Mohammad B Jalloh

Biographic Data

ID7774126
NAMEMohammad B Jalloh
GIVEN NAMESMohammad B
FAMILY NAMEJalloh
SIGNATUREJALLOH M B
AFFILIATIONSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Urgent support mechanism

    Open AccessMosoka Papa Fallah, Senga Sembuche et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    Delivering COVID-19 vaccines with 4–6 weeks shelf life remains one of Africa’s most pressing challenges. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) leadership recognised that COVID-19 vaccines donated to many African countries were at risk of expiry considering the short shelf life on delivery in the Member States and slow vaccine uptake rates. Thus, a streamlined rapid response system, the urgent support mechanism, was de…

  • Association of community engagement with vaccination confidence and uptake

    Open AccessMohamed F Jalloh, Paul Sengeh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    Background: The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic disrupted childhood immunization in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. After the epidemic, the Government of Sierra Leone prioritized community engagement to increase vaccination confidence and uptake. To support these efforts, we examined potential drivers of vaccination confidence and uptake in Sierra Leone. Methods: We conducted a population-based household survey with primary caregivers of children in …

  • Debunking highly prevalent health misinformation using audio dramas delivered by WhatsApp

    Open AccessMaike Winters, Bram Oppenheim et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Infectious disease misinformation is widespread and poses challenges to disease control. There is limited evidence on how to effectively counter health misinformation in a community setting, particularly in low-income regions, and unsettled scientific debate about whether misinformation should be directly discussed and debunked, or implicitly countered by providing scientifically correct information. METHODS: The Contagious Misinfor…

  • Behaviour adoption approaches during public health emergencies

    Open AccessMohamed F Jalloh, Aasli Abdi Nur et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    Human behaviour will continue to play an important role as the world grapples with public health threats. In this paper, we draw from the emerging evidence on behaviour adoption during diverse public health emergencies to develop a framework that contextualises behaviour adoption vis-à-vis a combination of top-down, intermediary and bottom-up approaches. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, we operationalise the contextual framework to de…

  • Homecare for sick family members while waiting for medical help during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessKirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Maike Winters et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    INTRODUCTION: Caring for an Ebola patient is a known risk factor for disease transmission. In Sierra Leone during the outbreak in 2014/2015, isolation of patients in specialised facilities was not always immediately available and caring for a relative at home was sometimes the only alternative. This study sought to assess population-level protective caregiving intentions, to understand how families cared for their sick and to explore perceived ba…

  • Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessMohamed F Jalloh, Paul Sengeh et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Community engagement and community-based surveillance are essential components of responding to infectious disease outbreaks, but real-time data reporting remains a challenge. In the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium was formed to scale-up structured, data-driven community engagement. The consortium became operational across all 14 districts and supported an expansive network of 2500 community mob…

  • Risk perception during the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessMaike Winters, Mohamed F Jalloh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Our results illustrate the complexity of how individuals perceived their Ebola acquisition risk based on the way they received information, what they knew about Ebola, and actions they took to protect themselves. Community-level information sources may help to align the public's perceived risk with their actual epidemiological risk. As part of global health security efforts, increased investments are needed for community-level engagements that al…

  • Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone, July 2015

    Open AccessMohamed F Jalloh, Wenshu Li et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2018

    BACKGROUND: The mental health impact of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic has been described among survivors, family members and healthcare workers, but little is known about its impact on the general population of affected countries. We assessed symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the general population in Sierra Leone after over a year of outbreak response. METHODS: We administered a cross-sectional survey in…