, Parvathy (Elsevier, 2022)In August 2021, the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak was confirmed amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Republic of Guinea. This is the first time it is detected in Guinea and West Africa. Marburg ... -
Monkeypox during Covid-19 era in Africa: Current challenges and recommendations
Okonji, Osaretin Christabel; Okonji, Emeka Francis (Elsevier, 2022)In May 2022, monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak was confirmed amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in many parts of the world including Africa. This is the largest outbreak since monkeypox (MPX) was first ... -
Strategies for malaria vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic in African countries
Narain, Kapil; Rackimuthu, Sudhan; Okonji, Osaretin Christabel (World Health Organization, 2022)Since October 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine for children in areas of moderate to high transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa.1 The vaccine ... -
Time trends in Tuberculosis mortality across the BRICS: An age-period-cohort analysis for the GBD 2019
Zou, Zhiyong; Liu, Guangqi; Okonji, Osaretin Christabel (Elsevier, 2022)There were 549,522 tuberculosis deaths across the BRICS in 2019, accounting for 39.3% of global deaths. Among HIV-negative populations, the age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR) of tuberculosis in BRICS remained far ...