Ernest Mensah
Biographic Data
| ID | 9065718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ernest Mensah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ernest |
| FAMILY NAME | Mensah |
| SIGNATURE | MENSAH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghana Health Service |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4012-5177 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Schistosomiasis in Ghana from baseline to now
Background Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem in Ghana, significantly impacted by the construction of dams during the 1960s that resulted in the creation of Lake Volta. The Ghana Health Service launched the Neglected Tropical Disease program in 2008, expanding baseline disease mapping first initiated in 2007 to additional geographic areas in 2008 and 2010 and simultaneously rolling out mass drug administration (MDA). Significant red…
Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana
In Ghana and other countries pursuing elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF), suspect cases of lymphoedema and hydrocele are routinely enumerated by community health workers (CHWs) during mass drug administration (MDA). These data, in addition to cases captured through the routine out-patient department are used for burden estimation and health service planning. To date there has been no systematic evaluation of the reliability of these data in…
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Schistosomiasis in Ghana from baseline to now
Background Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem in Ghana, significantly impacted by the construction of dams during the 1960s that resulted in the creation of Lake Volta. The Ghana Health Service launched the Neglected Tropical Disease program in 2008, expanding baseline disease mapping first initiated in 2007 to additional geographic areas in 2008 and 2010 and simultaneously rolling out mass drug administration (MDA). Significant red…
Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana
In Ghana and other countries pursuing elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF), suspect cases of lymphoedema and hydrocele are routinely enumerated by community health workers (CHWs) during mass drug administration (MDA). These data, in addition to cases captured through the routine out-patient department are used for burden estimation and health service planning. To date there has been no systematic evaluation of the reliability of these data in…
Environmental health (2 works) · Helminths (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Biology (1 work) · Filariasis (1 work) · Hydrocele (1 work) · Immunology (1 work) · Insects and Parasite Interactions (1 work) · Lymphatic filariasis (1 work) · Mass drug administration (1 work)