Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

WHO Health Emergencies Programmes, North East, Nigeria, Nigeria

Biography

Chima E Onuekwe is a National Professional Officer at World Health Organization. She has done many works for WHO, in which topics are cover is public health, infectious disease and treatment outcomes.

Publications

• Research   
  Infection Prevention and Control in North-East Nigeria: An Assessment of Hand Hygiene in Health Care Facilities in Protracted Crisis Environment February 2019
  Author(s): Daggash Batula Bishara, Sotimehin Oladipo, Mshelia Lawi, Nglass Ini, Owili Collins and Onuekwe E. Chima*
  
  Introduction: Hand hygiene is the single most effective action to prevent the spread of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance among health care workers and patients. The lack of effective hand hygiene and materials for hand hygiene is a major problem for patient safety in health care facilities. We conducted this survey in February 2019 to assess the situation of hand hygiene in health care facilities in Borno State, the epicenter of insurgency in North-East Nigeria. Method: An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to assess the situation of hand hygiene from 103 health care facilities selected from across Borno State. The questionnaire used was adopted from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework at the facility level. It had five sections (System change, training, and education, evaluation and feedb.. View more»
  

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