Sulaiman Lakoh

Datos Biográficos

ID7004000
NOMBRESulaiman Lakoh
NOMBRESSulaiman
APELLIDOLakoh
FIRMALAKOH S
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Sierra Leone
ORCID0000-0002-7639-0004
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS16
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR16
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes at a national referral hospital in Sierra Leone, 2017 to 2022

    Open AccessJosephine Amie Koroma, Mariama Mahmoud et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Sierra Leone is one of the 30 high TB burden countries in the world, with an incidence rate in 2023 of 273 per 100,000 population. Despite progress in case notification and treatment coverage, around 5,000 cases of TB in Sierra Leone are missing each year. The COVID-19 pandemic has further compounded these challenges. We highlight its effect on drug-resistant TB treatment outcomes. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of drug-resistant TB ca…

  • Evaluation of Sierra Leone’s Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV program, 2024

    Open AccessMariama Mustapha, Ibrahim Turay et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    The elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (eMTCT) Cascade Analysis is a key intervention to understand the effectiveness and gaps in national HIV prevention program for pregnant women and their infants. This comprehensive evaluation aimed to assess the step-by-step processes of eMTCT services, from the entry points at antenatal care (ANC) to outcomes for HIV-exposed infants (HEIs) and propose actionable recommendations using the life stages…

  • Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Among Adolescent Girls Living with HIV in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessDarlinda F Jiba, Patrick Turay et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is critical for preventing cervical cancer among women living with HIV. Yet, uptake among adolescent girls needed to prevent cervical cancer remains understudied in low-income countries. This cross-sectional study examined HPV vaccination rates among adolescent girls (aged 10-18 years), sociodemographic predictors and perceptions related to HPV vaccination among their caregivers. A total of 249 caregivers of…

  • Post-Omicron Sars-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessSmit Chitre, M Bailor Barrie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Based on a serosurvey conducted in March 2021, Barrie and colleagues published the first nationally representative SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey in Africa, estimating a SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 2.6% in Sierra Leone, 43 times higher than the reported number of cases at that time. Over the following two years, increasingly transmissible variants—specifically Delta and Omicron—proliferated across the globe, and their impact in Africa is poorly understoo…

  • Evidence of resiliency in maternal health services and outcomes in Kono District, Sierra Leone during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessFoday Boima, Zeleke Abebaw Mekonnen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Following the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the post-Ebola recovery investments in Wellbody Clinic and Koidu Government Hospital provide an opportunity to conduct a more focused examination of facility-level maternal health services and outcomes in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to describe the use of maternal healthcare services and outcomes in these health facilities before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The stu…

  • Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on regional and national uptake of HIV testing services in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessHannah Sheriff, Ginika Egesimba et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Our study shows that HIV testing was significantly disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic but recovered quickly after the pandemic. These findings highlight that lessons learned from previous epidemics may influence adaptive strategies to maintain essential health services during public health emergencies

  • Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and their risk factors in an informal settlement in Freetown, Sierra Leone

    Open AccessIbrahim Franklyn Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The prevalence of hypertension,and NCD risk factors was high among the residents of the Kroobay informal settlement. We also noted a low prevalence of diabetes. There is an urgent need for the implementation of health education, promotion, and screening initiatives to reduce health risks so that these conditions will not overwhelm health services

  • Improving the quality of Covid-19 care in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessDaniel Youkee, Michael Lahai et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Introduction Improving the quality of care that patients receive is paramount to improving patient outcomes and engendering trust during infectious disease outbreaks. Whilst Quality Improvement (QI) is well established to drive improvement in routine care and in health systems, there are fewer reports of its use during infectious disease outbreaks. Methods A modified Delphi process was undertaken to create a standardized assessment tool for the q…

  • Impact of Covid-19 on the Utilization of HIV Testing and Linkage Services in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessSulaiman Lakoh, Moses M Bangura et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected the delivery of essential health services globally. In this study, we aimed to assess the impact of the pandemic on HIV testing and linkage services at three public health facilities in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We conducted a retrospective study to assess the impact of COVID-19 on HIV testing and linkage to treatment services (HTS) at Connaught Hospital (CH-tertiary), Lumley Government Hospital (LGH-seconda…

  • How Well Are Hand Hygiene Practices and Promotion Implemented in Sierra Leone? A Cross-Sectional Study in 13 Public Hospitals

    Open AccessSulaiman Lakoh, Anna Maruta et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result in millions of avoidable deaths or prolonged lengths of stay in hospitals and cause huge economic loss to health systems and communities. Primarily, HAIs spread through the hands of healthcare workers, so improving hand hygiene can reduce their spread. We evaluated hand hygiene practices and promotion across 13 public health hospitals (six secondary and seven tertiary hospitals) in the Western Area o…

  • Antibiotic Use in Suspected and Confirmed Covid-19 Patients Admitted to Health Facilities in Sierra Leone in 2020–2021

    Open AccessIbrahim Franklyn Kamara, Ajay Kumar et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Inappropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to increase the burden of antimicrobial resistance. In this study, we report on the prevalence of antibiotic use and its associated factors among suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to 35 health facilities in Sierra Leone from March 2020-March 2021. This was a cross-sectional study using routinely collected patient data. Of 700 confirmed COVID-19 patien…

  • Achieving Minimum Standards for Infection Prevention and Control in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessBobson Derrick Fofanah, Arpine Abrahamyan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Although there is encouraging progress in IPC performance, it is slower than desired in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is urgent need to mobilize political will, leadership and resources and make a quantum leap forward

  • Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality and Bacterial Antibiotic Sensitivity in Wells and Standpipes at Household Water Points in Freetown, Sierra Leone

    Open AccessDauda Kamara, Doris Bah et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Water quality surveillance can help to reduce waterborne diseases. Despite better access to safe drinking water in Sierra Leone, about a third of the population (3 million people) drink water from unimproved sources. In this cross-sectional study, we collected water samples from 15 standpipes and 5 wells and measured the physicochemical and bacteriological water quality, and the antimicrobial sensitivity of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in two commu…

  • Sars-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Sierra Leone, March 2021

    Open AccessM Bailor Barrie, Sulaiman Lakoh et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: As of 26 March 2021, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention had reported 4 159 055 cases of COVID-19 and 111 357 deaths among the 55 African Union member states; however, no country has published a nationally representative serosurvey as of October 2021. Such data are vital for understanding the pandemic's progression on the continent, evaluating containment measures, and policy planning. METHODS: We conducted a cross…

  • Assessing eligibility for differentiated service delivery, HIV services utilization and virologic outcomes of adult HIV-infected patients in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessSulaiman Lakoh, Darlinda F Jiba et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    Background There are limited data to help guide implementation of differentiated HIV service delivery (DSD) in resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan Africa.Objectives This pre-implementation study sought to assess the proportion of patients eligible for DSD and HIV services utilization, as well as risk factor analysis of virologic failure in Sierra Leone.Methods We conducted a retrospective study of adult HIV-infected patients aged 18 years an…

  • Causes of hospitalization and predictors of HIV-associated mortality at the main referral hospital in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessSulaiman Lakoh, Darlinda F Jiba et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    HIV-infected patients account for a substantial proportion of admissions at Connaught Hospital, with a high morbidity and in-hospital mortality burden. These findings necessitate the implementation of specific measures to enhance early HIV diagnosis and expand treatment access to all HIV-infected patients in Sierra Leone