A5063280705- Leprosy Research and Treatment
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
2024
University of Bristol
2024
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2020-2023
University of London
2023
Background Leprosy transmission is ongoing; globally and within Bangladesh. Household contacts of leprosy cases are at increased risk development. Identification household highest would optimize this process. Methods The temporal pattern new case presentation amongst was documented in the COCOA (Contact Cohort Analysis) study. study actively examined confirmed index identified 1995, 2000–2014, to provide evidence for timings contact examination policies. Data available on 9527 38303...
Introduction Leprosy-associated disability is a critical indicator for delay in leprosy diagnosis, perpetuating the ongoing transmission of infection community. Initially categorised as proportion grade 2 (G2D) amongst new cases, global G2D rate per 1,000,000 population was introduced 2009 by World Health Organization (WHO) an alternative metric documenting indicator. The considers only size and not endemicity each region, leading authors to hypothesise that two indicators may potentially...
Introduction: There is a lack of evidence on which to base decisions about the ideal duration surveillance for household contacts newly diagnosed leprosy cases. Methods: We reviewed 9538 households cases in Bangladesh over 21 years, establish temporal pattern new case detection during routine periods, were two years Paucibacillary (PB) and five Multibacillary (MB) Results: In both MB PB we found highest rates at first examination, completed within few weeks diagnosis index case. These...
Background Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting individuals globally, marked by recurrent and apparently unpredictable seizures that pose significant challenges, including increased mortality, injuries, diminished quality of life. Despite advancements in treatments, proportion people with epilepsy continue to experience uncontrolled seizures. The apparent unpredictability these events has been identified as major concern for epilepsy, highlighting the need innovative seizure...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting individuals globally, marked by recurrent and apparently unpredictable seizures that pose significant challenges, including increased mortality, injuries, diminished quality of life. Despite advancements in treatments, proportion people with epilepsy continue to experience uncontrolled seizures. The apparent unpredictability these events has been identified as major concern for epilepsy, highlighting the...
Objective: Though household contact examinations are a recognised method of active case finding in leprosy control programmes, there is little evidence to determine appropriate duration annual surveillance, when weighing likely benefit against inconvenience households and investment health staff time. Considering this, the aim was establish temporal pattern new through crosssectional survey, by examining year-wise cohorts individuals from cases diagnosed at different times past. Results: For...
Objectives We determined the male and female ratio of new leprosy cases detected over 15 years, allowing future exploration inequalities pertaining to biological sex social aspects gender, which negatively impact women. Methods extracted sex-disaggregated data from annual Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) Global situation reports, 2004 2020, determine temporal pattern detected, by gender. Results Sex disaggregated was only consistently reported in WER papers 2004. The absolute number has...