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Chinwe Eze

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Articles 5
Citations 14
Followers 0
Related Specialties
General Medicine
Public Health
Microbiology
Top 10 Co-Authors
Ngozi Ekeke
Charles Nwafor
Joseph Chukwu
Ngozi Murphy-Okpala
Anthony Meka
Chukwuma Anyaike
Okechukwu Ezeakile
Martin Njoku
Edmund Ndudi Ossai
Francis S Iyama
Published In
PLoS One
Adv Respir Med
Int J Mycobacteriol
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
JMIR Res Protoc
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Recent Articles
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Enhancing programmatic scale-up: Applying the consolidated framework for implementation research to evaluate decentralized drug-resistant tuberculosis services in Southern Nigeria
Murphy-Okpala N, Eze C, Ossai E, Agu C, Ezenwosu I, Nwafor C, et al.
PLoS One . 2025 Feb; 20(2):e0318274. PMID: 39982952
Background: Decentralization of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) services using multilevel interventions was piloted in Akwa-Ibom and Oyo States of Nigeria, which had high rates of pre-treatment loss-to-follow-up in 2021. The varying...
2.
Investigation of community knowledge, attitudes and stigma towards leprosy in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study
Murphy-Okpala N, Dahiru T, Eze C, Nwafor C, Ekeke N, Abdullahi S, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg . 2024 Aug; 118(10):697-709. PMID: 39126677
Background: Little is known about community knowledge and stigma towards leprosy in endemic settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate community knowledge, attitudes and stigma towards leprosy in...
3.
Understanding the burden of poor mental health and wellbeing among persons affected by leprosy or Buruli ulcer in Nigeria: A community based cross-sectional study
Ossai E, Ekeke N, Esmai-Onyima A, Eze C, Chinawa F, Iteke O, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Jun; 19(6):e0304786. PMID: 38885248
Background: Skin neglected tropical diseases including leprosy and Buruli ulcer (BU)are a group of stigmatizing and disability-inducing conditions and these aspects of the diseases could lead to poor mental health....
4.
Participatory Development and Assessment of Audio-Delivered Interventions and Written Material and Their Impact on the Perception, Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Leprosy in Nigeria: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Murphy-Okpala N, Dahiru T, van t Noordende A, Gunesch C, Chukwu J, Nwafor C, et al.
JMIR Res Protoc . 2024 Jan; 13:e53130. PMID: 38265859
Background: In Nigeria, similar to many leprosy-endemic countries, leprosy is highly stigmatized. High levels of stigma among community members as well as internalized stigma among persons affected by leprosy often...
5.
A cluster randomized trial for improving mental health and well-being of persons affected by leprosy or buruli ulcer in Nigeria: A study protocol
Ekeke N, Ossai E, Kreibich S, Onyima A, Chukwu J, Nwafor C, et al.
Int J Mycobacteriol . 2022 Jul; 11(2):133-138. PMID: 35775544
This protocol describes a study in which we would assess the effect of using community lay counselors, self-help groups (SHGs), and trained frontline health workers to reduce mental disorders and...
6.
Screening diabetes mellitus patients for tuberculosis in Southern Nigeria: A pilot study
Ekeke N, Aniwada E, Chukwu J, Nwafor C, Meka A, Chukwuka A, et al.
Adv Respir Med . 2020 Mar; 88(1):6-12. PMID: 32153002
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) are of great public health importance globally, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tuberculosis is the third cause of death among subjects with non-communicable diseases....