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Target women: Equity in access to mHealth technology in a non-communicable disease care intervention in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) constitute 40 million deaths annually. Eighty-percent of these deaths occur in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. MHealth …
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Orthogonal projection to latent structures and first derivative for manipulation of PLSR and SVR chemometric models' prediction: A case study
Novel manipulations of the well-established multivariate calibration models namely; partial least square regression (PLSR) and support vector regression (SVR) are …
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Patient factors affecting successful linkage to treatment in a cervical cancer prevention program in Kenya: A prospective cohort study
OBJECTIVE: To identify patient factors associated with whether women who screened positive for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) successfully accessed treatment …
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Spatial distribution of breast cancer in Sudan 2010-2016
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among females worldwide including Sudan. The aim of this study was to …
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Genetic variability and consequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 3 in Kampala-Uganda
BACKGROUND: Limited data existed exclusively describing Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 3 (MTB-L3), sub-lineages, and clinical manifestations in Kampala, Uganda. This study …
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The effect of tobacco expenditure on expenditure shares in South African households: A genetic matching approach
This paper examines whether tobacco expenditure leads to the crowding out or crowding in of different expenditure items in South …
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Tipping the balance towards long-term retention in the HIV care cascade: A mixed methods study in southern Mozambique
BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality HIV control programs is crucial for the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and to …
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Comparison of community-based HIV counselling and testing (CBCT) through index client tracing and other modalities: Outcomes in 13 South African high HIV prevalence districts by gender and age
BACKGROUND: To increase HIV case finding in a Community-based HIV counselling and testing (CBCT) programme, an index client tracing modality …
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Identification of candidate flowering and sex genes in white Guinea yam (D. rotundata Poir.) by SuperSAGE transcriptome profiling
Dioecy (distinct male and female individuals) and scarce to non-flowering are common features of cultivated yam (Dioscorea spp.). However, the …
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The rapid scale up of medical education in Ethiopia: Medical student experiences and the role of e-learning at Addis Ababa University
BACKGROUND: In response to a physician shortage in Ethiopia, the number of medical students admitted to public universities was rapidly …
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A ten-year review of ESBL and non-ESBL Escherichia coli bloodstream infections among children at a tertiary referral hospital in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: There are few studies describing Escherichia coli (E. coli) bloodstream infection (BSI) among children in Africa, yet E.coli is …
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Strategies to strengthen the provision of mental health care at the primary care setting: An Evidence Map
In a deinstitutionalised mental health care system, those with mental illness require complex, multidisciplinary and intersectoral care at the primary …
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Clinico-pathological discrepancies in the diagnosis of causes of death in adults in Mozambique: A retrospective observational study
BACKGROUND: Clinico-pathological discrepancies are more frequent in settings in which limited diagnostic techniques are available, but there is little information …
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Addis Ababa population-based pattern of cancer therapy, Ethiopia
Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming an important challenge for health services due to rising numbers of patients. In Addis …
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Levels of serum eosinophil cationic protein are associated with hookworm infection and intensity in endemic communities in Ghana
BACKGROUND: The eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a cytotoxic protein mainly secreted by eosinophils granulocytes and plays a role in …
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Decrypting the environmental sources of Mycobacterium canettii by high-throughput biochemical profiling
Mycobacterium canettii is a smooth bacillus related to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It causes lymph nodes and pulmonary tuberculosis in …
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Anxiety and depression relationship with coronary slow flow
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric disorders (depression / anxiety) are linked to coronary artery disease (CAD). Coronary slow flow (CSF) is a relatively …
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“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi
Malawi's Option B+ program is based on a 'test and treat' strategy that places all HIV-positive pregnant and lactating women …
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Phylogeography of the dugong (Dugong dugon) based on historical samples identifies vulnerable Indian Ocean populations
We investigated the phylogeography of the dugong (Dugong dugon) across its original range using museum material from 14 natural history …
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Prevalence of anemia in diabetic adult outpatients in Northeast Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Anemia is a common finding in patients with diabetes, even in the absence of kidney disease and is a …