A5028782405- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Churches Health Assoication Of Zambia
2024-2025
University of Zambia
2023
University Teaching Hospital
2023
Right to Care
2021-2022
National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council
2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health problem threatening human, animal, and environmental safety. This study assessed the AMR profiles risk factors associated with Escherichia coli in hospital settings Lusaka, Zambia. cross-sectional was conducted from April 2022 to August using 980 samples collected clinical settings. susceptibility testing BD PhoenixTM 100. The data were analysed SPSS version 26.0. Of samples, 51% sources. Overall, 64.5% of tested positive for E. coli, which...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health problem exacerbated by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics inadequate capacity laboratories to conduct AMR surveillance. This study assessed in seven faith-based hospitals testing surveillance Zambia. multi-facility, cross-sectional exploratory was conducted from February 2024 April 2024. We collected analysed data using self-scoring Laboratory Assessment Antibiotic Resistance Testing Capacity (LAARC) tool. found an average score 39%,...
Background. Sparse data documenting the impact of COVID-19 in Africa has fostered belief that skipped Africa. We previously published results from a systematic postmortem surveillance at busy inner-city morgue Lusaka, Zambia. Between June-October 2021, we detected 15-19% all deaths and concentrated community settings where testing for was absent. Yet these conclusions rested on small cohort 70 COVID-19+ individuals. Subsequently, conducted longer far larger follow-on survey using same...
The World Health Organization African region has the greatest infectious disease burden in world. However, many countries have limited capacity to rapidly detect, report, and respond public health events. Centre for Epidemic Response Innovation (CERI), KwaZulu-Natal Research Sequencing Platform (KRISP) South Africa, global Climate Amplified Diseases Epidemics (CLIMADE) consortium are investing building of scientists pathogen genomics bioinformatics. A two-week long (11–21 April 2023)...
Objectives To determine the prevalence of COVID-19 postmortem setting in Lusaka, Zambia. Design A systematic, study. Setting busy, inner-city morgue Lusaka. Participants We sampled a random subset all decedents who transited University Teaching Hospital morgue. posterior nasopharynx using quantitative PCR. Prevalence was weighted to account for age-specific enrolment strategies. Interventions Not applicable—this an observational Primary outcomes detections by Results were stratified...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health problem exacerbated by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics an inadequate capacity laboratories to conduct AMR surveillance. This study assessed in seven faith-based hospitals bacteriology, testing surveillance Zambia. multi-facility, cross-sectional exploratory was conducted from February 2024 April 2024. We collected analysed data using self-scoring Laboratory Assessment Antibiotic Resistance Testing Capacity (LAARC) tool. found overall...
Abstract Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant deaths. Its epidemiology in low- and middle-income countries poorly understood. Risk factors associated with RSV-associated deaths that occur community settings are incompletely known. Methods Community for infants aged 4 days to 6 months were identified during 3-year postmortem RSV prevalence study at the main city morgue Lusaka, Zambia, where 80% registered. This analysis focuses on subset which an abbreviated...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections and child mortality. While RSV disease burden highest in low- middle-income countries, most knowledge about risk factors for fatal comes from high-income settings.
Background: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections and a key driver childhood mortality. Current burden disease estimates largely reflect hospital deaths. Omitting community deaths could underestimate true fatal RSV. Methods: We conducted post-mortem RSV prevalence study in Zambia. Infants were enrolled if <48 hours death, aged 4 days-<6 months. was determined using RT-qPCR. calculated population attributable fraction (PAF) to...