Antimicrobial Resistance in Cholera: A Need for Quick Intervention in Nigeria, West Africa

Abdulrahim, Abdulrakib; Adesola, Ridwan Olamilekan

doi:10.34172/ijtmgh.2022.18

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“…Misuse includes suboptimal dose and frequency of medication, overuse, and non‐adherence. The resistance profile of the pathogen appears to vary depending on the geographical location and year of the cholera outbreak 197 . The pathogen develops resistance through mechanisms such as drug uptake limitation, drug inactivation, drug target modification, and efflux of drugs 1 …”

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Cholera rages in Africa and the Middle East: A narrative review on challenges and solutions

Ahmed,

Sijercic,

Akhtar

et al. 2024

Health Science Reports

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Background and AimCholera is a life‐threatening infectious disease that is still one of the most common acute watery diarrheal diseases in the world today. Acute diarrhea and severe dehydration brought on by cholera can cause hypovolemic shock, which can be fatal in minutes. Without competent clinical therapy, the rate of case fatality surpasses 50%. The purpose of this review was to highlight cholera challenges in Africa and the Middle East and explain the reasons for why this region is currently a fertile environment for cholera. We investigated cholera serology, epidemiology, and the geographical distribution of cholera in Africa and the Middle East in 2022 and 2023. We reviewed detection methods, such as rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), and treatments, such as antibiotics and phage therapy. Finally, this review explored oral cholera vaccines (OCVs), and the vaccine shortage crisis.MethodsWe carried out a systematic search in multiple databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Embase, for studies on cholera using the following keywords: ((Cholera) OR (Vibrio cholera) and (Coronavirus) OR (COVID‐19) OR (SARS‐CoV2) OR (The Middle East) OR (Africa)).Results and ConclusionsCholera outbreaks have increased dramatically, mainly in Africa and many Middle Eastern countries. The COVID‐19 pandemic has reduced the attention devoted to cholera and disrupted diagnosis and treatment services, as well as vaccination initiatives. Most of the cholera cases in Africa and the Middle East were reported in Malawi and Syria, respectively, in 2022. RDTs are effective in the early detection of cholera epidemics, especially with limited advanced resources, which is the case in much of Africa. By offering both direct and indirect protection, expanding the use of OCV will significantly reduce the burden of current cholera outbreaks in Africa and the Middle East.

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Cholera rages in Africa and the Middle East: A narrative review on challenges and solutions

Ahmed,

Sijercic,

Akhtar

et al. 2024

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Satellite‐Derived, Smartphone‐Delivered Geospatial Cholera Risk Information for Vulnerable Populations

Nusrat,

Akanda,

Islam

et al. 2024

GeoHealth

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Cholera, an acute waterborne diarrheal disease, remains a major global health challenge. Despite being curable and preventable, it can be fatal if left untreated, especially for children. Bangladesh, a cholera‐endemic country with a high disease burden, experiences two peaks annually, during the dry pre‐monsoon spring and the wet post‐monsoon fall seasons. An early warning system for disseminating cholera risk, which has potential to reduce the disease burden, currently does not exist in Bangladesh. Such systems can raise timely awareness and allow households in rural, riverine areas like Matlab to make behavioral adjustments with water usage and around water resources to reduce contracting and transmitting cholera. Current dissemination approaches typically target local government and public health organizations; however, the vulnerable rural populations largely remain outside the information chain. Here, we develop and evaluate the accuracy of an early warning system—CholeraMap that uses high‐resolution earth observations to forecast cholera risk and disseminate geocoded risk maps directly to Matlab's population via a mobile smartphone application. Instead of relying on difficult to obtain station‐based environmental and hydroclimatological data, this study offers a new opportunity to use remote sensing data sets for designing and operating a disease early warning system. CholeraMap delivers monthly, color‐coded geospatial maps (1 km × 1 km spatial resolution) with household and community cholera risk information. Our results demonstrate that the satellite‐derived local‐scale risk model satisfactorily captured the seasonal cholera pattern for the Matlab region, and a detailed high‐resolution picture of the spatial progression of at‐risk areas during outbreak months.

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Challenges, Health Risks and Recommendations on Meat Handling Practices in Africa: A Comprehensive Review

Adesola,

Hossain,

Ogundijo

et al. 2024

Environ�Health�Insights

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Meat handling is a crucial aspect of public health as it forms complex interactions among humans, animals, and the environment. African meat handlers continue to face various challenges in slaughterhouses that significantly impact their lives and the general public during meat processing. This paper reviews the challenges meat handlers encounter and the associated risks of improper meat handling in various African slaughterhouses. A comprehensive literature search was performed on Science Direct, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. Articles published to investigate the challenges and health risks of meat handling practices in Africa from 1961 to 2022 were included in this review. African meat handlers face socio-economic difficulties, including inadequate returns, unpredictable working environment, market, security, and limited healthcare access. Many meat handlers work informally in unregistered facilities and are not trained by experts on proper meat handling. This results in improper meat handling, raising the possibility of meat contamination by foodborne pathogens like Salmonella sp. and E. coli on slaughter and contact surfaces, hence posing a threat to meat safety and public health. We recommended that governmental, institutional and community-level actions should be used to address the health challenges associated with improper meat handling in Africa. Government and institutional bodies play an important role in supporting and upholding the laws that guide proper meat handling and processing. Meat handlers must be educated on meat safety, handling and storage to ensure meat is safe for consumption.

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Antimicrobial Resistance in Cholera: A Need for Quick Intervention in Nigeria, West Africa

Cited by 3 publications

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Cholera rages in Africa and the Middle East: A narrative review on challenges and solutions

Cholera rages in Africa and the Middle East: A narrative review on challenges and solutions

Satellite‐Derived, Smartphone‐Delivered Geospatial Cholera Risk Information for Vulnerable Populations

Challenges, Health Risks and Recommendations on Meat Handling Practices in Africa: A Comprehensive Review

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