Preventive Measures against Ebola and COVID-19 and Their Impact on Human Dirty-Hand Disease Mitigation in Côte d'Ivoire
Sustainability
; 15(8):6810, 2023.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2304892
ABSTRACT
Hygiene is the most useful public health measure for preventing infections of important endemic and emerging diseases of global significance. This study aimed to assess the impact of these public health preventive measures on dirty hand diseases. A retrospective survey was conducted in the rural general hospitals of Taabo (south-central Côte d'Ivoire) and Marcory (urban Abidjan) to collect clinical data on dirty hand diseases in the patients' records from 2013 to 2020. In addition, focus group discussions (N = 8) were conducted in the communities in both settings to identify the sociocultural and economic hindering or fostering factors that affected the adoption of and the compliance with handwashing and disinfection practices. A total of 3245 and 8154 patients' records were examined in the general hospitals of Taabo and Marcory, respectively. Compared with women, men were more affected by typhoid fever (OR, 0.68 [95%CI, 0.53–0.88]) and influenza (OR, 0.87 [95%CI, 0.75–1]). Hygiene measures promoted during Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks had no impact on the prevalence of typhoid fever in both settings;however, a positive impact was observed regarding influenza infections. Populations were aware of the importance of handwashing for public health but had difficulties adhering due to financial constraints, access to drinking water, and the absence or scarcity of handwashing facilities.
Environmental Studies; Côte d'Ivoire; COVID-19; dirty-hand disease; Ebola; prevention; hospital; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Hygiene; Hospitals; Drinking water; Typhoid; Fever; Viral diseases; Fatalities; Influenza; Public health; Disinfection; Patients; Coronaviruses; Disease transmission; Infectious diseases; Population; Personal information; Medical personnel; Hands; Disease prevention; Sociocultural factors; Viruses; Mitigation; Nosocomial infections; Epidemics; Cholera; Waterborne diseases; Ebola virus; Colds; Tropical diseases; Ebolavirus; United States--US
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ProQuest Central
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Experimental Studies
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English
Journal:
Sustainability
Year:
2023
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Article
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