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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 …
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The cost of influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits in Kenya
BACKGROUND: We estimated the cost-per-episode and the annual economic burden associated with influenza in Kenya. METHODS: From July 2013-August 2014, …
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Association between school-level attributes and weight status of Ghanaian primary school children
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the impact of the school environmental context on the emerging trend of childhood obesity in …
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Building laboratory capacity to detect and characterize pathogens of public and global health security concern in Kenya
Since 1979, multiple CDC Kenya programs have supported the development of diagnostic expertise and laboratory capacity in Kenya. In 2004, …
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The knowledge-risk-behaviour continuum among young Ugandans: what it tells us about SRH/HIV integration
BACKGROUND: With a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence of 2.1% among 15-24 year olds, opportunities for further integration of sexual …
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Risk factors associated with malaria outbreak in Laelay Adyabo district northern Ethiopia, 2017: case-control study design
BACKGROUND: Globally in 2015 about 214 million malaria cases and 438,000 deaths were reported with 75% were from Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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The prevalence of malnutrition and growth percentiles for urban South African children
BACKGROUND: Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are experiencing a double-burden of malnutrition characterised by high prevalence of both under- and …
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An educational intervention to promote appropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections in a district in Egypt- pilot study
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic overuse is the most important modifiable factor contributing to antibiotic resistance. We conducted an educational campaign in Minya, …