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Dr Ndong Ignatius Cheng

Call Career Development Fellowship (CDF)
Programme EDCTP2
Start Date 2020-02-01
End Date 2023-01-31
Project Code TMA2018CDF-2402
Status Active

Title

Determining the impact of scaling up mass testing, treatment and tracking on malaria prevalence among children in the Pakro sub district of Ghana

Host Organisation

Institution Country
University of Ghana Ghana

Current Organisation

University of Ghana, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Current Job Title

EDCTP Career Development Fellow

Awards

2021 Investigating the impact of COVID-19 during pregnancy in West Africa (Co-PI), Grant holder Prof. Nicaise Ndam, Funded by AFD, Amount = €14200
2020 Population-based sero-epidemiological investigation of the dynamics of SARS- CoV-2 infections in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana (Co-PI), Grant holder Prof. Niciase Ndam, Funded by AFD, Amount = €185,186.00
2020 Assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Ultra-sensitive RDTs and SD Bioline RDTs in diagnosing asymptomatic parasitaemia in an endemic area in Ghana (Co-PI), Grant holder: Dr. Linda Eva Amoah, Funded by Abbot,Amount is $297,625.00
2020 DAAD small grant to organize a workshop on “community particiapntion in preventing non-communicable diseases in West Africa (Convener) . Funded by the Germany Exchange Service (DAAD) Amount= €21000

Students Supervised

Type Name Title University Start Date End Date
MSc. Eugene Chiabi An assessment of the prevalence of hypertension among patients on ART in Njinikom Catholic Hospital Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda, Cameroon 2016 2018
MSc. Tanyi Harriet Ndip The effects of the utilization of insecticide treated nets on malaria prevalence in Eyumojock district from 2006 – 2014: case study Eyumojock Health Area Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda, Cameroon 2014 2016
MSc. Njodzela Christian Mengnjo A comparative study of asymptomatic parasitaemia of malaria: The case of Mbakong and Jakiri health district Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda, Cameroon 2014 2016
MSc. Chuo Ennestine Chu Evaluating the implementation of SP in IPTp as part of the malaria treatment policy in Mbakong, North West Region Cameroon Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda, Cameroon 2014 2016
MSc. Achid Asanga Zacharia Assessment of the Directly Observed Treatment short course strategy implementation for the effective management of tuberculosis in Mezam Division, Cameroon. ( University of Dschang, Cameroon 2010 2012

Memberships

Role Committee/board Start Date End Date
Reviewer BMC Journal 2018 2022
Reviewer PlosOne Journal 2019 2022
Reviewer Parasites and Vector Biology 2015 2022
Reviewer BMJ Journal 2021 2021
Reviewer African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics ( 2016 2021
Reviewer Journal of Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2019 2019
Reviewer Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 2019 2019
Reviewer Journal Of Global Health Research and Policy 2019 2019

Education

Institution Degree Year
North West University (Potchefstroom), South Africa PhD, Pharmaceutics 2016-06-27
University of Ghana, Ghana MPhil Entomology 2008-12-08
University of Buea, Cameroon BSc. Biochemistry 1999-11-03

Areas Of Specialisation

Malaria

Grants

Publications

Designing and implementing interventions to change clinicians’ practice in the management of uncomplicated malaria: lessons from Cameroon
Authors:
Date:
2014-12-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
Authors:
Ignatius Cheng Ndong , author
Daniel Okyere , author
Juliana Yartey Enos , author
Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah , author
Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko , author
Benjamin Abuaku , author
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa , author
Corinne Simone C. Merle , author
Kwadwo Ansah Koram , author
Collins Stephan Ahorlu , author
Date:
2019-11-13
Journal:
Content:
Trends in malaria admissions at the Mbakong Health Centre of the North West Region of Cameroon: a retrospective study
Authors:
Date:
2014-12-01
Journal:
Malaria Journal
Content:
Malaria prevalence and treatment of febrile patients at health facilities and medicine retailers in Cameroon
Authors:
Date:
2011-11-01
Journal:
Tropical Medicine & International Health
Content:
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
Authors:
Ignatius Cheng Ndong , author
Daniel Okyere , author
Juliana Yartey Enos , author
Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah , author
Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko , author
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa , author
Corinne Simone C. Merle , author
Kwadwo Ansah Koram , author
Collins Kwadwo Ahorlu , author
Benjamen Abuaku , author
Date:
2019-10-02
Journal:
Content:
Challenges and perceptions of implementing mass testing, treatment and tracking in malaria control: a qualitative study in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
Authors:
Ignatius Cheng Ndong , author
Daniel Okyere , author
Juliana Yartey Enos , author
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa , author
Corinne Simone C. Merle , author
Alexander Nyarko , author
Kwadwo Ansah Koram , author
Collins Stephan Ahorlu , author
Date:
2019-12-01
Journal:
BMC Public Health
Content:
Trends in malaria case management following changes in the treatment policy to artemisinin combination therapy at the Mbakong Health Centre, Cameroon 2006–2012: A retrospective study
Authors:
Date:
2015-10-01
Journal:
Acta Tropica
Content:
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
Authors:
Ignatius Cheng Ndong , author
Daniel Okyere , author
Juliana Yartey Enos , author
Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah , author
Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko , author
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa , author
Corinne Simone C. Merle , author
Kwadwo Ansah Koram , author
Collins Kwadwo Ahorlu , author
Benjamen Abuaku , author
Date:
2019-08-02
Journal:
Content:
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
Authors:
Ignatius Cheng Ndong , author
Daniel Okyere , author
Juliana Yartey Enos , author
Benedicta A. Mensah , author
Alexander Nyarko , author
Benjamin Abuaku , author
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa , author
Corinne Simone C. Merle , author
Kwadwo Ansah Koram , author
Collins Stephen Ahorlu , author
Date:
2019-12-01
Journal:
BMC Public Health
Content:
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
Authors:
Ignatius Cheng Ndong , author
Daniel Okyere , author
Juliana Yartey Enos , author
Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah , author
Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko , author
Benjamin Abuaku , author
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa , author
Corinne Simone C. Merle , author
Kwadwo Ansah Koram , author
Collins Stephen Ahorlu , author
Date:
2019-11-21
Journal:
Content:
The Economic Burden of Water Related Infections in the Bamenda Health District: The Case of Diarrhoea
Authors:
Date:
2017-07-01
Journal:
Universal Journal of Public Health
Content:
Progress towards Universal Health Coverage: Is Cameroon Investing Enough in Primary Care?
Authors:
Date:
2019-07-01
Journal:
Universal Journal of Public Health
Content:

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