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Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among under-five children in and around Haro Dumal Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Intestinal parasitic infection is diversified illness and diseases caused millions morbidity among under-five children lives in developing countries particularly …
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A descriptive study to explore working conditions and childcare practices among informal women workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: identifying opportunities to support childcare for mothers in informal work
BACKGROUND: Although women working in the informal economy are a large and vulnerable group, little is known about infant feeding …
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Risk factors of acute respiratory infections among under five children attending public hospitals in southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016/2017
BACKGROUND: Acute Respiratory infection accounts for 94,037000 disability adjusted life years and 1.9 million deaths worldwide. Acute respiratory infections is …
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Undernourished children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study
BACKGROUND: Childhood undernutrition causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Tanzania, the in-hospital prevalence of …
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Parent’s food preference and its implication for child malnutrition in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system; community-based survey using multinomial logistic regression model: North West Ethiopia; December 2017
BACKGROUND: A Shortage or excessive intake of the nutrient is malnutrition; affecting every aspect of human beings. Malnutrition at childhood …
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Bacterial meningitis in Sudanese children; critical evaluation of the clinical decision using clinical prediction rules
BACKGROUND: Sudan falls in the meningitis belt where most global cases of bacterial meningitis are reported. Highly accurate decision support …
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Pneumococcal carriage among children under five in Accra, Ghana, five years after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
BACKGROUND: The study objective was to determine the carriage and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in Accra, Ghana, …
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Reducing preterm mortality in eastern Uganda: the impact of introducing low-cost bubble CPAP on neonates <1500 g
BACKGROUND: Complications of prematurity are the leading cause of deaths in children under the age of five. The predominant reason …
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A review of -multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal unit in Johannesburg, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Multi-drug resistant organisms are an increasingly important cause of neonatal sepsis. AIM: This study aimed to review neonatal sepsis …
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Better care for babies: the added value of a modified reverse syphilis testing algorithm for the treatment of congenital syphilis in a maternity Hospital in Central African Republic
BACKGROUND: In high syphilis prevalence settings, the syphilis testing and treatment strategy for mothers and newborns must be tailored to …
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Impact of antiretroviral treatment on height evolution of HIV infected children
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been shown to have a beneficial effect on the weight evolution but its effect on …
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Oral diseases and oral health related behaviors in adolescents living in Maasai population areas of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Oral diseases, such as dental caries, tooth wear, dental erosion and periodontal diseases are major health problems in many …
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Imperforate anus associated with anomalous pulmonary venous return in scimitar syndrome. Case report from a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Scimitar syndrome is a rare form of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage associated with pulmonary hypertension and congestive heart …
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Diagnosis of Fraser syndrome missed out until the age of six months old in a low-resource setting: a case report
BACKGROUND: Fraser syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that often presents with ocular, renal, genital and limb's congenital anomalies. The …
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Wasting in under five children is significantly varied between rice producing and non-producing households of Libokemkem district, Amhara region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Acute undernutrition (wasting) is a condition in which a child becomes too thin for his or her height because …
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HLA A*32 is associated to HIV acquisition while B*44 and B*53 are associated with protection against HIV acquisition in perinatally exposed infants
BACKGROUND: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules play a key role in the cellular immune system. They may be determinants of …
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Evaluation of treatment response, drug resistance and HIV-1 variability among adolescents on first- and second-line antiretroviral therapy: a study protocol for a prospective observational study in the centre region of Cameroon (EDCTP READY-study)
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone has nine out of every 10 children living with HIV globally and monitoring in this …
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Association of vitamin D and diarrhoea in children aged less than five years at Muhimbili national hospital, Dar es Salaam: an unmatched case control study
BACKGROUND: There has been a growing interest in the non-skeletal roles of vitamin D particularly its immune-modulatory properties which has …
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Growth of extremely low birth weight infants at a tertiary hospital in a middle-income country
BACKGROUND: Survival of extremely low birth weight (ELBW; birth weight less than 1000 g) infants has improved significantly since the …
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Longitudinal patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in urban South African adolescents, Birth-To-Twenty Plus cohort
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a critical phase of human development that lays the foundation for health in later life. Of the …