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Boris Tchounga

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Articles 29
Citations 114
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General Medicine
Public Health
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Patrice Tchendjou
Didier K Ekouevi
Appolinaire Tiam
Leonie Simo
Antoine Jaquet
Francois Dabis
Tatiana Djikeussi
Anastase Dzudie
Aristophane Tanon
Peter Vanes Ebasone
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Pan Afr Med J
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BMJ Public Health
Sante Publique
BMC Public Health
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Recent Articles
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'We did not even know it was tuberculosis': a qualitative evaluation of integrating tuberculosis services into paediatric entry points in the CaP-TB programme in Cameroon and Kenya
Katirayi L, Masaba R, Tchounga B, Ndimbii J, Mbunka M, Ouma M, et al.
BMJ Public Health . 2025 Feb; 2(Suppl 1):e001001. PMID: 40017705
Introduction: Paediatric tuberculosis (TB) is often undiagnosed and under-reported. The Catalysing Paediatric TB (CaP-TB) programme provided integrated and decentralised TB screening and diagnosis services through multiple paediatric care entry points....
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Using an app for COVID-19 contact tracing costs less per person traced than manual tracing: microcosting analysis of a randomised trial in Cameroon
Songane M, Tchakounte Youngui B, Mambo A, Bonabe G, Djikeussi T, Epee E, et al.
BMJ Public Health . 2025 Feb; 2(Suppl 1):e001064. PMID: 40017704
Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing in Cameroon has been done manually using paper forms and phone calls. However, there were reports of inaccurate contact details, resulting in delays in identifying and...
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Operational Research to Support Rapid Evidence-Based Responses to Outbreaks: Learnings from COVID-19
Hoppe A, Dani P, Mwangoka G, Vreden S, Breton G, Ateudjieu J, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2024 Oct; PMID: 39378872
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for making testing readily available was recognized as an important factor for individuals to help make informed decisions, including to isolate or seek care,...
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Effect of COVID-19 on paediatric TB service delivery and patients' comfort receiving TB services in Cameroon and Kenya during COVID: a qualitative assessment
Mbunka M, Katirayi L, McCormick S, Ndimbii J, Masaba R, Denoeud-Ndam L, et al.
BMJ Open Respir Res . 2024 Jul; 11(1). PMID: 39074960
Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a setback to the gains achieved in tuberculosis (TB) control by impairing TB diagnosis, delaying treatment initiation and aggravating TB deaths. This study...
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Assessment of knowledge and self-efficacy among health professionals and clinical scientists following the Cameroon HIV/AIDS Research Forum (CAM-HERO 2022) research methodology and bioethics training
Ebasone P, Tiam A, Tchendjou P, Foaleng M, Khan E, Ajeh R, et al.
Pan Afr Med J . 2024 May; 47:91. PMID: 38799186
To inform public health policymakers that the generation of local evidence-based knowledge is key. Research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to generate medical knowledge is often weak and...
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Efficacy and safety of three antiretroviral therapy regimens for treatment-naive African adults living with HIV-2 (FIT-2): a pilot, phase 2, non-comparative, open-label, randomised controlled trial
Eholie S, Ekouevi D, Chazallon C, Charpentier C, Messou E, Diallo Z, et al.
Lancet HIV . 2024 May; 11(6):e380-e388. PMID: 38740027
Background: Due to the low number of individuals with HIV-2, no randomised trials of HIV-2 treatment have ever been done. We hypothesised that a non-comparative study describing the outcomes of...
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Improving TB detection among children in routine clinical care through intensified case finding in facility-based child health entry points and decentralized management: A before-and-after study in Nine Sub-Saharan African Countries
Lemaire J, Cohn J, Kakayeva S, Tchounga B, Ekouevi P, Ilunga V, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Feb; 4(2):e0002865. PMID: 38315700
In 2022, an estimated 1.25 million children <15 years of age developed tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, but >50% remained undiagnosed or unreported. WHO recently recommended integrated and decentralized models of care...
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Research for Health Care and Policy on HIV/AIDS: proceedings of the third edition of the Cameroon HIV Research (CAM-HERO) 2022, Kribi, Cameroon, from 1 to 3 December 2022
Dzudie A, Tchendjou P, Khan E, Ajeh R, Thienemann F, Tiam A, et al.
Pan Afr Med J . 2023 Nov; 46:6. PMID: 37928216
Cameroon is committed to reaching HIV epidemic control through coordinated efforts by the Ministry of Public Health, the National AIDS Control Committee, bilateral/multilateral institutions and implementing partners. The third edition...
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Changing attitudes towards HIV testing and treatment among three generations of men in Cameroon: a qualitative analysis using the Fogg Behavior Model
Katirayi L, Tchendjou P, Tchounga B, Mbunka M, Wicks M, Conserve D
BMC Public Health . 2023 Mar; 23(1):501. PMID: 36922812
Introduction: Men are less likely than women to test for HIV and promptly initiate antiretroviral treatment, resulting in advanced HIV disease and increased mortality rates among them. Methods: In-depth interviews...
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Evidence for an enhanced HIV/AIDS policy and care in Cameroon: proceedings of the second Cameroon HIV Research Forum (CAM-HERO) 2021
Tchendjou P, Ebasone P, Dzudie A, Khan E, Fokam J, Muffih P, et al.
Pan Afr Med J . 2023 Jan; 43:92. PMID: 36699972
To attain the HIV 95-95-95 goals by 2030 in Cameroon, high quality research to inform policy and patient care is of utmost importance. In the context of limited workforce and...