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Call Career Development Fellowship (CDF)
Programme EDCTP2
Start Date 2018-08-01
End Date 2021-07-31
Project Code TMA2016CDF1570
Status Active

Title

An Innovative Collaboration Model Between the National TB Control Program and Informal Healthcare Providers to Detect Additional Cases of TB In Cameroon

Objectives

The main aim of this project is to determine the effect of a structured integration scheme of IHPs into the NTCP practices on TB case detection of three cities: Douala, Ebolowa and Bafoussam and to provide evidence of cases missed by the NTCP in the populous neighborhood of these cities while assessing TB-HIV co-infected patients’ health-seeking behavior and the use PMTCT by infected pregnant women in the informal sector.

Host Organisation

Institution Country
University of Yaonde I (UYI) Cameroon

Study Design

This is a concomitant mixed design combining the qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Sites

National TB Control Program Littoral region
National TB Control Program South region
National TB Control Program West region

Current Organisation

University of Yaoundé I

Current Job Title

Epidemiologist

Awards

2017 Career Development

Students Supervised

Type Name Title University Start Date End Date

Memberships

Role Committee/board Start Date End Date

Education

Institution Degree Year
Walden University, United States PhD 2012-05-04
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States MpH 2008-05-05

Areas Of Specialisation

Tuberculosis (TB)

Grants

Publications

Projects

Fellow:
Sylvie Kwedi
Collaborators:
Name Country Institution
Dr. Sylvie Kwedi Nolna Cameroon University of Yaoundé I
Objectives:
to determine the effect of a structured integration scheme of IHPs into the NTCP practices on TB case detection of three cities: Douala, Ebolowa and Bafoussam and to provide evidence of cases missed by the NTCP in the populous neighborhood of these cities while asessing TB-HIV co-infected patients’ health-seeking behavior
Sites:
Informal Healthcare providers in Douala, Ebolowa and Bafoussam
Study Design:
Community-based study
Subjects:
Informal Health care providers
Outcomes:
1. Determine if the number of TB suspects referred and handled by the applicable Basic Management and Treatment Units (BMU) increases after a formal training of IHP in their vicinities in 12 months observation period in the 3 cities 2. Determine the prevalence of TB and TB-HIV in patients visiting the IHPs 3. Determine socioeconomic, psychological, and sociocultural factors that can potentially influence therapeutic compliance for TB/HIV co-infected patients in the study population.
Start Date:
2019-03-01
End Date:
2021-07-31

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