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Uzochukwu Egere

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Articles 21
Citations 257
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General Medicine
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Beate Kampmann
Philip C Hill
Anna Roca
Martin Antonio
Richard A Adegbola
Abdou K Sillah
Brian Greenwood
Toyin Togun
Abdoulie Bojang
Angela Obasi
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Eur Respir J
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Campbell Syst Rev
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Recent Articles
1.
Protocol: Effectiveness of Sexual and Reproductive Health Blended Learning Approaches for Capacity Strengthening of Health Professionals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Kumah E, Mgawadere F, Ladur A, Suleiman Z, Sanyang Y, White S, et al.
Campbell Syst Rev . 2025 Mar; 21(1):e70028. PMID: 40071104
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows. The primary objective of this systematic review is to evaluate and synthesise both published and unpublished...
2.
A blended learning approach for capacity strengthening to improve the quality of integrated HIV, TB, and malaria services during antenatal and postnatal care in LMICs: a feasibility study
Ladur A, Egere U, Ravit M, Mgawadere F, Murray C, White S, et al.
BMC Med Educ . 2025 Jan; 25(1):35. PMID: 39780210
Background: The blended learning (BL) approach to training health care professionals is increasingly adopted in many countries because of high costs and disruption to service delivery in the light of...
3.
Cross sectional survey of maternal and newborn quality of care in Niger: Selected findings, lessons learned and recommendations
Quach A, Madaj B, Fahy K, Konate A, Souley I, Marcel L, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Nov; 4(11):e0003268. PMID: 39536062
Comprehensive assessments of quality of care (QoC) are essential for monitoring progress towards meeting global and national maternal and newborn health (MNH) targets. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and...
4.
Accuracy of CAD4TB (Computer-Aided Detection for Tuberculosis) on paediatric chest radiographs
Edem V, Nkereuwem E, Agbla S, Owusu S, Sillah A, Saidy B, et al.
Eur Respir J . 2024 Sep; 64(5). PMID: 39227074
Background: Computer-aided detection (CAD) systems hold promise for improving tuberculosis (TB) detection on digital chest radiographs. However, data on their performance in exclusively paediatric populations are scarce. Methods: We conducted...
5.
"Honestly, this problem has affected me a lot": a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of people with chronic respiratory disease in Sudan and Tanzania
Egere U, Shayo E, Chinouya M, Taegtmeyer M, Ardrey J, Mpagama S, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2023 Mar; 23(1):485. PMID: 36915117
Background: Over 500 million people live with chronic respiratory diseases globally and approximately 4 million of these, mostly from the low- and middle-income countries including sub-Saharan Africa, die prematurely every...
6.
Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis Disease: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study for Pediatric Tuberculosis
Olbrich L, Nliwasa M, Sabi I, Ntinginya N, Khosa C, Banze D, et al.
Pediatr Infect Dis J . 2023 Feb; 42(5):353-360. PMID: 36854097
Introduction: An estimated 1.2 million children develop tuberculosis (TB) every year with 240,000 dying because of missed diagnosis. Existing tools suffer from lack of accuracy and are often unavailable. Here,...
7.
Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Martinez L, Cords O, Liu Q, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bonnet M, Fox G, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2022 Aug; 10(9):e1307-e1316. PMID: 35961354
Background: BCG vaccines are given to more than 100 million children every year, but there is considerable debate regarding the effectiveness of BCG vaccination in preventing tuberculosis and death, particularly...
8.
What are the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative study with healthcare workers, national and regional policy stakeholders in five countries
Mulupi S, Ayakaka I, Tolhurst R, Kozak N, Shayo E, Abdalla E, et al.
BMJ Open . 2022 Jul; 12(7):e052105. PMID: 35906045
Objectives: Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are among the top four non-communicable diseases globally. They are associated with poor health and approximately 4 million deaths every year. The rising burden of...
9.
Vitamin D in Gambian children with discordant tuberculosis (TB) infection status despite matched TB exposure: a case control study
Stockdale L, Sambou B, Sissoko M, Egere U, Sillah A, Kampmann B, et al.
Eur J Pediatr . 2021 Oct; 181(3):1263-1267. PMID: 34643785
Using a matched case control design conducted at MRC Gambia in 2015, we measured vitamin D levels in pairs of asymptomatic children with discordant tuberculin skin test status despite the...
10.
Management of chronic lung diseases in Sudan and Tanzania: how ready are the country health systems?
Egere U, Shayo E, Ntinginya N, Osman R, Noory B, Mpagama S, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2021 Jul; 21(1):734. PMID: 34303370
Background: Chronic lung diseases (CLDs), responsible for 4 million deaths globally every year, are increasingly important in low- and middle-income countries where most of the global mortality due to CLDs...