Mohamed Vandi

Biographic Data

ID7791213
NAMEMohamed Vandi
GIVEN NAMESMohamed
FAMILY NAMEVandi
SIGNATUREVANDI M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Sierra Leone
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Suffering in silence

    Open AccessEric Nzirakaindi Ikoona, Lucy Namulemo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Mpox was confirmed in Sierra Leone in January 2025, with a public health emergency declared shortly thereafter. By June 2025, the country reported over 4,000 confirmed cases caused by clade IIb. Limited qualitative research has explored the lived experiences of affected populations during mpox outbreaks in African settings. This study explored multi-stakeholder experiences of mpox, including illness trajectories, stigma manifestations, healthcare…

  • Scaling up of electronic case-based disease surveillance reporting for Covid-19 and other notifiable diseases through capacity building and antigen RDT provision

    Open AccessJames Sylvester Squire, Ian Njeru et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Electronic case-based disease surveillance (eCBDS) provides timely and detailed data collection on diseases and their risk factors for control actions. Use of eCBDS is still low in many African countries including Sierra Leone due to technological, financial, and human resource challenges. Sierra Leone started using eCBDS in 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic provided the right opportunity for scale up. To support the scale up, a capaci…

  • The crucial role the field epidemiology training program played in preparedness and response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone, January 2020 to August 2022

    Open AccessGebrekrstos Negash Gebru, Alden Henderson et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHIEC). On March 11, 2020, it was characterized as a pandemic, prompting the Government of Sierra Leone to implement response plans. The first case in the country was reported on March 31, 2020. To build resilient public health systems after the Ebola crisis, the Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program (SLF…

  • Feasibility of introducing integrated disease surveillance and response into curricula of public health training institutions in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessCharles Njuguna, Abdul Mbawa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: Response to public health emergencies is a big challenge in African countries due to inadequate workforce. Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a strategy implemented by African member states of WHO to strengthen capacity for disease surveillance and response at all levels. Despite successful implementation of IDSR in most countries, one of the challenges that persists is that of inadequate trained workforce compet…

  • High Sars-CoV-2 seroincidence but low excess Covid mortality in Sierra Leone in 2020–2022

    Open AccessAhmed Osman, Ashley Aimone et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    While SARS-CoV-2 infection appears to have spread widely throughout Africa, documentation of associated mortality is limited. We implemented a representative serosurvey in one city of Sierra Leone in Western Africa, paired with nationally representative mortality and selected death registration data. Cumulative seroincidence using high quality SARS-CoV-2 serological assays was 69% by July 2021, rising to 84% by April 2022, mostly preceding SARS-C…

  • Improving global health security through implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security in Sierra Leone, 2018–2021

    Open AccessCharles Njuguna, Mohamed Vandi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    IHR annual operational planning and implementation using evidence-based data and tools can facilitate strengthening of IHR capacity and should be encouraged

  • Assessment of Infection Prevention and Control Measures at Points of Entry in Sierra Leone in 2021

    Open AccessKadijatu Nabie Kamara, James Sylvester Squire et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Implementing and monitoring infection prevention and control (IPC) measures at immigration points of entry (PoEs) is key to preventing infections, reducing excessive use of antimicrobials, and tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Sierra Leone has been implementing IPC measures at four PoEs (Queen Elizabeth II Quay port, Lungi International Airport, and the Jendema and Gbalamuya ground crossings) since the last Ebola outbreak in 2014-2015. We …

  • 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…

  • Systems thinking for health emergencies

    Open AccessKara Durski, Kara N Durski et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Process mapping is a systems thinking approach used to understand, analyse and optimise processes within complex systems. We aim to demonstrate how this methodology can be applied during disease outbreaks to strengthen response and health systems. Process mapping exercises were conducted during three unique emerging disease outbreak contexts with different: mode of transmission, size, and health system infrastructure. System functioning improved …