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Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande

World Health Organization
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[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic: A global health burden

OW Akande, TM Akande - Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began in China with a group of
severe pneumonia cases, later identified to be caused by the severe acute respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of facilitators and barriers influencing the implementation of surveillance and oral cholera vaccine interventions for cholera control in lower …

H Trolle, B Forsberg, C King, O Akande, S Ayres… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Cholera still affects millions of people worldwide, especially in lower-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). The Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) has …

Influences of community engagement and health system strengthening for cholera control in cholera reporting countries

SA Baličević, KO Elimian, C King, K Diaconu… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
The 2030 Global Task Force on Cholera Control Roadmap hinges on strengthening the
implementation of multistranded cholera interventions, including community engagement …

Epidemiology, diagnostics and factors associated with mortality during a cholera epidemic in Nigeria, October 2020–October 2021: a retrospective analysis of national …

K Elimian, S Yennan, A Musah, ID Cheshi, C King… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Nigeria reported an upsurge in cholera cases in October 2020, which then
transitioned into a large, disseminated epidemic for most of 2021. This study aimed to …

Epidemiological comparison of the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, February 2020–April 2021

OW Akande, KO Elimian, E Igumbor, L Dunkwu… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background With reports of surges in COVID-19 case numbers across over 50 countries,
country-level epidemiological analysis is required to inform context-appropriate response …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening pathogen genomic surveillance for health emergencies: insights from the World Health Organization's regional initiatives

OW Akande, LL Carter, A Abubakar, R Achilla… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a rapid scale-up in the use of genomic
surveillance as a pandemic preparedness and response tool. As a result, the number of …

[HTML][HTML] Lassa fever: an evolving emergency in West Africa

OO Balogun, OW Akande, DH Hamer - The American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lassa fever remains endemic in parts of West Africa and continues to pose as a quiescent
threat globally. We described the background on Lassa fever, factors contributing to its …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 mortality rate and its associated factors during the first and second waves in Nigeria

K Elimian, A Musah, C King, E Igumbor… - PLOS global public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 mortality rate has not been formally assessed in Nigeria. Thus, we aimed to
address this gap and identify associated mortality risk factors during the first and second …

Responding to a pandemic through social and behavior change communication: Nigeria's experience

CL Ochu, OW Akande, V Ihekweazu, C Kaduru… - Health …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Chinwe Lucia Ochu, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Vivianne Ihekweazu, Chijioke Kaduru,
Oreoluwa Akomolafe, Abiodun Egwuenu, Chimezie Anueyiagu, Jeremiah Agenyi, Ukwori …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of an m-Health intervention on the sexual and reproductive health of in-school adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Nigeria

OW Akande, M Muzigaba, EU Igumbor, K Elimian… - Reproductive …, 2024 - Springer
Background The implementation of the country-wide comprehensive sexuality education
(CSE) curriculum among in-school adolescents remains abysmally low and mHealth-based …