Reynold G. B. Senesi

Navigating power in policy adoption: The political economy of noncommunicable diseases in Sierra Leone

Giulia Loffreda, Reynold G. B. Senesi, Karin Diaconu, Ayesha Idriss et autres

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a rising health burden globally, yet low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly fragile states, face persistent barriers to NCD prevention and control policy adoption and implementation. This qualitative case study examines the factors influencing NCD policy adoption in …

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Adapting and implementing training, guidelines and treatment cards to improve primary care-based hypertension and diabetes management in a fragile context: results of a feasibility study in Sierra Leone

Guanyang Zou, Sophie Witter, Lizzie Caperon, John Walley et autres

BACKGROUND: Sierra Leone, a fragile country, is facing an increasingly significant burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Facilitated by an international partnership, a project was developed to adapt and pilot desktop guidelines and other clinical support tools to strengthen primary care-based hypertension and …

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Rural–urban health-seeking behaviours for non-communicable diseases in Sierra Leone

Ayesha Idriss, Karin Diaconu, Guanyang Zou, Reynold G. B. Senesi et autres

Introduction: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of mortality globally. In Africa, they are expected to increase by 25% by 2030. However, very little is known about community perceptions of risk factors and factors influencing health-seeking behaviour, especially in fragile settings. …

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Opportunities and challenges for delivering non-communicable disease management and services in fragile and post-conflict settings: perceptions of policy-makers and health providers in Sierra Leone

Sophie Witter, Guanyang Zou, Karin Diaconu, Reynold G. B. Senesi et autres

BACKGROUND: The growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries presents substantive challenges for health systems. This is also the case in fragile, post-conflict and post-Ebola Sierra Leone, where NCDs represent an increasingly significant disease burden (around 30% of adult …

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Participant Retention in a Randomized Clinical Trial in an Outbreak Setting: Lessons From the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine Against Ebola (STRIVE)

Rosalind J. Carter, Reynold G. B. Senesi, Peter Dawson, Ibrahim J. Gassama et autres

The Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine Against Ebola (STRIVE), a phase 2/3 trial of an investigational Ebola vaccine, was implemented in April 2015 in Sierra Leone. Healthcare and Ebola frontline workers were randomized to immediate (within 7 days) or deferred …

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Use of a nationwide call center for Ebola response and monitoring during a 3-day house-to-house campaign - Sierra Leone, September 2014.

Leigh Ann Miller, Emily Stanger, Reynold G. B. Senesi, Nick DeLuca et autres

During May 23, 2014-January 10, 2015, Sierra Leone reported 7,777 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (Ebola). In response to the epidemic, on August 5, Sierra Leone's Emergency Operations Center established a toll-free, nationwide Ebola call center. The purpose of the call …