TY - JOUR AU - Zida-Compaore, Wendpouiré Ida Carine AU - Gbeasor-Komlanvi, Fifonsi Adjidossi AU - Tchankoni, Martin Kouame AU - Sadio, Arnold Junior AU - Konu, Yao Rodion AU - Agbonon, Amegnona AU - Ekouevi, Didier Koumavi PY - 2022/07/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Knowledge and practices among healthcare workers regarding dengue in Togo JF - Journal of Public Health in Africa JA - J Public Health Afr VL - 13 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/jphia.2022.1937 UR - https://www.publichealthinafrica.org/jphia/article/view/1937 SP - AB - <p>In Togo where malaria is endemic, because main signs of malaria and dengue are similar, the use of malarial drugs first could contribute to a delay in the diagnosis of dengue and the dissemination of the disease. Thus, it is important that healthcare workers (HCW) have a good knowledge of these diseases. To assess the knowledge, and practices regarding dengue infection among HCW in Togo. A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2020 to March 2021 among HCW in Togo. A pre-tested digital questionnaire was used for data collection. Based on clinical signs of dengue, preventive measures, infection type and disease type, a knowledge score was constructed with eight questions. A total of 334 HCW with median age 32 years, IQR:(28-38) responded to the survey and the sex ratio male/female was 5.9. The majority (94.0%) of HCW have heard about dengue through training (73.3%), internet (38.0%) and media (33.2%). Compared with lower executive HCW, senior manager were more knowledgeable about the causative agent, the symptoms and preventive methods of dengue infection (p&lt;0.001). Globally, good knowledge (score ≥6) about dengue was found for 47.1% of HCW. More than 9 out of 10 HCW (91.3%) reported the lack of dengue diagnostic tools. Providing health structures with dengue diagnostic tools and training health personnel in their use in any febrile patient with a negative or positive malaria test would help prevent dengue epidemic.</p> ER -