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Socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with malaria hotspots in the Nanoro demographic surveillance area, Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: With limited resources and spatio-temporal heterogeneity of malaria in developing countries, it is still difficult to assess the real …
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Health care waste management among health workers and associated factors in primary health care facilities in Kampala City, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Healthcare wastes (HCWs) are one of the most hazardous wastes globally; second to only radiation waste. HCW management needs …
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Prevalence and risk factors of anemia in children aged from 6 to 59 months in Togo: analysis from Togo demographic and health survey data, 2013–2014
BACKGROUND: Anemia in children continues to be a major public health challenge in developing countries and particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Correction to: The prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and associated risk factors among school-going adolescents in seven African countries
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Risk factors of hepatitis B virus surface antigen carriage and serological profile of HBsAg carriers in Lomé Togo, 2016
BACKGROUND: In Togo, the prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen (HBsAg) among young people aged 15-24 years was estimated …
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Non-compliance and associated factors against smoke-free legislation among health care staffs in governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an observational cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In 2014, the Ethiopian government passed a new smoking legislation that banned smoking in public and workplaces including health …
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Early linear growth retardation: results of a prospective study of Zambian infants
BACKGROUND: Linear growth retardation is the most dominant nutritional problem globally. We aimed to describe linear growth trajectory among infants …
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Incidence rate of sexually transmitted infections among HIV infected patients on long-term ART in an urban and a rural clinic in Uganda
BACKGROUND: HIV immunosuppression increases susceptibility to other STIs and STIs can enhance HIV transmission, reduce CD4 cell count and increase …
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A new look at population health through the lenses of cognitive, functional and social disability clustering in eastern DR Congo: a community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The importance of viewing health from a broader perspective than the mere presence or absence of disease is critical …
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Pit latrine fill-up rates: variation determinants and public health implications in informal settlements, Nakuru-Kenya
BACKGROUND: Pit latrine operational management and sludge accumulation rate, presents a challenging sanitation problem in low-income urban settlements. However, these …
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men: results of the first integrated biological and behavioral survey in Burkina Faso, West Africa
BACKGROUND: Many men who have sex with men (MSM) are at significant risk for HIV infection. The objective of this …
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Environmental health practitioners potentially play a key role in helping communities adapt to climate change
BACKGROUND: Vulnerable population groups in South Africa, especially those living in poverty, young children, women, the elderly and people with …
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Screening and testing for tuberculosis among the HIV-infected: outcomes from a large HIV programme in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). TB is also the leading opportunistic infection …
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“They say that I have lost my integrity by breaking my virginity”: experiences of teen school going mothers in two schools in Lusaka Zambia
BACKGROUND: Adolescent school-going mothers return to school in the rekindled hope of obtaining an education. However, their re-introduction into the …
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Cigarette smoking and reasons for leaving school among school dropouts in South Africa
BACKGROUND: School dropouts are at heightened risk of tobacco use compared to in-school learners. School dropouts are described as those …
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Women’s knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) relating to breast and cervical cancers in rural Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study in Mudzi District, Mashonaland East Province
BACKGROUND: Breast and cervical cancers constitute the most common cancers among women in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, cervical cancer accounts …
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A cross-sectional study to estimate the point prevalence of painful diabetic neuropathy in Eastern Libya
BACKGROUND: Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) is a complication that affects up to one third of people living with diabetes. There …
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Sociodemographic correlates of depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional analytic study among healthy urban Ghanaian women
BACKGROUND: Studies on healthy individuals that show minor signs of distress and depression-but that are not significant enough to be …
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Human trafficking among Ethiopian returnees: its magnitude and risk factors
BACKGROUND: Human trafficking was affecting a number of individuals in Ethiopia that resulted in various health problems and human right …
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HIV self-testing as part of a differentiated HIV testing approach: exploring urban and rural adult experiences from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using a cross-over study design
BACKGROUND: Suboptimal HIV testing rates through available testing approaches such as HIV counselling and testing have directed research efforts toward …