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Fatal cases associated with eating chapatti contaminated with organophosphate in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda, 2015: case series
BACKGROUND: Few cases of organophosphate poisoning in developing countries have been investigated using clinical and epidemiological methods. On 30 October …
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Background and evaluation design of a community-based health-promoting school intervention: Fit Lifestyle at School and at Home (FLASH)
BACKGROUND: A community-based approach can be a promising strategy for implementing school-based health promotion aimed at stimulating healthy physical activity …
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Relationship power and HIV sero-status: an analysis of their relationship among low-income urban Zimbabwean postpartum women
BACKGROUND: HIV disproportionately infects women in many regions. Zimbabwe is one of the countries, most heavily affected. Unequal gender power …
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Road traffic injured patients with severe GCS and organ injury had a poor prognosis: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia had an increasing trend of morbidity and mortality due to road traffic injury. Road traffic injured patient's recovery …
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Clinical and immunological failure among HIV-positive adults taking first-line antiretroviral therapy in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Ethiopia has been scaled up since the introduction of the service in 2003. …
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Challenges and perceptions of implementing mass testing, treatment and tracking in malaria control: a qualitative study in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains endemic in Ghana despite several interventions. Studies have demonstrated very high levels of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in …
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Evaluation of the influenza-like illness surveillance system in Tunisia, 2012–2015
BACKGROUND: This study was initiated to evaluate, for the first time, the performance and quality of the influenza-like illness (ILI) …
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Traditional healers’ role in the detection of active tuberculosis cases in a pastoralist community in Ethiopia: a pilot interventional study
BACKGROUND: Pastoralists rely on traditional healers (THs) for general health problems. However, some studies indicate that such practices result in …
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Outbreak of scabies among preschool children, Accra, Ghana, 2017
BACKGROUND: Scabies occurs worldwide with a prevalence between 0.3 and 46.0%. In Ghana, even though a 5.1% proportion of scabies …
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Analysis of alcohol policy in Nigeria: multi-sectoral action and the integration of the WHO “best-buy” interventions
BACKGROUND: Harmful alcohol use is a modifiable risk factor contributing to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and deaths and …
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Community knowledge, perceptions and water contact practices associated with transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in an endemic region: a qualitative cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In an effort to complement the current chemotherapy based schistosomiasis control interventions in Shinyanga district, community knowledge, perceptions and …
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Exploring the association of anthropometric indicators for under-five children in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Child undernutrition is a global health concern. Many studies have focused on the association of childhood undernutrition indicators with …
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Impact of a bottom-up community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana: a cluster randomised trial
BACKGROUND: Ghana is among African countries not likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) three (3) target of reducing …
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Point-of-care HIV testing best practice for early infant diagnosis: an implementation study
BACKGROUND: With Universal Health Coverage and Integrated People-centred Health Care, streamlined health-systems and respectful care are necessary. South Africa has …
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Geographic accessibility to public health facilities providing tuberculosis testing services at point-of-care in the upper east region, Ghana
BACKGROUND: In Ghana, limited evidence exists about the geographical accessibility to health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services to facilitate …
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Alcohol use among Nigerian university students: prevalence, correlates and frequency of use
BACKGROUND: Globally, alcohol use is responsible for 320 deaths every hour, and the impact is more among those in the …
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Prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics and associated factors in the community of Asmara, Eritrea: a descriptive cross sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Development of drug resistance caused by self-medication with antibiotics, can be seen as one of the growing global threats. …
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Nutritional status and disease severity in children acutely presenting to a primary health clinic in rural Gambia
BACKGROUND: Accurate and timely data on the health of a population are key for evidence-based decision making at both the …
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Evaluating the vertical HIV transmission risks among South African female sex workers; have we forgotten PMTCT in their HIV programming?
BACKGROUND: Female sex workers (FSW) have a greater HIV burden compared to other reproductive-aged women and experience high incidence of …
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South Africa field epidemiology training program: developing and building applied epidemiology capacity, 2007–2016
In 2007, South Africa (SA) launched a field epidemiology training program (SAFETP) to enhance its capacity to prevent, detect, and …