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Women’s intention to screen and willingness to vaccinate their daughters against cervical cancer – a cross sectional study in eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends cervical cancer screening and vaccination programmes as measures to combat cervical cancer. The uptake …
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Perceptions of community-based field workers on the effect of a longitudinal biomedical research project on their sustainable livelihoods
BACKGROUND: Researchers involved in biomedical community-based projects rarely seek the perspectives of community fieldworkers, who are the 'foot soldiers' in …
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Mathematical analysis of a lymphatic filariasis model with quarantine and treatment
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis is a globally neglected tropical parasitic disease which affects individuals of all ages and leads to an …
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Exploring community participation in project design: application of the community conversation approach to improve maternal and newborn health in Zambia
BACKGROUND: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has adopted an approach entitled Community Conversation (CC) to improve community engagement in …
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Temporal distribution of gastroenteritis viruses in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: seasonality of rotavirus
BACKGROUND: Acute gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases among children and adults, and continues to cause a major …
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A household survey of medicine storage practices in Gondar town, northwestern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Household surveys are crucial to get accurate information on how medicines are acquired, and used by consumers, as they …
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Social support and intimate partner violence during pregnancy among women attending antenatal care in Moshi Municipality, Northern Tanzania
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem with negative health consequences for women and their pregnancies. While …
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HIV prevalence and uptake of HIV/AIDS services among youths (15–24 Years) in fishing and neighboring communities of Kasensero, Rakai District, South Western Uganda
BACKGROUND: Although fishing communities have a significantly higher HIV prevalence than the general population, there is paucity of data on …
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Determination of the predictive factors of long-lasting insecticide-treated net ownership and utilisation in the Bamenda Health District of Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a serious health concern in Africa. In Cameroon, an endemic country where malaria remains a major public …
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The prevalence and factors associated for anti-tuberculosis treatment non-adherence among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in public health care facilities in South Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Evidence exists pointing out how non-adherence to treatment remains a major hurdle to efficient tuberculosis control in developing countries. …
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Incomplete childhood immunization in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of individual and contextual factors
BACKGROUND: Under-five mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa despite global decline. One quarter of these deaths are preventable through interventions …
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Taking multi-morbidity into account when attributing DALYs to risk factors: comparing dynamic modeling with the GBD2010 calculation method
BACKGROUND: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) quantify the loss of healthy years of life due to dying prematurely and due …
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Perceived quality of life among Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV coinfected migrant male-workers in Northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is paucity of data on quality of life as a dimension of treatment outcome among Visceral Leishmaniasis and …
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Contextual variations in costs for a community health strategy implemented in rural, peri-urban and nomadic sites in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Many low and middle income countries have developed community health strategies involving lay health workers, to complement and strengthen …
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Policy perspectives on post pandemic influenza vaccination in Ghana and Malawi
BACKGROUND: In the late 1990s, in the context of renewed concerns of an influenza pandemic, countries such as Ghana and …
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Vertical HIV transmission in perinatally-exposed infants in South-Rift region of Kenya: a retrospective cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Despite proven efficacy of the prevention mother-to-child transmission of HIV strategy, its adoption in Africa has remained slow. In …
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Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of a task-shifting strategy for hypertension control in Ghana: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to explore stakeholders' perception of an on-going evidence-based task-shifting strategy for hypertension (TASSH) …
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Prevalence of syphilis among female sex workers and their clients in Togo in 2011
BACKGROUND: During the last ten years, a resurgence of syphilis has occurred in many countries worldwide, including Togo. Previous studies …
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Participatory science and innovation for improved sanitation and hygiene: process and outcome evaluation of project SHINE, a school-based intervention in Rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Diarrheal disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in low and middle income countries with children being …
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Community unit performance: factors associated with childhood diarrhea and appropriate treatment in Nyanza Province, Kenya
BACKGROUND: The government of Kenya launched its community health strategy in 2006 to improve certain aspects of its community health …