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Poor nutrition for under-five children from poor households in Ethiopia: Evidence from 2016 Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia is commonly affected by drought and famine, and this has taken quite a toll on citizens of the …
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Trust, and distrust, of Ebola Treatment Centers: A case-study from Sierra Leone
The paper considers local responses to the introduction of an Ebola Treatment Centre in eastern Sierra Leone during the West …
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Intrauterine growth patterns in rural Ethiopia compared with WHO and INTERGROWTH-21st growth standards: A community-based longitudinal study
INTRODUCTION: Children's well-being is highly influenced by their fetal growth. Adequate intrauterine growth (IUG) is a basic feature of a …
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Barriers to chronic Hepatitis B treatment and care in Ghana: A qualitative study with people with Hepatitis B and healthcare providers
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection remains an important public health concern particularly in Africa. Between 1990 and 2013, Hepatitis …
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Community perception of abortion, women who abort and abortifacients in Kisumu and Nairobi counties, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Abortion draws varied emotions based on individual and societal beliefs. Often, women known to have sought or those seeking …
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Birth asphyxia and its associated factors among newborns in public hospital, northeast Amhara, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Birth asphyxia is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality in developing nations, such as Ethiopia. Though Ethiopia …
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Spatial patterns of tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the leading causes of infectious-disease-related deaths in Ethiopia, but little is …
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“My mother in-law forced my husband to divorce me”: Experiences of women with infertility in Zamfara State of Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: Women with infertility have different experiences that determine the quality of their psychosocial health. Cultural constructions of infertility in …
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Food from faeces: Evaluating the efficacy of scat DNA metabarcoding in dietary analyses
Scat DNA metabarcoding is increasingly being used to track the feeding ecology of elusive wildlife species. This approach has greatly …
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Genome-wide association study of drought tolerance and biomass allocation in wheat
Genome wide association studies (GWAS) are important in discerning the genetic architecture of complex traits such as biomass allocation for …
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Agriculture development and CO2 emissions nexus in Saudi Arabia
The agriculture sector may help to improve the environment of any country. The purpose of this research is to test …
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Maternal employment and child nutritional status in Uganda
Nearly half of all deaths among children under five (U5) years in low- and middle-income countries are a result of …
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Assessment of knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among reproductive age women in Akatsi South district of Volta region of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the primary cause of cancer death among women globally, responsible for about 425,000 deaths in 2010. …
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Can visual interpretation of NucliSens graphs reduce the need for repeat viral load testing?
BACKGROUND: In Zimbabwe, viral load (VL) testing for people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy is performed at the National …
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Correction: Combining biophysical parameters, spectral indices and multivariate hyperspectral models for estimating yield and water productivity of spring wheat across different agronomic practices
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212294.].
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Health impact of hepatic-venous-occlusive disease in a small town in Ethiopia—Case study from Tahtay koraro district in Tigray region, 2017
BACKGROUND: Hepatic venous-occlusive disease is blockage of microscopic veins in the liver causing 20-50% mortality. Ingestion of pyrrolizidine alkaloid plant, …
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Changes over time in creatinine clearance and comparison of emergent adverse events for HIV-positive adults receiving standard doses (300 mg/day) of lamivudine-containing antiretroviral therapy with baseline creatinine clearance of 30–49 vs ≥50 mL/min
A retrospective analysis of the randomized controlled DART (Development of AntiRetroviral Therapy in Africa; ISRCTN13968779) trial in HIV-1-positive adults initiating …
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Transgenerational deep sequencing revealed hypermethylation of hippocampal mGluR1 gene with altered mRNA expression of mGluR5 and mGluR3 associated with behavioral changes in Sprague Dawley rats with history of prolonged febrile seizure
The impact of febrile seizure has been shown to transcend immediate generation with the alteration of glutamatergic pathway being implicated. …
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Tuberculosis treatment outcome: The case of women in Ethiopia and China, ten-years retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Every year tuberculosis kills above half million women all over the world. Nonetheless, the factor affecting TB treatment outcome …
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Persistence of traditional and emergence of new structural drivers and factors for the HIV epidemic in rural Uganda; A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: In Uganda, the HIV epidemic is now mature and generalized. Recently, there have been reports of resurgence in the …