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Cognitive function and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in rural South Africa: baseline evidence from the HAALSI study
BACKGROUND: Evidence on cognitive function in older South Africans is limited, with few population-based studies. We aimed to estimate baseline …
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Tobacco use and associated risk factors in Burkina Faso: results from a population-based cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Tobacco is a leading preventable cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Studies characterizing the prevalence of tobacco use in low-income …
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Perceived risk versus objectively measured risk of HIV acquisition: a cross-sectional study among HIV-negative individuals in Serodiscordant partnerships with clients attending an Urban Clinic in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Acceptability of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) could be hampered by low self-perceived risk for HIV acquisition. Moreover, discordance between risk …
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Innovation diffusion: how homogenous networks influence the uptake of community-based injectable contraceptives
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that social networks influence health behaviors, including the adoption of health innovations. This study explored the …
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Nutritional status among young adolescents attending primary school in Tanzania: contributions of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for adolescent assessment
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a critical time of development and nutritional status in adolescence influences both current and future adult health …
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Time to poor treatment outcome and its predictors among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients on second-line anti-tuberculosis treatment in Amhara region, Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis is often more complex and toxic with longer treatment time and poor treatment outcomes including …
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Childhood obesity in urban Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern in many low-income urban settings; but its determinants are not clear. …
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Incidence and predictors of tuberculosis among HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral therapy at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective record review
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus. Almost one-third of …
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Determinants of occupational injuries among building construction workers in Kampala City, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Globally, about 1000 people die and close to 860,000 people sustain injury at work daily. Injury prevention and control …
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Systematic review on HIV situation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: HIV prevalence in the Addis Ababa is still higher in key and priority populations. Therefore, this systematic review was …
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Association between antenatal care follow-up and institutional delivery service utilization: analysis of 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: Globally, the magnitude of maternal mortality is the major public health problem. Nearly all (99%) of maternal deaths occur …
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Assessment of factors affecting vaccine cold chain management practice in public health institutions in east Gojam zone of Amhara region
BACKGROUND: Maintaining quality of vaccines is one of the main challenges of immunization programs in Ethiopia. The objective of this …
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Effect of integrating maternal health services and family planning services on postpartum family planning behavior in Ethiopia: results from a longitudinal survey
BACKGROUND: Very few postpartum women want to become pregnant within the next 2 years, but approximately 60% of postpartum women …
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Utilization of skilled birth attendant at birth and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last 24 months preceding the survey in Gura Dhamole Woreda, Bale zone, southeast Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Maternal morbidity and mortality continued to be major issues in many countries. Globally a total of 10.7 million women …
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Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health service utilisation: a case of antenatal care in Nigeria using a decomposition approach
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) services are critical for maternal health but Nigeria performs poorly in ANC utilisation compared to other …
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards Hepatitis B infection among nurses and midwives in two maternity hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection creates a global health burden with significant morbidity and mortality. Healthcare workers, including nurses …
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Impact of health education intervention on knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and screening for women in Ghana
BACKGROUND: The burden of cervical cancer continues to rise in developing economies. Women in the sub-Saharan African region have higher …
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Knowledge and menstrual hygiene practice among adolescent school girls in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Menstruation is a normal physiological process of females at their reproductive age. However, it is surrounded with social taboos …
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Sex difference in survival status among antiretroviral therapy users in Yirgalem general hospital, Sidama zone, south nations nationalities and peoples’ region (SNNPR), Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been shown to enhance the survival of people living with HIV worldwide. In Ethiopia, the …
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Outdoor smoking in Nigeria: prevalence, correlates and predictors
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data on smoking in outdoor-open bars in Nigeria that may translate into effective legislation …