Joseph Sam Kanu (Joseph S Kanu, Joseph Kanu)

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2021-2024
Publications (10 Years): 32

Top Topics

Antimicrobial Resistance

Cross Sectional

Top Venues

International journal of environmental research and public health

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice

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Publications

Onome Thomas Abiri, Shakiratu Lawal, Joshua Coker, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, N'falie Ibrahim Sesay, Joseph Sam Kanu, Foday Umaro Turay, Michael Lahai, Henry Edward Clarence Carter, Mohamed Bawoh, Mohamed Samai
Assessment of self-medication practices and safety profile of medicines utilisation among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multicentre cross-sectional study. Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice 17 (1) (2024)
Onome Thomas Abiri, Shakiratu Lawal, Joshua Coker, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, N'falie Ibrahim Sesay, Joseph Sam Kanu, Foday Umaro Turay, Michael Lahai, Henry Edward Clarence Carter, Mohamed Bawoh, Mohamed Samai
Assessment of self-medication practices and safety profile of medicines utilisation among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multicentre cross-sectional study. Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice 17 (1) (2024)
Foday Umaro Turay, Alex Ninka, Joshua Coker, Fawzi Thomas, Isaac O Smalle, Sulaiman Lakoh, Foday Umaro Turay, James Komeh, Mohamed Sesay, Joseph Sam Kanu, Ayeshatu M Mustapha, Nellie V T Bell, Thomas Ansumus Conteh, Sarah Kadijatu Conteh, Alhaji Alusine Jalloh, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Noah Sesay, Mohamed Bawoh, Mohamed Samai, Michael Lahai
An Assessment of Medication Errors Among Pediatric Patients in Three Hospitals in Freetown Sierra Leone: Findings and Implications for a Low-Income Country. Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics 15 (2024)
Foday Umaro Turay, Alex Ninka, Joshua Coker, Fawzi Thomas, Isaac O Smalle, Sulaiman Lakoh, Foday Umaro Turay, James Komeh, Mohamed Sesay, Joseph Sam Kanu, Ayeshatu M Mustapha, Nellie V T Bell, Thomas Ansumus Conteh, Sarah Kadijatu Conteh, Alhaji Alusine Jalloh, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Noah Sesay, Mohamed Bawoh, Mohamed Samai, Michael Lahai
An Assessment of Medication Errors Among Pediatric Patients in Three Hospitals in Freetown Sierra Leone: Findings and Implications for a Low-Income Country. Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics 15 (2024)
Onome Thomas Abiri, Shakiratu Lawal, Joshua Coker, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, N'falie Ibrahim Sesay, Joseph Sam Kanu, Foday Umaro Turay, Michael Lahai, Henry Edward Clarence Carter, Mohamed Bawoh, Mohamed Samai
Assessment of self-medication practices and safety profile of medicines utilisation among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multicentre cross-sectional study. Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice 17 (1) (2024)
Senesie Margao, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Pruthu Thekkur, Christiana Kallon, Ramatu Elizabeth Ngauja, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Rugiatu Zainab Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Matilda Mattu Moiwo, Robert Musoke, Mary Fullah, Joseph Sam Kanu, Sulaiman Lakoh, Satta Sylvia T K Kpagoi, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Fawzi Thomas, Margaret Titty Mannah, Victoria Katawera, Rony Zachariah
Improvement in Infection Prevention and Control Performance Following Operational Research in Sierra Leone: A Before (2021) and After (2023) Study. Tropical medicine and infectious disease 8 (7) (2023)
James Baligeh Walter Russell, Theresa Ruba Koroma, Santigie Sesay, Sallieu Kabay Samura, Sulaiman Lakoh, Ansumana S Bockarie, Onome Thomas Abir, Joseph Sam Kanu, Joshua Coker, Abdul Jalloh, Victor Conteh, Sorie Conteh, Mohamed Smith, Othman Z Mahdi, Durodami R Lisk
Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a community-based health-screening survey. BMJ open 13 (5) (2023)
Matilda N Kamara, Sulaiman Lakoh, Christiana Kallon, Joseph Sam Kanu, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Matilda Mattu Moiwo, Satta S T K Kpagoi, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Hemant Deepak Shewade
Hand Hygiene Practices and Promotion in Public Hospitals in Western Sierra Leone: Changes Following Operational Research in 2021. Tropical medicine and infectious disease 8 (11) (2023)
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Anna Maruta, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Bockarie Sheriff, Victoria Katawera, Selassi A D'Almeida, Robert Musoke, Innocent Nuwagira, Sulaiman Lakoh, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdul Razak Mansaray, Zikan Koroma, Fawzi Thomas, Onome Thomas Abiri, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, James Baligeh Walter Russell, James Squire, Mohamed Alex Vandi
Antibiotic use among hospitalised patients in Sierra Leone: a national point prevalence survey using the WHO survey methodology. BMJ open 13 (12) (2023)
James Baligeh Walter Russell, Theresa Ruba Koroma, Santigie Sesay, Sallieu Kabay Samura, Sulaiman Lakoh, Ansumana S Bockarie, Onome Thomas Abir, Joseph Sam Kanu, Joshua Coker, Abdul Jalloh, Victor Conteh, Sorie Conteh, Mohamed Smith, Othman Z Mahdi, Durodami R Lisk
Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a community-based health-screening survey. BMJ open 13 (5) (2023)
Matilda Mattu Moiwo, Gladys Nanilla Kamara, Dauda Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Stephen Sevalie, Zikan Koroma, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Matilda N Kamara, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Satta Sylvia Theresa Kumba Kpagoi, Samuel Alie Konteh, Senesie Margao, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Fawzi Thomas, Joseph Sam Kanu, Hannock M Tweya, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Anthony David Harries
Have Hand Hygiene Practices in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Improved in 2023 following Operational Research in 2021? Tropical medicine and infectious disease 8 (9) (2023)
James Baligeh Walter Russell, Theresa Ruba Koroma, Santigie Sesay, Sallieu Kabay Samura, Sulaiman Lakoh, Ansumana S Bockarie, Onome Thomas Abir, Joseph Sam Kanu, Joshua Coker, Abdul Jalloh, Victor Conteh, Sorie Conteh, Mohamed Smith, Othman Z Mahdi, Durodami R Lisk
Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a community-based health-screening survey. BMJ open 13 (5) (2023)
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Anna Maruta, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Bockarie Sheriff, Victoria Katawera, Selassi A D'Almeida, Robert Musoke, Innocent Nuwagira, Sulaiman Lakoh, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdul Razak Mansaray, Zikan Koroma, Fawzi Thomas, Onome Thomas Abiri, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, James Baligeh Walter Russell, James Squire, Mohamed Alex Vandi
Antibiotic use among hospitalised patients in Sierra Leone: a national point prevalence survey using the WHO survey methodology. BMJ open 13 (12) (2023)
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Anna Maruta, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Bockarie Sheriff, Victoria Katawera, Selassi A D'Almeida, Robert Musoke, Innocent Nuwagira, Sulaiman Lakoh, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdul Razak Mansaray, Zikan Koroma, Fawzi Thomas, Onome Thomas Abiri, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, James Baligeh Walter Russell, James Squire, Mohamed Alex Vandi
Antibiotic use among hospitalised patients in Sierra Leone: a national point prevalence survey using the WHO survey methodology. BMJ open 13 (12) (2023)
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Anna Maruta, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Bockarie Sheriff, Victoria Katawera, Selassi A D'Almeida, Robert Musoke, Innocent Nuwagira, Sulaiman Lakoh, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdul Razak Mansaray, Zikan Koroma, Fawzi Thomas, Onome Thomas Abiri, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, James Baligeh Walter Russell, James Squire, Mohamed Alex Vandi
Antibiotic use among hospitalised patients in Sierra Leone: a national point prevalence survey using the WHO survey methodology. BMJ open 13 (12) (2023)
Rugiatu Z Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Francis L Moses, Joseph Sam Kanu, Christiana Kallon, Mustapha Kabba, Daphne B Moffett, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Senesie Margao, Matilda N Kamara, Matilda Mattu Moiwo, Satta Sylvia Theresa Kumba Kpagoi, Hannock M Tweya, Ajay M V Kumar, Robert Fraser Terry
Improvement in Infection Prevention and Control Compliance at the Three Tertiary Hospitals of Sierra Leone following an Operational Research Study. Tropical medicine and infectious disease 8 (7) (2023)
Samuel Alie Konteh, Fatmata Isatu Bangura Turay, Amara Leno, Srinath Satyanarayana, Divya Nair, Mohamed Alpha Bah, Salam Saidu, David Sellu-Sallu, Sahr Raymond Gborie, Sorie Mohamed Kamara, Amadu Tejan Jalloh, Joseph Sam Kanu, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Matilda Mattu Moiwo, Esther Dsani, Noelina Nantima
Improvement in the Surveillance System for Livestock Diseases and Antimicrobial Use Following Operational Research Studies in Sierra Leone January-March 2023. Tropical medicine and infectious disease 8 (8) (2023)
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Anna Maruta, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Bockarie Sheriff, Victoria Katawera, Selassi A D'Almeida, Robert Musoke, Innocent Nuwagira, Sulaiman Lakoh, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdul Razak Mansaray, Zikan Koroma, Fawzi Thomas, Onome Thomas Abiri, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, James Baligeh Walter Russell, James Squire, Mohamed Alex Vandi
Antibiotic use among hospitalised patients in Sierra Leone: a national point prevalence survey using the WHO survey methodology. BMJ open 13 (12) (2023)
James Baligeh Walter Russell, Theresa Ruba Koroma, Santigie Sesay, Sallieu Kabay Samura, Sulaiman Lakoh, Ansumana S Bockarie, Onome Thomas Abir, Joseph Sam Kanu, Joshua Coker, Abdul Jalloh, Victor Conteh, Sorie Conteh, Mohamed Smith, Othman Z Mahdi, Durodami R Lisk
Burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and preclinical target organ damage among adults in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a community-based health-screening survey. BMJ open 13 (5) (2023)
Alie H D Mansaray, Dennis P Y Yankson, Raymonda A B Johnson, Francis L Moses, Joseph Sam Kanu, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Rony Zachariah, Ajay M V Kumar, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj
Bacterial Isolates and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolated from Fresh Poultry Excreta Used for Vegetable Farming in Freetown, Sierra Leone. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (9) (2022)
Dauda Kamara, Doris Bah, Momodu Sesay, Anna Maruta, Bockarie Pompey Sesay, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Sulaiman Lakoh, Bailah Molleh, Jamie Guth, Karuna D Sagili, Simon Tavernor, Ewan Wilkinson
Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality and Bacterial Antibiotic Sensitivity in Wells and Standpipes at Household Water Points in Freetown, Sierra Leone. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (11) (2022)
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Ajay M V Kumar, Anna Maruta, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Charles Kuria Njuguna, Steven Shongwe, Francis L Moses, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Joseph Sam Kanu, Sulaiman Lakoh, Alie H D Mansaray, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah
Antibiotic Use in Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Health Facilities in Sierra Leone in 2020-2021: Practice Does Not Follow Policy. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (7) (2022)
Raymonda A B Johnson, Ai-Ling Wang, Amara Leno, Collins Timire, Alpha J A Bangura, Margaret I Z George, Hayk Davtyan, Srinath Satyanarayana, Divya Nair, Alie H D Mansaray, Fatmata I Bangura, Joseph Sam Kanu, Jeffrey K Edwards
Pesticide Importation in Sierra Leone, 2010-2021: Implications for Food Production and Antimicrobial Resistance. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (8) (2022)
Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, James Sylvester Squire, Joseph Sam Kanu, Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Zikan Koroma, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, Anna Maruta, Christiana Kallon, Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Bienvenu Salim Camara, Aelita Sargsyan, Alexandre Delamou, Jamie Ann Guth, Anthony Reid, Mohamed Ahmed Khogali, Mohamed Alex Vandi
Assessment of Infection Prevention and Control Measures at Points of Entry in Sierra Leone in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (10) (2022)
Fatmata Isatu Bangura Turay, Amara Leno, Ai-Ling Wang, Collins Timire, Divya Nair, Mohamed Alpha Bah, Sahr Raymond Gborie, Srinath Satyanarayana, Jeffrey Karl Edwards, Hayk Davtyan, Sorie Mohamed Kamara, Amadu Tejan Jalloh, David Sellu-Sallu, Joseph Sam Kanu, Raymonda Johnson, Noelina Nantima
An Update on the Surveillance of Livestock Diseases and Antimicrobial Use in Sierra Leone in 2021-An Operational Research Study. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (9) (2022)
Fawzi Thomas, Onome T Abiri, James P Komeh, Thomas A Conteh, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Joseph Sam Kanu, Robert Fraser Terry, Arpine Abrahamyan, Pruthu Thekkur, Rony Zachariah
Inconsistent Country-Wide Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions to Antimicrobials in Sierra Leone (2017-2021): A Wake-Up Call to Improve Reporting. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (6) (2022)
Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Arpine Abrahamyan, Anna Maruta, Christiana Kallon, Pruthu Thekkur, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Charles Kuria Njuguna, James Sylvester Squire, Joseph Sam Kanu, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Sulaiman Lakoh, Dauda Kamara, Veerle Hermans, Rony Zachariah
Achieving Minimum Standards for Infection Prevention and Control in Sierra Leone: Urgent Need for a Quantum Leap in Progress in the COVID-19 Era! International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (9) (2022)
Gladys Nanilla Kamara, Stephen Sevalie, Bailah Molleh, Zikan Koroma, Christiana Kallon, Anna Maruta, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Julian S O Campbell, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Saskia van Henten, Anthony David Harries
Hand Hygiene Compliance at Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (5) (2022)
Sulaiman Lakoh, Anna Maruta, Christiana Kallon, Gibrilla F Deen, James B W Russell, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Joseph Sam Kanu, Dauda Kamara, Bailah Molleh, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Simon Tavernor, Jamie Guth, Karuna D Sagili, Ewan Wilkinson
How Well Are Hand Hygiene Practices and Promotion Implemented in Sierra Leone? A Cross-Sectional Study in 13 Public Hospitals. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (7) (2022)
Sulaiman Lakoh, Joseph Sam Kanu, Sarah K Conteh, James B W Russell, Stephen Sevalie, Christine Ellen Elleanor Williams, Umu Barrie, Aminata Kadie Kabia, Fatmata Conteh, Mohamed Boie Jalloh, Gibrilla F Deen, Mustapha S Kabba, Aiah Lebbie, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Anna Maruta, Christiana Kallon, Foday Sahr, Mohamed Samai, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Le Yi, Xuejun Guo, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Darlinda F Jiba, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, George A Yendewa, Emmanuel Firima
High levels of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: Implications for hospital-based antibiotic stewardship in Sierra Leone. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE 2 (1) (2022)
Joseph Sam Kanu, Mohammed Khogali, Ai-Ling Wang, Wenjing Tao, Shuwary Barlatt, James Komeh, Joy Johnson, Mohamed Sesay, Mohamed Alex Vandi, Hannock Tweya, Collins Timire, Onome Thomas Abiri, Fawzi Thomas, Ahmed Sankoh-Hughes, Bailah Molleh, Anna Maruta, Anthony David Harries
National Antibiotic Consumption for Human Use in Sierra Leone (2017-2019): A Cross-Sectional Study. Tropical medicine and infectious disease 6 (2) (2021)
Sulaiman Lakoh, Emmanuel Firima, Christine Ellen Elleanor Williams, Sarah K Conteh, Mohamed Boie Jalloh, Mohamed Gbeshay Sheku, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Stephen Sevalie, Sylvia Adama Kamara, Mohamed Akmed Salim Kamara, Umu Barrie, Gladys Nanilla Kamara, Le Yi, Xuejun Guo, Chukwuemeka Haffner, Matilda N Kamara, Darlinda F Jiba, Enanga Sonia Namanaga, Anna Maruta, Christiana Kallon, Joseph Sam Kanu, Gibrilla F Deen, Mohamed Samai, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, James B W Russell
An Intra-COVID-19 Assessment of Hand Hygiene Facility, Policy and Staff Compliance in Two Hospitals in Sierra Leone: Is There a Difference between Regional and Capital City Hospitals? Tropical medicine and infectious disease 6 (4) (2021)