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Geographical variation and associated factors of childhood measles vaccination in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, despite considerable improvement of measles vaccination, measles outbreaks is occurring in most parts of the country. Understanding …
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Men’s participation in maternal and child health care in Western Uganda: perspectives from the community
BACKGROUND: Participation of men in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) is crucial for the reduction of infant and maternal mortality. …
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Level of physical activity among urban adults and the socio-demographic correlates: a population-based cross-sectional study using the global physical activity questionnaire
BACKGROUND: Globally, in 2016, 23.3% of adult populations were physically inactive, and it accounts for 9% of the global premature …
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The double burden of malnutrition in a rural health and demographic surveillance system site in South Africa: a study of primary schoolchildren and their mothers
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, the occurrence of the double burden of malnutrition is on the rise at a household level …
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Barriers to formal healthcare utilisation among poor older people under the livelihood empowerment against poverty programme in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Even though there is a growing literature on barriers to formal healthcare use among older people, little is known …
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Work-related risk factors and the prevalence of low back pain among low wage workers: results from a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Low back pain, the most commonly reported musculoskeletal problem, is a major burden on individuals, health systems and social …
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Usefulness of occupation and industry information in mortality data in South Africa from 2006 to 2015
BACKGROUND: There is no population based occupational health surveillance system in South Africa, thus mortality data may be a cost …
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Factors affecting early identification of pregnant women by community health workers in Morogoro, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: It is recommended that Antenatal Care (ANC) be initiated within the first trimester of pregnancy for essential interventions, such …
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A study protocol to determine the association between lifetime lead exposure and violent criminal behaviour in young males in conflict with the law
BACKGROUND: Low-level lead exposure has harmful and persistent effects on behaviour. Recent studies have linked environmental lead exposure and the …
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Perspectives on contraceptive implant use in women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study among primary healthcare providers and stakeholders
BACKGROUND: This study explored primary healthcare provider and HIV/contraception expert stakeholder perspectives on South Africa's public sector provision of contraceptive …
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Food consumption and undernutrition variations among mothers during the post-harvest and lean seasons in Amoron'i Mania Region, Madagascar
BACKGROUND: Seasonal variation affects nutrition particularly in contexts where people's food consumption depends on their production of food. Assessing the …
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Increasing retention of HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding mothers on option-b plus by upgrading and providing full time HIV services at a lower health facility in rural Uganda
BACKGROUND: Despite advancement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services, the rate of MTCT of HIV in sub-Saharan …
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Determinants of access and utilization of cervical cancer treatment and palliative care services in Harare, Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer treatment and care services have remained largely centralized in Zimbabwe thereby entrenching inequities to access amongst patients. …
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Trends of inequalities in childhood immunization coverage among children aged 12-23 months in Kenya, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: Immunization is one of the most cost-effective health intervention to halt the spread of childhood diseases, and improve child …
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Yield of systematic household contact investigation for tuberculosis in a high-burden metropolitan district of South Africa
BACKGROUND: Systematic household contact investigation (SHCI) is recommended as an active-case-finding (ACF) strategy to identify individuals at high risk of …
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Factors associated with prior engagement in high-risk sexual behaviours among adolescents (10–19 years) in a pastoralist post-conflict community, Karamoja sub-region, North eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Adolescent sexual risky behaviours continue to be significant drivers of the HIV epidemic globally. The objective of this study …
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Prenatal hepatitis B screening and associated factors in a high prevalence district of Lira, northern Uganda: a community based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Chronic hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection affects 80-100 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and accounts for an estimated 650,000 …
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Feasibility of community-based HIV self-screening in South Africa: a demonstration project
BACKGROUND: HIV diagnosis is a critical step in linking HIV-infected individuals to care and treatment and linking HIV-uninfected persons to …
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Home-based intervention to test and start (HITS) protocol: a cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV-related mortality in men and HIV incidence in women through increased coverage of HIV treatment
BACKGROUND: To realize the full benefits of treatment as prevention in many hyperendemic African contexts, there is an urgent need …
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Determinants of heterosexual men's demand for long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV in urban South Africa
BACKGROUND: Heterosexual men in South Africa are a large key population to exposure to HIV, yet preferences for HIV pre-exposure …