MUHAMMED AFOLABI
About MUHAMMED AFOLABI
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Researcher
Organization
- Medical Research Council The Gambia - MRC
Language(s)
Recent Contributions
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MUHAMMED AFOLABI replied to "Diagnosing malaria in Primary Care" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
Many thanks to Dr Ayankogbe who has introduced a practical dimension to the discourse on malaria treatment in resource-poor settings. However, the concerns raised by him are not consequential enough to justify sticking to old ways of doing things and expect different results. In those days, treating malaria with chloroguine and analgin cost about 30 naira(less than 0.2 US dollars) ; compared to the present day in which cost of malaria treatment ranges btw 10 ...
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MUHAMMED AFOLABI replied to "Disposal of sputum for home infection control in MDR TB treatment" in the TB Infection Control community.
This is a thought-provoking discourse. It has the potential of controlling the spread of MDR-TB in resource-poor African homes. I am aware Sodium hypochlorite is an effective biocide for Mycobacteria. There is however a need to establish the effectiveness of Sodium hypochlorite in sterilizing the sputum before disposal at home..... Afolabi Muhammed, Research Clinician, MRC, The Gambia
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.