Babatunde Olowokure
Biographic Data
| ID | 6159465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Babatunde Olowokure |
| GIVEN NAMES | Babatunde |
| FAMILY NAME | Olowokure |
| SIGNATURE | OLOWOKURE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2710-4160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disseminating information on acute public health events globally
WHO works, on a daily basis, with countries globally to detect, prepare for and respond to acute public health events. A vital component of a health response is the dissemination of accurate, reliable and authoritative information. The Disease Outbreak News (DON) reports are a key mechanism through which WHO communicates on acute public health events to the public. The decision to produce a DON report is taken on a case-by-case basis after evalua…
Chikungunya virus outbreak in Sint Maarten, 2013–2014
This report describes the outbreak of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Sint Maarten, a constituent country of Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the southern part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, from 22 December 2013 (first reported case) through 5 December 2014. The outbreak was first reported by the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin in the northern part of the island—the first site in the Americas to report autochthonous tran…
Antibiotic use and resistance in emerging economies
Future legislation regarding antibiotic access must alter incentives for purchasers and providers and ensure effective enforcement. The Ministry of Health recently initiated a national action plan and approved a multicenter health improvement project to strengthen national capacity for antimicrobial stewardship in Viet Nam. This analysis provided important input to these initiatives. Our methodologies and findings may be of use to others across t…
Mumps and the media
Objective: To determine the links between national newspaper coverage of mumps after a press release and increased reports of clinical mumps cases. Design and setting: A cross sectional study involving people aged 15–24 years in the West Midlands, and England and Wales. Reported mumps cases were obtained from statutory notifications of infectious diseases to the Health Protection Agency and reports to the Royal College of General Practitioners We…
Mumps and the media
Objective: To determine the links between national newspaper coverage of mumps after a press release and increased reports of clinical mumps cases. Design and setting: A cross sectional study involving people aged 15–24 years in the West Midlands, and England and Wales. Reported mumps cases were obtained from statutory notifications of infectious diseases to the Health Protection Agency and reports to the Royal College of General Practitioners We…
Mumps and the media
Objective: To determine the links between national newspaper coverage of mumps after a press release and increased reports of clinical mumps cases. Design and setting: A cross sectional study involving people aged 15–24 years in the West Midlands, and England and Wales. Reported mumps cases were obtained from statutory notifications of infectious diseases to the Health Protection Agency and reports to the Royal College of General Practitioners We…
Antibiotic use and resistance in emerging economies
Future legislation regarding antibiotic access must alter incentives for purchasers and providers and ensure effective enforcement. The Ministry of Health recently initiated a national action plan and approved a multicenter health improvement project to strengthen national capacity for antimicrobial stewardship in Viet Nam. This analysis provided important input to these initiatives. Our methodologies and findings may be of use to others across t…
Chikungunya virus outbreak in Sint Maarten, 2013–2014
This report describes the outbreak of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Sint Maarten, a constituent country of Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the southern part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, from 22 December 2013 (first reported case) through 5 December 2014. The outbreak was first reported by the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin in the northern part of the island—the first site in the Americas to report autochthonous tran…
Disseminating information on acute public health events globally
WHO works, on a daily basis, with countries globally to detect, prepare for and respond to acute public health events. A vital component of a health response is the dissemination of accurate, reliable and authoritative information. The Disease Outbreak News (DON) reports are a key mechanism through which WHO communicates on acute public health events to the public. The decision to produce a DON report is taken on a case-by-case basis after evalua…
Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Outbreak (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Antibiotic resistance (1 work) · Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (1 work) · Antibiotic Use and Resistance (1 work) · Antibiotics (1 work)