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University of Parakou, Faculty of Medicine, Parakou, Benin

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Review
Published: 21 August 2021 in BioMed Research International
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Background. Despite being sexually active and engaging in risky sexual behaviours similar to young adults, older adults (50 years or older) are less likely to receive HIV testing, and disaggregated data are still scarce about HIV prevention and treatment in this vulnerable population in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This systematic review is aimed at examining sex differences in HIV testing and counseling (HTC) among older adults in SSA. Methods. A systematic search of four databases, namely, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), Web of Science, and Global Health, was conducted from 2000 to January 2020. The primary outcome of interest for this study was gender differences in HTC among older adults in SSA. Observational studies including cross-sectional, retrospective, and prospective cohort studies were included. Eligible studies must have reported sex differences in HIV testing uptake in a standard HTC service among older adults in SSA. Results. From the database search, 4143 articles were identified. Five studies were ultimately included in the final review. Of the 1189 participants, 606 (51.1%) and 580 (48.9%) were female and male, respectively. The review findings suggested that both men and women preferred HTC providers that are the same sex as them with women additionally preferring a provider who is also of a similar age. Men and women differed in their pathways to getting tested for HIV. The review documented mixed results with regard to the associations between sex of older adults and uptake of HTC. Older adult HTC uptake data are limited in scope and coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. Conclusion. This review revealed shortage of evidence to evaluate optimum HTC utilization among older adults. Few studies examined sex differences in HIV testing among older adults in the region. There is a need for stakeholders working in the area of HIV prevention and treatment to focus on older adult health utilization evidence organization, disaggregated by age and sex. Hence, high-quality research designs are needed on the topic in order to generate good quality evidence for targeted interventions to improve HTC among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Akalewold T. Gebremeskel; Nathali Gunawardena; Olumuyiwa Omonaiye; Sanni Yaya. Sex Differences in HIV Testing among Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. BioMed Research International 2021, 2021, 1 -9.

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Akalewold T. Gebremeskel, Nathali Gunawardena, Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Sanni Yaya. Sex Differences in HIV Testing among Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. BioMed Research International. 2021; 2021 ():1-9.

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Akalewold T. Gebremeskel; Nathali Gunawardena; Olumuyiwa Omonaiye; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Sex Differences in HIV Testing among Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review." BioMed Research International 2021, no. : 1-9.

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Published: 03 August 2021 in Family Medicine and Community Health
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Objective The objective of this paper is to explore policy-makers and clinical managers’ views on maternal health service delivery in rural Nigeria. Design This is a qualitative study using key informant interviews. Participants’ responses were audio recorded and reflective field notes supplemented the transcripts. Data were further analysed with a deductive approach whereby themes were organised based on existing literature and theories on service delivery. Setting The study was set in Esan South East (ESE) and Etsako East (ETE), two mainly rural local government areas of Edo state, Nigeria. Participants The study participants consisted of 13 key informants who are policy-makers and clinical managers in ESE and ETE in Edo state. Key informants were chosen using a purposeful criterion sampling technique whereby participants were identified because they meet or exceed a specific criterion related to the subject matter. Results Respondents generally depicted maternal care services in primary healthcare centres as inaccessible due to undue barriers of cost and geographic location but deemed it acceptable to women. Respondents’ notion of quality of service delivery encompassed factors such as patient-provider relationships, hygienic conditions of primary healthcare centres, availability of skilled healthcare staff and infrastructural constraints. Conclusion This study revealed that while some key aspects of service delivery are inadequate in rural primary healthcare centres, there are promising policy reforms underway to address some of the issues. It is important that health officials advocate for strong policies and implementation strategies.

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Ogochukwu Udenigwe; Friday E Okonofua; Lorretta F C Ntoimo; Wilson Imongan; Brian Igboin; Sanni Yaya. “We have either obsolete knowledge, obsolete equipment or obsolete skills”: policy-makers and clinical managers’ views on maternal health delivery in rural Nigeria. Family Medicine and Community Health 2021, 9, e000994 .

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Ogochukwu Udenigwe, Friday E Okonofua, Lorretta F C Ntoimo, Wilson Imongan, Brian Igboin, Sanni Yaya. “We have either obsolete knowledge, obsolete equipment or obsolete skills”: policy-makers and clinical managers’ views on maternal health delivery in rural Nigeria. Family Medicine and Community Health. 2021; 9 (3):e000994.

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Ogochukwu Udenigwe; Friday E Okonofua; Lorretta F C Ntoimo; Wilson Imongan; Brian Igboin; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "“We have either obsolete knowledge, obsolete equipment or obsolete skills”: policy-makers and clinical managers’ views on maternal health delivery in rural Nigeria." Family Medicine and Community Health 9, no. 3: e000994.

Dermatology
Published: 28 July 2021 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Recent evidence suggests that, in some foci, elimination of onchocerciasis from Africa may be feasible with mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin. To achieve continental elimination of transmission, mapping surveys will need to be conducted across all implementation units (IUs) for which endemicity status is currently unknown. Using boosted regression tree models with optimised hyperparameter selection, we estimated environmental suitability for onchocerciasis at the 5 × 5-km resolution across Africa. In order to classify IUs that include locations that are environmentally suitable, we used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to identify an optimal threshold for suitability concordant with locations where onchocerciasis has been previously detected. This threshold value was then used to classify IUs (more suitable or less suitable) based on the location within the IU with the largest mean prediction. Mean estimates of environmental suitability suggest large areas across West and Central Africa, as well as focal areas of East Africa, are suitable for onchocerciasis transmission, consistent with the presence of current control and elimination of transmission efforts. The ROC analysis identified a mean environmental suitability index of 0·71 as a threshold to classify based on the location with the largest mean prediction within the IU. Of the IUs considered for mapping surveys, 50·2% exceed this threshold for suitability in at least one 5 × 5-km location. The formidable scale of data collection required to map onchocerciasis endemicity across the African continent presents an opportunity to use spatial data to identify areas likely to be suitable for onchocerciasis transmission. National onchocerciasis elimination programmes may wish to consider prioritising these IUs for mapping surveys as human resources, laboratory capacity, and programmatic schedules may constrain survey implementation, and possibly delaying MDA initiation in areas that would ultimately qualify.

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Elizabeth A. Cromwell; Joshua C. P. Osborne; Thomas R. Unnasch; Maria-Gloria Basáñez; Katherine M. Gass; Kira A. Barbre; Elex Hill; Kimberly B. Johnson; Katie M. Donkers; Shreya Shirude; Chris A. Schmidt; Victor Adekanmbi; Olatunji O. Adetokunboh; Mohsen Afarideh; Ehsan Ahmadpour; Muktar Beshir Ahmed; Temesgen Yihunie Akalu; Ziyad Al-Aly; Fahad Mashhour Alanezi; Turki M. Alanzi; Vahid Alipour; Catalina Liliana Andrei; Fereshteh Ansari; Mustafa Geleto Ansha; Davood Anvari; Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah; Jalal Arabloo; Benjamin F. Arnold; Marcel Ausloos; Martin Amogre Ayanore; Atif Amin Baig; Maciej Banach; Aleksandra Barac; Till Winfried Bärnighausen; Mohsen Bayati; Krittika Bhattacharyya; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Sadia Bibi; Ali Bijani; Somayeh Bohlouli; Mahdi Bohluli; Oliver J. Brady; Nicola Luigi Bragazzi; Zahid A. Butt; Felix Carvalho; Souranshu Chatterjee; Vijay Kumar Chattu; Soosanna Kumary Chattu; Natalie Maria Cormier; Saad M. A. Dahlawi; Giovanni Damiani; Farah Daoud; Aso Mohammad Darwesh; Ahmad Daryani; Kebede Deribe; Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne; Daniel Diaz; Hoa Thi Do; Maysaa El Sayed Zaki; Maha El Tantawi; Demelash Abewa Elemineh; Anwar Faraj; Majid Fasihi Harandi; Yousef Fatahi; Valery L. Feigin; Eduarda Fernandes; Nataliya A. Foigt; Masoud Foroutan; Richard Charles Franklin; Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari; Davide Guido; Yuming Guo; Arvin Haj-Mirzaian; Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah; Samer Hamidi; Claudiu Herteliu; Hagos Degefa de Hidru; Tarig B. Higazi; Naznin Hossain; Mehdi Hosseinzadeh; Mowafa Househ; Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi; Milena D. Ilic; Irena M. Ilic; Usman Iqbal; Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani; Ravi Prakash Jha; Farahnaz Joukar; Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak; Zubair Kabir; Leila R. Kalankesh; Rohollah Kalhor; Behzad Karami Matin; Salah Eddin Karimi; Amir Kasaeian; Taras Kavetskyy; Gbenga A. Kayode; Ali Kazemi Karyani; Abraham Getachew Kelbore; Maryam Keramati; Rovshan Khalilov; Ejaz Ahmad Khan; Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman Khan; Khaled Khatab; Mona M. Khater; Neda Kianipour; Kelemu Tilahun Kibret; Yun Jin Kim; Soewarta Kosen; Kris J. Krohn; Dian Kusuma; Carlo La Vecchia; Van Charles Lansingh; Paul H. Lee; Kate E. LeGrand; Shanshan Li; Joshua Longbottom; Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek; Muhammed Magdy Abd El Razek; Afshin Maleki; Abdullah A. Mamun; Ali Manafi; Navid Manafi; Mohammad Ali Mansournia; Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo; Mohsen Mazidi; Colm McAlinden; Birhanu Geta Meharie; Walter Mendoza; Endalkachew Worku Mengesha; Desalegn Tadese Mengistu; Seid Tiku Mereta; Tomislav Mestrovic; Ted R. Miller; Mohammad Miri; Masoud Moghadaszadeh; Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani; Reza Mohammadpourhodki; Shafiu Mohammed; Salahuddin Mohammed; Masoud Moradi; Rahmatollah Moradzadeh; Paula Moraga; Jonathan F. Mosser; Mehdi Naderi; Ahamarshan Jayaraman Nagarajan; Gurudatta Naik; Ionut Negoi; Cuong Tat Nguyen; Huong Lan Thi Nguyen; Trang Huyen Nguyen; Rajan Nikbakhsh; Bogdan Oancea; Tinuke O. Olagunju; Andrew T. Olagunju; Ahmed Omar Bali; Obinna E. Onwujekwe; Adrian Pana; Hadi Pourjafar; Fakher Rahim; Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman; Priya Rathi; Salman Rawaf; David Laith Rawaf; Reza Rawassizadeh; Serge Resnikoff; Melese Abate Reta; Aziz Rezapour; Enrico Rubagotti; Salvatore Rubino; Ehsan Sadeghi; Abedin Saghafipour; S. Mohammad Sajadi; Abdallah M. Samy; Rodrigo Sarmiento-Suárez; Monika Sawhney; Megan F. Schipp; Amira A. Shaheen; Masood Ali Shaikh; Morteza Shamsizadeh; Kiomars Sharafi; Aziz Sheikh; B. Suresh Kumar Shetty; Jae Il Shin; K. M. Shivakumar; Biagio Simonetti; Jasvinder A. Singh; Eirini Skiadaresi; Amin Soheili; Shahin Soltani; Emma Elizabeth Spurlock; Mu’Awiyyah Babale Sufiyan; Takahiro Tabuchi; Leili Tapak; Robert L. Thompson; Alan J. Thomson; Eugenio Traini; Bach Xuan Tran; Irfan Ullah; Saif Ullah; Chigozie Jesse Uneke; Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan; Olalekan A. Uthman; Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers; Francesco S. Violante; Haileab Fekadu Wolde; Tewodros Eshete Wonde; Tomohide Yamada; Sanni Yaya; Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi; Paul Yip; Naohiro Yonemoto; Hebat-Allah Salah A. Yousof; Chuanhua Yu; Yong Yu; Hasan Yusefzadeh; Leila Zaki; Sojib Bin Zaman; Maryam Zamanian; Zhi-Jiang Zhang; Yunquan Zhang; Arash Ziapour; Simon I. Hay; David M. Pigott. Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15, e0008824 .

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Elizabeth A. Cromwell, Joshua C. P. Osborne, Thomas R. Unnasch, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Katherine M. Gass, Kira A. Barbre, Elex Hill, Kimberly B. Johnson, Katie M. Donkers, Shreya Shirude, Chris A. Schmidt, Victor Adekanmbi, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Mohsen Afarideh, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Ziyad Al-Aly, Fahad Mashhour Alanezi, Turki M. Alanzi, Vahid Alipour, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Fereshteh Ansari, Mustafa Geleto Ansha, Davood Anvari, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Jalal Arabloo, Benjamin F. Arnold, Marcel Ausloos, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Atif Amin Baig, Maciej Banach, Aleksandra Barac, Till Winfried Bärnighausen, Mohsen Bayati, Krittika Bhattacharyya, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Sadia Bibi, Ali Bijani, Somayeh Bohlouli, Mahdi Bohluli, Oliver J. Brady, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Zahid A. Butt, Felix Carvalho, Souranshu Chatterjee, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary Chattu, Natalie Maria Cormier, Saad M. A. Dahlawi, Giovanni Damiani, Farah Daoud, Aso Mohammad Darwesh, Ahmad Daryani, Kebede Deribe, Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Daniel Diaz, Hoa Thi Do, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Maha El Tantawi, Demelash Abewa Elemineh, Anwar Faraj, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Yousef Fatahi, Valery L. Feigin, Eduarda Fernandes, Nataliya A. Foigt, Masoud Foroutan, Richard Charles Franklin, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari, Davide Guido, Yuming Guo, Arvin Haj-Mirzaian, Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah, Samer Hamidi, Claudiu Herteliu, Hagos Degefa de Hidru, Tarig B. Higazi, Naznin Hossain, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Mowafa Househ, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Milena D. Ilic, Irena M. Ilic, Usman Iqbal, Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani, Ravi Prakash Jha, Farahnaz Joukar, Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak, Zubair Kabir, Leila R. Kalankesh, Rohollah Kalhor, Behzad Karami Matin, Salah Eddin Karimi, Amir Kasaeian, Taras Kavetskyy, Gbenga A. Kayode, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Abraham Getachew Kelbore, Maryam Keramati, Rovshan Khalilov, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman Khan, Khaled Khatab, Mona M. Khater, Neda Kianipour, Kelemu Tilahun Kibret, Yun Jin Kim, Soewarta Kosen, Kris J. Krohn, Dian Kusuma, Carlo La Vecchia, Van Charles Lansingh, Paul H. Lee, Kate E. LeGrand, Shanshan Li, Joshua Longbottom, Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek, Muhammed Magdy Abd El Razek, Afshin Maleki, Abdullah A. Mamun, Ali Manafi, Navid Manafi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Mohsen Mazidi, Colm McAlinden, Birhanu Geta Meharie, Walter Mendoza, Endalkachew Worku Mengesha, Desalegn Tadese Mengistu, Seid Tiku Mereta, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ted R. Miller, Mohammad Miri, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Shafiu Mohammed, Salahuddin Mohammed, Masoud Moradi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Paula Moraga, Jonathan F. Mosser, Mehdi Naderi, Ahamarshan Jayaraman Nagarajan, Gurudatta Naik, Ionut Negoi, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Huyen Nguyen, Rajan Nikbakhsh, Bogdan Oancea, Tinuke O. Olagunju, Andrew T. Olagunju, Ahmed Omar Bali, Obinna E. Onwujekwe, Adrian Pana, Hadi Pourjafar, Fakher Rahim, Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman, Priya Rathi, Salman Rawaf, David Laith Rawaf, Reza Rawassizadeh, Serge Resnikoff, Melese Abate Reta, Aziz Rezapour, Enrico Rubagotti, Salvatore Rubino, Ehsan Sadeghi, Abedin Saghafipour, S. Mohammad Sajadi, Abdallah M. Samy, Rodrigo Sarmiento-Suárez, Monika Sawhney, Megan F. Schipp, Amira A. Shaheen, Masood Ali Shaikh, Morteza Shamsizadeh, Kiomars Sharafi, Aziz Sheikh, B. Suresh Kumar Shetty, Jae Il Shin, K. M. Shivakumar, Biagio Simonetti, Jasvinder A. Singh, Eirini Skiadaresi, Amin Soheili, Shahin Soltani, Emma Elizabeth Spurlock, Mu’Awiyyah Babale Sufiyan, Takahiro Tabuchi, Leili Tapak, Robert L. Thompson, Alan J. Thomson, Eugenio Traini, Bach Xuan Tran, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah, Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Olalekan A. Uthman, Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Francesco S. Violante, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Tewodros Eshete Wonde, Tomohide Yamada, Sanni Yaya, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Paul Yip, Naohiro Yonemoto, Hebat-Allah Salah A. Yousof, Chuanhua Yu, Yong Yu, Hasan Yusefzadeh, Leila Zaki, Sojib Bin Zaman, Maryam Zamanian, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Arash Ziapour, Simon I. Hay, David M. Pigott. Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021; 15 (7):e0008824.

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Elizabeth A. Cromwell; Joshua C. P. Osborne; Thomas R. Unnasch; Maria-Gloria Basáñez; Katherine M. Gass; Kira A. Barbre; Elex Hill; Kimberly B. Johnson; Katie M. Donkers; Shreya Shirude; Chris A. Schmidt; Victor Adekanmbi; Olatunji O. Adetokunboh; Mohsen Afarideh; Ehsan Ahmadpour; Muktar Beshir Ahmed; Temesgen Yihunie Akalu; Ziyad Al-Aly; Fahad Mashhour Alanezi; Turki M. Alanzi; Vahid Alipour; Catalina Liliana Andrei; Fereshteh Ansari; Mustafa Geleto Ansha; Davood Anvari; Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah; Jalal Arabloo; Benjamin F. Arnold; Marcel Ausloos; Martin Amogre Ayanore; Atif Amin Baig; Maciej Banach; Aleksandra Barac; Till Winfried Bärnighausen; Mohsen Bayati; Krittika Bhattacharyya; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Sadia Bibi; Ali Bijani; Somayeh Bohlouli; Mahdi Bohluli; Oliver J. Brady; Nicola Luigi Bragazzi; Zahid A. Butt; Felix Carvalho; Souranshu Chatterjee; Vijay Kumar Chattu; Soosanna Kumary Chattu; Natalie Maria Cormier; Saad M. A. Dahlawi; Giovanni Damiani; Farah Daoud; Aso Mohammad Darwesh; Ahmad Daryani; Kebede Deribe; Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne; Daniel Diaz; Hoa Thi Do; Maysaa El Sayed Zaki; Maha El Tantawi; Demelash Abewa Elemineh; Anwar Faraj; Majid Fasihi Harandi; Yousef Fatahi; Valery L. Feigin; Eduarda Fernandes; Nataliya A. Foigt; Masoud Foroutan; Richard Charles Franklin; Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari; Davide Guido; Yuming Guo; Arvin Haj-Mirzaian; Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah; Samer Hamidi; Claudiu Herteliu; Hagos Degefa de Hidru; Tarig B. Higazi; Naznin Hossain; Mehdi Hosseinzadeh; Mowafa Househ; Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi; Milena D. Ilic; Irena M. Ilic; Usman Iqbal; Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani; Ravi Prakash Jha; Farahnaz Joukar; Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak; Zubair Kabir; Leila R. Kalankesh; Rohollah Kalhor; Behzad Karami Matin; Salah Eddin Karimi; Amir Kasaeian; Taras Kavetskyy; Gbenga A. Kayode; Ali Kazemi Karyani; Abraham Getachew Kelbore; Maryam Keramati; Rovshan Khalilov; Ejaz Ahmad Khan; Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman Khan; Khaled Khatab; Mona M. Khater; Neda Kianipour; Kelemu Tilahun Kibret; Yun Jin Kim; Soewarta Kosen; Kris J. Krohn; Dian Kusuma; Carlo La Vecchia; Van Charles Lansingh; Paul H. Lee; Kate E. LeGrand; Shanshan Li; Joshua Longbottom; Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek; Muhammed Magdy Abd El Razek; Afshin Maleki; Abdullah A. Mamun; Ali Manafi; Navid Manafi; Mohammad Ali Mansournia; Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo; Mohsen Mazidi; Colm McAlinden; Birhanu Geta Meharie; Walter Mendoza; Endalkachew Worku Mengesha; Desalegn Tadese Mengistu; Seid Tiku Mereta; Tomislav Mestrovic; Ted R. Miller; Mohammad Miri; Masoud Moghadaszadeh; Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani; Reza Mohammadpourhodki; Shafiu Mohammed; Salahuddin Mohammed; Masoud Moradi; Rahmatollah Moradzadeh; Paula Moraga; Jonathan F. Mosser; Mehdi Naderi; Ahamarshan Jayaraman Nagarajan; Gurudatta Naik; Ionut Negoi; Cuong Tat Nguyen; Huong Lan Thi Nguyen; Trang Huyen Nguyen; Rajan Nikbakhsh; Bogdan Oancea; Tinuke O. Olagunju; Andrew T. Olagunju; Ahmed Omar Bali; Obinna E. Onwujekwe; Adrian Pana; Hadi Pourjafar; Fakher Rahim; Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman; Priya Rathi; Salman Rawaf; David Laith Rawaf; Reza Rawassizadeh; Serge Resnikoff; Melese Abate Reta; Aziz Rezapour; Enrico Rubagotti; Salvatore Rubino; Ehsan Sadeghi; Abedin Saghafipour; S. Mohammad Sajadi; Abdallah M. Samy; Rodrigo Sarmiento-Suárez; Monika Sawhney; Megan F. Schipp; Amira A. Shaheen; Masood Ali Shaikh; Morteza Shamsizadeh; Kiomars Sharafi; Aziz Sheikh; B. Suresh Kumar Shetty; Jae Il Shin; K. M. Shivakumar; Biagio Simonetti; Jasvinder A. Singh; Eirini Skiadaresi; Amin Soheili; Shahin Soltani; Emma Elizabeth Spurlock; Mu’Awiyyah Babale Sufiyan; Takahiro Tabuchi; Leili Tapak; Robert L. Thompson; Alan J. Thomson; Eugenio Traini; Bach Xuan Tran; Irfan Ullah; Saif Ullah; Chigozie Jesse Uneke; Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan; Olalekan A. Uthman; Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers; Francesco S. Violante; Haileab Fekadu Wolde; Tewodros Eshete Wonde; Tomohide Yamada; Sanni Yaya; Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi; Paul Yip; Naohiro Yonemoto; Hebat-Allah Salah A. Yousof; Chuanhua Yu; Yong Yu; Hasan Yusefzadeh; Leila Zaki; Sojib Bin Zaman; Maryam Zamanian; Zhi-Jiang Zhang; Yunquan Zhang; Arash Ziapour; Simon I. Hay; David M. Pigott. 2021. "Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, no. 7: e0008824.

Journal article
Published: 17 July 2021 in SSM - Population Health
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Intimate partner violence has gained momentum as health, social, and human right issue across the globe. Women within sub-Saharan Africa often do not report any case of violence due to the acceptance of violence which is rooted in their socio-cultural beliefs and practices. With a high prevalence of marital disruption in sub-Saharan Africa, it is important that we understand the role intimate partner violence plays in this phenomenon. Hence, this present study assessed the association between intimate partner violence and marital disruption among women in sub-Saharan Africa. This study involved a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Multilevel binary logistic regression analysis was carried out and the results were presented as adjusted odds ratios (aOR) at 95% Confidence Interval (CI). The prevalence of physical, emotional, and sexual violence in the 25 countries considered in this study were 29.3%, 28%, and 11.5%, respectively. The highest prevalence of physical violence was in Sierra Leone (50.0%) and the lowest prevalence was in Comoros (5.7%). For emotional violence, the highest prevalence was in Sierra Leone (45.9%) and the lowest prevalence was in Comoros (7.9%). The highest prevalence of sexual violence was in Burundi (25.5%) and the lowest prevalence was in Comoros (1.8%). The average prevalence of marital disruption was 7.7%. This ranged from 1.3% in Burkina Faso to 20.2% in Mozambique. We found that women who had ever experienced physical violence were more likely to experience marital disruptions compared to those who had never experienced physical violence [aOR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.35–1.50]. Women who had ever experienced sexual violence were more likely to experience marital disruption compared to those who had never experienced sexual violence [aOR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.21–1.37]. Finally, women who had ever experienced emotional violence were more likely to experience marital disruption compared to those who had never experienced emotional violence [aOR = 1.86, 95% CI = 1.76–1.96]. Findings from this study call for proven effective intimate partner violence reduction interventions such as strengthening laws against intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Again, marital counseling and health education interventions should be implemented to address the role of intimate partner violence on the wellbeing of women and the stability of couples in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Richard Gyan Aboagye; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Collins Adu; Sanni Yaya. Intimate partner violence as a predictor of marital disruption in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys. SSM - Population Health 2021, 15, 100877 .

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Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Collins Adu, Sanni Yaya. Intimate partner violence as a predictor of marital disruption in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys. SSM - Population Health. 2021; 15 ():100877.

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Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Richard Gyan Aboagye; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Collins Adu; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Intimate partner violence as a predictor of marital disruption in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys." SSM - Population Health 15, no. : 100877.

Research
Published: 15 July 2021 in AIDS Research and Therapy
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Background HIV/AIDS is still one of the major public health concerns globally. It is one of the major contributory causes of deaths among women in the reproductive age (15–49 years) and has resulted in about 14 million orphaned children globally. Knowledge of Mother-to Child transmission is one of the strategies to fight against HIV. This study, therefore, sought to assess the knowledge and determinants of women’s knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV and AIDS in their reproductive age in South Africa. Methods Data were obtained from the South Africa Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS) 2016. Both descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential analysis (multilevel mixed-effects complementary log–log regression model) were conducted and the statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results The prevalence of knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS during pregnancy, delivery, breastfeeding and at least knowledge of one source are 87.0%, 81.1%, 80.3% and 91.4% respectively. At the individual level, those with secondary [AOR = 1.28, CI = 1.04,1.57] and higher [AOR = 1.55, CI = 1.21,1.99], those who read newspaper less than once a week [AOR = 1.16, CI = [1.05,1.28], at least once a week [AOR = 1.14, CI = 1.04,1.25], and those who listen to the radio less than once a week [AOR = 1.22, CI = 1.03,1.43] had higher odds of knowledge on MTCT of HIV and AIDS. However, those with parity 0 [AOR = 0.73, CI = [0.63,0.85] had lower odds of knowledge of MTCT of HIV and AIDS compared with those with parity 4 or more. At the contextual level, those in the poorest wealth quintile [AOR = 0.82,CI = 0.69,0.97] had lower odds of having knowledge of MTCT of HIV and AIDS. Those in the urban areas [AOR = 1.17, CI = [1.04,1.31], those in Limpopo [AOR = 1.35, CI = [1.12,1.64], Gauteng [AOR = 1.35, CI = [1.12,1.62] and North west[AOR = 1.49, CI = [1.22,1.81] had higher odds of knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS. Conclusion The study has demonstrated that there is relatively high knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. The factors associated with the knowledge are educational level, exposure to mass media, parity, wealth status, place of residence and the region of residence. To further increase the knowledge, it is imperative to adopt various messages and target respondents in different part of SSA through the mass media channels. This should be done taking cognizant of the rural–urban variations and socio-economic status.

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Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh; Susanna Aba Abraham; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Vijay Kumar Chattu; Sanni Yaya. Knowledge and determinants of women’s knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. AIDS Research and Therapy 2021, 18, 1 -9.

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Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, Susanna Aba Abraham, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Sanni Yaya. Knowledge and determinants of women’s knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. AIDS Research and Therapy. 2021; 18 (1):1-9.

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Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh; Susanna Aba Abraham; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Vijay Kumar Chattu; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Knowledge and determinants of women’s knowledge on vertical transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa." AIDS Research and Therapy 18, no. 1: 1-9.

Correction
Published: 01 July 2021 in Reproductive Health
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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Joshua Okyere; John Elvis Hagan; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Richard Gyan Aboagye; Sanni Yaya. Correction to: The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Reproductive Health 2021, 18, 1 -2.

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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Joshua Okyere, John Elvis Hagan, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Sanni Yaya. Correction to: The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Reproductive Health. 2021; 18 (1):1-2.

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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Joshua Okyere; John Elvis Hagan; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Richard Gyan Aboagye; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Correction to: The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights." Reproductive Health 18, no. 1: 1-2.

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Published: 30 June 2021 in Tropical Medicine and Health
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Background Deworming is one of the strategies to reduce the burden of anemia among pregnant women. Globally, pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa are more affected by anemia. Therefore, this study examined both the coverage and demographic, socioeconomic, and women empowerment-related factors associated with the utilization of deworming medication among pregnant married women in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods We used data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys of 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa conducted between 2010 and 2019. Using Stata version-14 software, analysis was done on 168,910 pregnant married women. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the factors associated with the utilization of deworming medication. The results were presented using adjusted odds ratios (aORs) at 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results The pooled results showed that about 50.7% (95% CI 48.2–53.3%) of pregnant married women in the studied countries took deworming medications, and this varied from as high as 84.1% in Sierra Leone to as low as 2% in Angola. Regarding sub-regional coverage, the highest and lowest coverages were seen in East Africa (67.6%, 95% CI 66.0–69.1%) and West Africa (24.3%, 95% CI 22.4–26.4%) respectively. We found higher odds of utilization of deworming medication among older pregnant married women (aOR=1.93, 95% CI 1.32–2.84), women with educated husbands (aOR=1.40, 95% CI 1.11–1.77), wealthier women (aOR=3.12, 95% CI 1.95–4.99), women exposed to media (aOR=1.46, 95% CI 1.18–1.80), and those who had four or more antenatal care visits (aOR=1.51, 95% CI 1.24–1.83). Conclusions Enhancing women’s education, disseminating information about maternal healthcare services through mass media, and ensuring that women from economically disadvantaged households benefit from national economic growth can be considered as deworming medication improvement strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, providing more attention to adolescents or young pregnant women and increasing the number of antenatal care visits could be considered to increase deworming uptake among pregnant married women.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye; Mpho Keetile; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Sanni Yaya. Utilization of deworming medication and its associated factors among pregnant married women in 26 sub-Saharan African countries: a multi-country analysis. Tropical Medicine and Health 2021, 49, 1 -15.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye, Mpho Keetile, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya. Utilization of deworming medication and its associated factors among pregnant married women in 26 sub-Saharan African countries: a multi-country analysis. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2021; 49 (1):1-15.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye; Mpho Keetile; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Utilization of deworming medication and its associated factors among pregnant married women in 26 sub-Saharan African countries: a multi-country analysis." Tropical Medicine and Health 49, no. 1: 1-15.

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Published: 29 June 2021 in International Health
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Underweight is one of the largest contributors to child morbidity and mortality and is considered to be the largest contributor to the global burden of diseases in low-and middle-income countries. In Mauritania, where one-fifth of children are underweight, there is a dearth of evidence on socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in childhood underweight. As a result, this study aimed at investigating the socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in childhood underweight in Mauritania. Using the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) software, data from the Mauritania Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICSs) conducted between 2007 and 2015 were analysed. Childhood underweight was disaggregated by five equity stratifiers: education, wealth, residence, region and sex. In addition, absolute and relative inequality measures, namely difference (D), population attributable risk (PAR), ratio (R) and population attributable fraction (PAF) were calculated to understand inequalities from wider perspectives. Corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed to measure statistical significance. Substantial absolute and relative socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in underweight were observed from 2007 to 2015. Children from the poorest households (PAR=−12.66 [95% CI −14.15 to −11.16]), those whose mothers were uneducated (PAF=−9.11 [95% CI −13.41 to −4.81]), those whose mothers were rural residents (R=1.52 [95% CI 1.37 to 1.68]), residents of HodhCharghy (PAF=−66.51 [95% CI −79.25 to −53.76]) and males (D=4.30 [95% CI 2.09 to 6.52]) experienced a higher burden of underweight. Education-related disparities decreased from 2007 to 2015. The urban–rural gap in underweight similarly decreased over time with the different measures showing slightly different reductions. Wealth-driven disparities decreased marginally from 2011 to 2015. The sex-based and regional disparities increased, at least on average, over the 8-y intersurvey period. The burden of underweight was significantly higher among children from disadvantaged subpopulations, those with uneducated and poorest/poor mothers, those living in rural areas and those living in HodhCharghy. Special nutrition intervention and efforts focused on these deprived subpopulations are required to reduce childhood morbidity and mortality associated with underweight and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Gebretsadik Shibre; Betregiorgis Zegeye; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Mpho Keetile; Sanni Yaya. Trends in socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in childhood underweight in Mauritania: evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2007–2015). International Health 2021, 1 .

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Gebretsadik Shibre, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Mpho Keetile, Sanni Yaya. Trends in socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in childhood underweight in Mauritania: evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2007–2015). International Health. 2021; ():1.

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Gebretsadik Shibre; Betregiorgis Zegeye; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Mpho Keetile; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Trends in socio-economic, sex and geographic disparities in childhood underweight in Mauritania: evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2007–2015)." International Health , no. : 1.

Editorial
Published: 28 June 2021 in BMJ Global Health
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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019 in China, health systems across the globe have struggled to contend with unprecedented shocks arising from this novel disease. Health systems in Africa are attracting more attention than before as these fragile systems have previously struggled to respond to the effects of health emergencies and pandemics.1 After the 2014 Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa, governments were encouraged by the WHO to improve the resilience of their health systems.2 This led to advocacy for a clear and concise definition of health system resilience.2 3 Fragility is the insufficient capacity of the state, system and/or communities to manage, absorb or mitigate risks.4 Resilience is what happens when a health system adapts to shocks or stress in a context of robustness.5

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Akalewold T Gebremeskel; Akaninyene Otu; Seye Abimbola; Sanni Yaya. Building resilient health systems in Africa beyond the COVID-19 pandemic response. BMJ Global Health 2021, 6, e006108 .

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Akalewold T Gebremeskel, Akaninyene Otu, Seye Abimbola, Sanni Yaya. Building resilient health systems in Africa beyond the COVID-19 pandemic response. BMJ Global Health. 2021; 6 (6):e006108.

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Akalewold T Gebremeskel; Akaninyene Otu; Seye Abimbola; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Building resilient health systems in Africa beyond the COVID-19 pandemic response." BMJ Global Health 6, no. 6: e006108.

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Published: 27 June 2021 in Systematic Reviews
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Background Improving evidence-informed policy dialogue to support the development and implementation of national health policies is vital, but there is limited evidence on researchers’ roles in policy dialogue processes in Africa. The objective of this study is to examine researchers’ involvement in health policy dialogue in Africa. Methods The database search of this scoping review was conducted from inception to January 24, 2021, by an expert searcher/librarian to determine the extent of evidence, barriers, and facilitators of researchers’ involvement in health policy dialogues in Africa. PROSPERO, Wiley Cochrane Library, OVID Medline, OVID EMBASE, OVID PsycINFO, OVID Global Health, EBSCO CINAHL, BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), and Google/Google Scholar were searched using key words representing the concepts “policy dialogue”, “health”, and “Africa”. No limits were applied. A narrative summary of results was presented. Results There were 26 eligible studies representing 21 African countries. Significant discrepancies in researchers’ involvement existed across countries. In 62% of the countries, there was suboptimal involvement of researchers in policy dialogues due to no or partial participation in policy dialogues. Major barriers included limited funding, lack of evidence in the public health field of interest, and skepticism of policymakers. The presence of an interface for exchange, demand for scientific evidence, and donors’ funding were the most reported facilitators. Conclusions To improve the uptake of evidence in health policy-making processes, an environment of trust and communication between policymakers and researchers must be established. Policymakers need to demonstrate that they value research, by providing adequate funding, promoting knowledge translation activities, and supporting personal and professional development opportunities for researchers.

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Doris Yimgang; Georges Danhoundo; Elizabeth Kusi-Appiah; Vijit Sunder; Sandra Campbell; Sanni Yaya. A scoping review of researchers’ involvement in health policy dialogue in Africa. Systematic Reviews 2021, 10, 1 -12.

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Doris Yimgang, Georges Danhoundo, Elizabeth Kusi-Appiah, Vijit Sunder, Sandra Campbell, Sanni Yaya. A scoping review of researchers’ involvement in health policy dialogue in Africa. Systematic Reviews. 2021; 10 (1):1-12.

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Doris Yimgang; Georges Danhoundo; Elizabeth Kusi-Appiah; Vijit Sunder; Sandra Campbell; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "A scoping review of researchers’ involvement in health policy dialogue in Africa." Systematic Reviews 10, no. 1: 1-12.

Editorial
Published: 23 June 2021 in Reproductive Health
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Dina Idriss-Wheeler; Ieman M. El-Mowafi; Karine Coen-Sanchez; Abdiasis Yalahow; Sanni Yaya. Looking through the lens of reproductive justice: the need for a paradigm shift in sexual and reproductive health and rights research in Canada. Reproductive Health 2021, 18, 1 -7.

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Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Ieman M. El-Mowafi, Karine Coen-Sanchez, Abdiasis Yalahow, Sanni Yaya. Looking through the lens of reproductive justice: the need for a paradigm shift in sexual and reproductive health and rights research in Canada. Reproductive Health. 2021; 18 (1):1-7.

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Dina Idriss-Wheeler; Ieman M. El-Mowafi; Karine Coen-Sanchez; Abdiasis Yalahow; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Looking through the lens of reproductive justice: the need for a paradigm shift in sexual and reproductive health and rights research in Canada." Reproductive Health 18, no. 1: 1-7.

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Published: 22 June 2021 in Vaccines
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Background: Africa was certified polio-free in 2020 and to maintain the polio-free status, African countries need to attain and maintain optimal routine polio vaccination coverage. One indicator for optimal polio vaccination coverage is the prevalence of children who have received no polio vaccination through routine services. The objective of the study was to examine the individual-, neighbourhood-, and country-level factors associated with non-vaccination against polio in Africa. Methods: We applied multivariable multilevel logistic regression analyses on recent demographic and health survey data collected from 2010 onwards in Africa. We identified 64,867 children aged 12–23 months (Level 1) nested within 16,283 neighbourhoods (Level 2) from 32 countries (Level 3). Results: The prevalence of non-vaccination for polio ranged from 2.19% in Egypt to 32.74% in Guinea. We found the following factors to be independent predictors of the increased odds of non-vaccination for polio: being a male child, born to mother with no formal education, living in poorer households; being from a polygamous family, living in neighbourhoods with high maternal illiteracy, high unemployment rate, and low access to media. Conclusions: We found that both individual and contextual factors are associated with non-vaccination for Polio.

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Olalekan Uthman; Duduzile Ndwandwe; Muhammed Uthman; Sanni Yaya; Charles Wiysonge. Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Polio Non-Vaccination in Africa: Further Analyses to Enhance Policy and Opportunity to Save More Lives. Vaccines 2021, 9, 683 .

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Olalekan Uthman, Duduzile Ndwandwe, Muhammed Uthman, Sanni Yaya, Charles Wiysonge. Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Polio Non-Vaccination in Africa: Further Analyses to Enhance Policy and Opportunity to Save More Lives. Vaccines. 2021; 9 (7):683.

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Olalekan Uthman; Duduzile Ndwandwe; Muhammed Uthman; Sanni Yaya; Charles Wiysonge. 2021. "Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Polio Non-Vaccination in Africa: Further Analyses to Enhance Policy and Opportunity to Save More Lives." Vaccines 9, no. 7: 683.

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Published: 22 June 2021 in BioMed Research International
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Background. Child marriage is a major public health problem globally, and the prevalence remains high in sub-Saharan African countries, including Mali. There is a dearth of evidence about factors associated with child marriage in Mali. Hence, this studyaimed at investigating the individual/household and community-level factors associated with child marriage among women in Mali. Methods. Using data from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey, analysis was done on 8,350 women aged 18-49 years. A Chi-square test was used to select candidate variables for the multilevel multivariable logistic regression models. Fixed effects results weree xpressed as adjusted odds ratios (aOR) at 95% confidence intervals (CI). Stata version 14 software was used for the analysis. Results. The results showed that 58.2% (95% CI; 56.3%-60.0%) and 20.3% (95%; 19.0%-21.6%) of women aged 18-49 years were married before their 18th and 15th birthday, respectively. Educational status of women (higher education: aOR = 0.25 , 95% CI; 0.14-0.44), their partner’s/husband’s educational status (higher education: aOR = 0.64 , 95% CI; 0.47-0.87), women’s occupation (professional, technical, or managerial: aOR = 0.50 , 95% CI; 0.33-0.77), family size (five and above: aOR = 1.16 , 95% CI; 1.03-1.30), and ethnicity (Senoufo/Minianka: aOR = 0.73 , 95% CI; 0.58-0.92) were the identified individual/household level factors associated with child marriage, whereas region (Mopti: aOR = 0.27 , 95% CI; 0.19-0.39) was the community level factor associated with child marriage. Conclusions. This study has revealed a high prevalence of child marriage in Mali. To reduce the magnitude of child marriage in Mali, enhancing policies and programs that promote education for both girls and boys, creating employment opportunities, improving the utilization of family planning services, and sensitizing girls and parents who live in regions such as Kayes on the negative effects of child marriage is essential. Moreover, working with community leaders so as to reduce child marriage in the Bambara ethnic communities would also be beneficial.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye; Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Eugene Budu; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Sanni Yaya. Individual/Household and Community-Level Factors Associated with Child Marriage in Mali: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey. BioMed Research International 2021, 2021, 1 -11.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya. Individual/Household and Community-Level Factors Associated with Child Marriage in Mali: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey. BioMed Research International. 2021; 2021 ():1-11.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye; Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Eugene Budu; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Individual/Household and Community-Level Factors Associated with Child Marriage in Mali: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey." BioMed Research International 2021, no. : 1-11.

Commentary
Published: 21 June 2021 in Reproductive Health
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Child marriage is a fundamental violation of human rights and a threat to access to education, sexual and reproductive health care, and employment. It also threatens freedom from violence, reproductive rights, movement, and the right to consensual marriage. In most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the legal age of marriage is 18 years. Hence, girls who marry before 18 years are considered as victims of child marriage. Closely knitted to legal age for marriage is the issue of age for sexual consent, which refers to the minimum age at which a person is considered to have the legal capacity to consent to sexual intercourse. While there seem to be a standard legal age for marriage, the legal age for sexual consent varies in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and is often lower than the legal age of marriage. In this commentary, we argue that the gap between the legal age of sexual consent and marriage partly accounts for some of the sexual and reproductive health challenges such as intimate partner violence, sexually transmitted infections, adolescent pregnancy, early childbirth, including unsafe abortions among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa and infringements on their sexual and reproductive health rights. This commentary highlights strategic potential interventions that could help address the identified gaps. We argue that aligning the age for sexual consent and marriage is not the solution to the problem. However, what is critical is the education of young people about sexual and reproductive health issues and comprehensive sexuality education through advocacy networks at the national and local levels. Thus, the key is to provide accurate, timely, and non-judgmental sexual and reproductive health and rights information to young people irrespective of the prevailing age of consent. This provision will empower them to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health.

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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Joshua Okyere; John Elvis Hagan; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Richard Gyan Aboagye; Sanni Yaya. The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Reproductive Health 2021, 18, 1 -7.

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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Joshua Okyere, John Elvis Hagan, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Sanni Yaya. The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Reproductive Health. 2021; 18 (1):1-7.

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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Joshua Okyere; John Elvis Hagan; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Richard Gyan Aboagye; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "The missing link between legal age of sexual consent and age of marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights." Reproductive Health 18, no. 1: 1-7.

Review
Published: 18 June 2021 in Archives of Public Health
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Gebretsadik Shibre; Betregiorgis Zegeye; Helena Yeboah; Ghose Bisjawit; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Sanni Yaya. Correction to: Women empowerment and uptake of antenatal care services: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys from 33 Sub-Saharan African countries. Archives of Public Health 2021, 79, 1 -1.

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Gebretsadik Shibre, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Helena Yeboah, Ghose Bisjawit, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Sanni Yaya. Correction to: Women empowerment and uptake of antenatal care services: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys from 33 Sub-Saharan African countries. Archives of Public Health. 2021; 79 (1):1-1.

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Gebretsadik Shibre; Betregiorgis Zegeye; Helena Yeboah; Ghose Bisjawit; Edward Kwabena Ameyaw; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Correction to: Women empowerment and uptake of antenatal care services: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys from 33 Sub-Saharan African countries." Archives of Public Health 79, no. 1: 1-1.

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Published: 15 June 2021 in Nutrients
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Despite concerns about the coexistence of overnutrition, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, which is compositely referred to as the triple burden of malnutrition (TBM), little is known about the phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We, therefore, aimed to examine the prevalence and investigate the factors associated with TBM in SSA. This study uses cross-sectional survey data collected through the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program from 2010 to 2019. Data from 32 countries in SSA were used for the analysis. The prevalence of TBM were presented in tables and maps using percentages. The predictors of TBM were examined by fitting a negative log-log regression to the data. The results were then presented using adjusted odds ratios (aORs) at 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs). Out of the 169,394 children, 734 (1%) suffered from TBM. The highest proportion of children with TBM in the four geographic regions in SSA was found in western Africa (0.75%) and the lowest in central Africa (0.21%). Children aged 1 [aOR = 1.283; 95% CI = 1.215–1.355] and those aged 2 [aOR = 1.133; 95% CI = 1.067–1.204] were more likely to experience TBM compared to those aged 0. TBM was less likely to occur among female children compared to males [aOR = 0.859; 95% CI = 0.824–0.896]. Children whose perceived size at birth was average [aOR = 1.133; 95% CI = 1.076–1.193] and smaller than average [aOR = 1.278; 95% CI = 1.204–1.356] were more likely to suffer from TBM compared to those who were larger than average at birth. Children born to mothers with primary [aOR = 0.922; 95% CI = 0.865–0.984] and secondary [aOR = 0.829; 95% CI = 0.777–0.885] education were less likely to suffer from TBM compared to those born to mothers with no formal education. Children born to mothers who attended antenatal care (ANC) had lower odds of experiencing TBM compared to those born to mothers who did not attend ANC [aOR = 0.969; 95% CI = 0.887–0.998]. Children born to mothers who use clean household cooking fuel were less likely to experience TBM compared to children born to mothers who use unclean household cooking fuel [aOR = 0.724; 95% CI = 0.612–0.857]. Essentially, higher maternal education, ANC attendance and use of clean cooking fuel were protective factors against TBM, whereas higher child age, low size at birth and being a male child increased the risk of TBM. Given the regional variations in the prevalence and risk of TBM, region-specific interventions must be initiated to ensure the likelihood of those interventions being successful at reducing the risk of TBM. Countries in Western Africa in particular would have to strengthen their current policies and programmes on malnutrition to enhance their attainment of the SDGs.

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Bright Ahinkorah; Iddrisu Amadu; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Joshua Okyere; Eric Duku; John Hagan; Eugene Budu; Anita Archer; Sanni Yaya. Prevalence and Factors Associated with the Triple Burden of Malnutrition among Mother-Child Pairs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2050 .

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Bright Ahinkorah, Iddrisu Amadu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Joshua Okyere, Eric Duku, John Hagan, Eugene Budu, Anita Archer, Sanni Yaya. Prevalence and Factors Associated with the Triple Burden of Malnutrition among Mother-Child Pairs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nutrients. 2021; 13 (6):2050.

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Bright Ahinkorah; Iddrisu Amadu; Abdul-Aziz Seidu; Joshua Okyere; Eric Duku; John Hagan; Eugene Budu; Anita Archer; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Prevalence and Factors Associated with the Triple Burden of Malnutrition among Mother-Child Pairs in Sub-Saharan Africa." Nutrients 13, no. 6: 2050.

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Published: 15 June 2021 in Archives of Public Health
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Background Globally, intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of gender-based violence, and wife beating is one component of intimate partner violence, with the problem being more severe among women living in rural settings. Little is known about the factors that explain the urban-rural disparity in the prevalence of wife beating attitude in Senegal. In this paper, we aimed to decompose the urban-rural disparities in factors associated with wife beating attitude among married women in Senegal. Methods Data were derived from the 2017 Senegal Continuous Demographic and Health Survey. We used the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to decompose and explain the variation in the prevalence of disagreement to wife beating between urban and rural areas in Senegal. Results The results show that 48.9% of married women in Senegal disagreed with wife-beating. About 69% of urban women disagreed with wife beating, but only 36% of rural women disagreed with wife beating. About 68.7% of women in the sample reported that they disagreed to wife beating by their husbands for burning food and nearly 50% of women reported that they disagreed with wife beating when they refuse to have sex with their husbands. About 86% of the urban-rural disparities in disagreement with wife beating are explained in this study. Economic status (45.2%), subnational region (22.4%), women’s educational status (13.3%), and husband’s educational status (10.7%) accounted for 91.6% of the disparities. Conclusions The study shows urban-rural disparities in the prevalence of wife-beating attitude (disagreement with wife beating) and this disfavored rural residents. We suggest the need for the government of Senegal to consider pro-rural equity strategies to narrow down the observed disparities. Moreover, socioeconomic empowerment and attitudinal changing interventions using existing socio-cultural institutions as platforms can be used to deliver such interventions.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye; Gebretsadik Shibre; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Mpho Keetile; Sanni Yaya. Urban-rural disparities in wife-beating attitude among married women: a decomposition analysis from the 2017 Senegal Continuous Demographic and Health Survey. Archives of Public Health 2021, 79, 1 -14.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye, Gebretsadik Shibre, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Mpho Keetile, Sanni Yaya. Urban-rural disparities in wife-beating attitude among married women: a decomposition analysis from the 2017 Senegal Continuous Demographic and Health Survey. Archives of Public Health. 2021; 79 (1):1-14.

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Betregiorgis Zegeye; Gebretsadik Shibre; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Mpho Keetile; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Urban-rural disparities in wife-beating attitude among married women: a decomposition analysis from the 2017 Senegal Continuous Demographic and Health Survey." Archives of Public Health 79, no. 1: 1-14.

Commentary
Published: 04 June 2021 in Reproductive Health
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Vijay Kumar Chattu; Claudia Abreu Lopes; Sumbal Javed; Sanni Yaya. Fulfilling the promise of digital health interventions (DHI) to promote women’s sexual, reproductive and mental health in the aftermath of COVID-19. Reproductive Health 2021, 18, 1 -8.

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Vijay Kumar Chattu, Claudia Abreu Lopes, Sumbal Javed, Sanni Yaya. Fulfilling the promise of digital health interventions (DHI) to promote women’s sexual, reproductive and mental health in the aftermath of COVID-19. Reproductive Health. 2021; 18 (1):1-8.

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Vijay Kumar Chattu; Claudia Abreu Lopes; Sumbal Javed; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Fulfilling the promise of digital health interventions (DHI) to promote women’s sexual, reproductive and mental health in the aftermath of COVID-19." Reproductive Health 18, no. 1: 1-8.

Original article
Published: 03 June 2021 in Maternal & Child Nutrition
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Prevalence of child marriage has remained high in many parts of Africa despite its multisectoral adverse effect. As it is now being suggested to have intergeneration impact, we examined if marriage at or after 18th birthday is associated with the risk of anaemia among under-five children. Cross-sectional data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 2010 and 2018 in 15 African countries as of August 2020 were used. Maternal age of marriage was defined as when they started living with their husband or partner. Children with haemoglobin level below 11.0 g/dl after adjustment for altitude were categorised to be anaemic. The study involved a multivariable logistic regression analysis of 17,033 children data born by women between the childbearing ages. About 65% of under-five children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) were anaemic, ranging from 40% in Rwanda to 82% in Mali. Girl child marriage ranged from 40% in South Africa to 97% in Niger with an average of about 60%. We observed a significant reduction (20%) in the risk of anaemia among under-five children when their mothers married after at or after their 18th birthday. Country-specific analysis showed that increased risk of anaemia was strongly associated with early marriage in Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique. This study contributed to the growing evidence that maternal age of marriage might have an intergenerational impact. Maternal marriage at or after their 18th birthday reduces the risk of anaemia among under-five children in Africa. Interventions aimed at tackling anaemia in Africa should capture and affect household socioeconomic risks and children's exposures.

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Seun Anjorin; Sanni Yaya. Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2021, e13226 .

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Seun Anjorin, Sanni Yaya. Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 2021; ():e13226.

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Seun Anjorin; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Anaemia among under‐five children: Is maternal marriage at 18th birthday and above protective? Evidence from 15 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa." Maternal & Child Nutrition , no. : e13226.

Review
Published: 01 June 2021 in Systematic Reviews
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Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a population health problem linked to a myriad of negative psychological, physical, emotional, sexual and reproductive health outcomes for women. The movement towards working with boys and men over the past couple of decades has increased the number of interventions specifically directed at men who perpetrate violence against a female partner. There is little evidence-based research on key characteristics of effective interventions directed at men to reduce or prevent IPV against female partners. The objective of this systematic review is to identify interventions specifically directed at males , as the perpetrators of violence against women, that have proven to be effective in preventing or reducing intimate partner violence. Methods The following electronic databases will be used to search for peer-reviewed studies: MEDLINE (OVID), Embase (OVID), PsycInfo (OVID), CINAHL (EBSCO), Global Health (EBSCO), Gender Watch (ProQuest), Web of Science (Web of Knowledge), PROSPERO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials Database (Ovid) and SCOPUS. We will include randomized control trials, non-randomized studies of interventions published in peer-reviewed journals and relevant unpublished manuscripts, books/chapters and clinical or programme study reports. Studies have to demonstrate direction of effect (i.e. pre-post intervention/difference between groups) in terms of prevention or reduction in the outlined outcomes. Primary outcomes include change in behaviour and knowledge of male perpetrator regarding the impact of IPV on women as well as women’s experience of IPV. Secondary outcomes include change in behaviours around substance use and social activities, decrease in negative mental health outcomes and interactions with law enforcement. Studies will be screened, appraised and extracted by two reviewers; any conflicts will be resolved through discussion. Narrative synthesis will be used to analyse and present findings. If sufficient and comparable data is available, a meta-analysis will be conducted. Discussion This review will provide synthesized evidence on interventions directed at males to reduce or prevent their perpetration of intimate partner violence against female partners. Implications for practice will include key characteristics of interventions proven to be effective based on evidence synthesis and certainty of findings. Recommendations for further research will also be considered. Systematic review registration This protocol was submitted for registration in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) on September 4, 2020.

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Dina Idriss-Wheeler; Julia Hajjar; Sanni Yaya. Interventions directed at men for preventing intimate partner violence: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews 2021, 10, 1 -8.

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Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Julia Hajjar, Sanni Yaya. Interventions directed at men for preventing intimate partner violence: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2021; 10 (1):1-8.

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Dina Idriss-Wheeler; Julia Hajjar; Sanni Yaya. 2021. "Interventions directed at men for preventing intimate partner violence: a systematic review protocol." Systematic Reviews 10, no. 1: 1-8.