Mohammed A Yassin

Biographic Data

ID7743856
NAMEMohammed A Yassin
GIVEN NAMESMohammed A
FAMILY NAMEYassin
SIGNATUREYASSIN M A
AFFILIATIONSGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
ORCID0000-0002-9766-2072
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Perception of consanguineous marriage among the qatari population

    Open AccessYasamin Abdu, Khalid Ahmed et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background Hereditary blood diseases are widespread among the Arab population due to the high rates of consanguineous marriages; research regarding the perception of consanguineous marriage in some countries, such as Qatar, is extremely scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of consanguineous marriage and assess the perception of consanguineous marriage among the Qatari population. Methods A cross-sectional study used a…

  • Yield of household contact investigation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in southern Ethiopia

    Open AccessMubarek A Yassin, Kesetebirhan Delele Yirdaw et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    HHCs of index PTB+ cases have high risk of developing active TB. Long term follow-up of HHCs could help improve TB case finding depending on country contexts. Further studies on effectiveness and feasibility of the approach and integration in routine settings are needed

  • Sub-national prevalence survey of tuberculosis in rural communities of Ethiopia

    Open AccessDaniel G Datiko, Ermias Amsalu Guracha et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    The prevalence of smear positive TB varies by districts and is high in rural southern Ethiopia compared to the estimated national prevalence. More TB patients remain missed and unreached, impacting negatively on health outcomes. TB case finding approaches should be revisited and innovative approaches and tools to identify missing people with TB should be scaled up

  • Operational research within a Global Fund supported tuberculosis project in India

    Open AccessKaruna D Sagili, Srinath Satyanarayana et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    BACKGROUND: The Global Fund encourages operational research (OR) in all its grants; however very few reports describe this aspect. In India, Project Axshya was supported by a Global Fund grant to improve the reach and visibility of the government Tuberculosis (TB) services among marginalised and vulnerable communities. OR was incorporated to build research capacity of professionals working with the national TB programme and to generate evidence t…

  • Countdown to 2015 country case studies

    Open AccessCarlyn Mann, Courtney Ng et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Increases in health and RMNCH funding accompanied improvements in outcomes, though low-income countries are still very reliant on external financing, and out-of-pocket comprising a growing share of funds in middle-income settings. Enhancements in tracking RMNCH expenditures across countries are still needed to better understand whether domestic and global health financing initiatives lead to improved outcomes as RMNCH continues to be a priority u…

  • Patient and community experiences of tuberculosis diagnosis and care within a community-based intervention in Ethiopia

    Open AccessOlivia Tulloch, Sally Theobald et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    There is evidence rural populations with high levels of poverty, and in particular women, are at high risk of unmet health needs and undiagnosed TB. Embedding TB services within communities was an acceptable approach for vulnerable groups experiencing poor access to health facilities. In the Ethiopian context this approach can facilitate early diagnosis and improve treatment outcomes

  • The rate of TB-HIV co-infection depends on the prevalence of HIV infection in a community

    Open AccessDaniel G Datiko, Mohammed A Yassin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    The rate of HIV infection in TB patients and pregnant women was higher in study participants from urban areas. The rate of HIV infection in TB patients was associated with the prevalence of HIV infection in pregnant women attending ANC