The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in northern GhanaJ O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 90:39-48. 1996
..Some aspects of treatment seeking, the cost of treatment, the burden of the disease on the community, and the public-health implications are discussed...
- The use of spatial analysis in mapping the distribution of bancroftian filariasis in four West African countries
J O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, P O Box GP 184, Accra, Ghana
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 96:695-705. 2002
..The campaign to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public-health problem in Africa will require significantly more resources (human, financial, and logistic) than previously anticipated...
- The use of grid sampling methodology for rapid assessment of the distribution of bancroftian filariasis
J O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, P O Box GP 184, Accra, Ghana
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95:681-6. 2001
..It will also help improve estimates of the number of people at risk and affected, and of the burden of disease due to lymphatic filariasis in Africa...
- Impact of single-dose ivermectin on community microfilaria load in bancroftian filariasis infection: two years post treatment
J O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, P O Box GP 184, Accra, Ghana
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 94:434-6. 2000
..5% and 39.5% of pre-treatment levels, respectively. The implications of any shortfalls on the drug delivery system on the goal of elimination of lymphatic filariasis are discussed...
- Evaluation of the filter paper blood collection method for detecting Og4C3 circulating antigen in bancroftian filariasis
J O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 92:407-10. 1998
..The diagnostic performance of the method was consistently low in all but 2 communities (sensitivity = 50.3%). This method of diagnosing filariasis is not suitable for field use in its present form...
- Community-directed treatment: the way forward to eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public-health problem in Ghana
M Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, P O Box GP 184, Accra, Ghana
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 95:77-86. 2001
..The implications of these findings for the global programme for filariasis elimination are discussed...
- The relationship between infection and disease in Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Ghana
J O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 92:390-2. 1998
..The pathophysiologies of elephantiasis and hydrocele may therefore differ from one another, and require further investigation...
- The potential role of peripheral health workers and community key informants in the rapid assessment of community burden of disease: the example of lymphatic filariasis
J O Gyapong
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
Trop Med Int Health 3:522-8. 1998
..Community key informants provided very useful qualitative and quantitative data on the prevalence of clinical filariasis. The need to use nontraditional health professionals in gathering data for planing control programs is discussed...
- Improving adherence to malaria treatment for children: the use of pre-packed chloroquine tablets vs. chloroquine syrup
E K Ansah
Dangme West District, Ministry of Health, Dodowa, Ghana
Trop Med Int Health 6:496-504. 2001
..The cost of treatment with tablets was about one-quarter that of syrup and 62% (n=96) of caregivers preferred tablets. Pre-packed chloroquine tablets are a viable alternative to syrup...
- Editorial: Lymphatic filariasis endemicity--an indicator of poverty?
D N Durrheim
Trop Med Int Health 9:843-5. 2004
