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Factors influencing willingness and ability to pay for social health insurance in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Many low and middle-income countries are increasingly cognisant of the need to offer financial protection to its citizens through …
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Glycemic control among diabetic patients in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
INTRODUCTION: Ethiopia recorded the highest numbers of people with diabetes in Africa. It is not uncommon for diabetic patients to …
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Ceftriaxone use in a tertiary care hospital in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: A need for a hospital antibiotic stewardship programme
Excessive use of antibiotics, especially watch group antibiotics such as ceftriaxone leads to emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …
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Determinants of postnatal care utilization in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Globally, 289,000 women die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth, or the postnatal period every year. Two-thirds of all …
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Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys
INTRODUCTION: Approximately 14 million unintended pregnancies are recorded annually in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We sought to investigate the prevalence and …
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A novel nested polymerase chain reaction targeting the testis-specific protein Y-encoded family of genes for high sensitivity of recent semen exposure detection: Comparison with four other assays of semen detection
OBJECTIVES: Because self-report of sexual behaviours is prone to biases, biomarkers of recent semen exposure are increasingly used to assess …
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Blood lead level in infants and subsequent risk of malaria: A prospective cohort study in Benin, Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead and malaria both present significant health risks to children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previous studies have shown that high blood …
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Model-based prediction of CD4 cells counts in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Northwest Ethiopia: A flexible mixed effects approach
BACKGROUND: CD4 cell counts is widely used as a biomarker for treatment progression when studying the efficacy of drugs to …
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Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Sbi paralogs inhibit complement and bind IgM, IgG Fc and Fab
The success of staphylococci as pathogens has been attributed, in part, to their ability to evade their hosts' immune systems. …
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Sequence and immunologic conservation of Anaplasma marginale OmpA within strains from Ghana as compared to the predominant OmpA variant
A primary challenge in developing effective vaccines against obligate, intracellular, bacterial tick-borne pathogens that establish persistent infection is the identification …
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Effects of altitude on chronotype orientations in relation to cardiorespiratory and hematological quantities of college students in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The mechanism by which Ethiopians adapt to altitude is quite unique compared to other Highlanders with respect to increased …
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Prevalence, epidemiology and molecular studies of Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) in South Africa
Criniviruses accumulate in the phloem tissue and damage crops by reducing chlorophyll which is essential for plant growth and development. …
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Characterizing injury at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya
INTRODUCTION: Injury accounts for more than 5.8 million deaths globally with an increasing burden in the developing world. In Kenya, …
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Time to optimal glycaemic control and prognostic factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in public teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
AIM: To estimate time to first optimal glycaemic control and identify prognostic factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients …
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Lessons for conservation management: Monitoring temporal changes in genetic diversity of Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra)
The Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) is a subspecies of mountain zebra endemic to South Africa. The Cape mountain …
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Piloting a smartphone-based application for tracking and supply chain management of medicines in Africa
A confounding factor for healthcare programmes in African countries is the inability of essential health tools to reach targeted locations …
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Geographical variation in the association of child, maternal and household health interventions with under-five mortality in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Over the past 15 years, scaling up of cost effective interventions resulted in a remarkable decline of under-five mortality …
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Influenza-associated pneumonia hospitalizations in Uganda, 2013-2016
BACKGROUND: Influenza is an important contributor to acute respiratory illness, including pneumonia, and results in substantial morbidity and mortality globally. …
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Meeting the demand of women affected by ongoing crisis: Increasing contraceptive prevalence in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
CONTEXT: Over 20 years of conflict in the DRC, North and South Kivu have experienced cycles of stability and conflict, …
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Design of bile-based vesicles (BBVs) for hepatocytes specific delivery of Daclatasvir: Comparison of ex-vivo transenterocytic transport, in-vitro protein adsorption resistance and HepG2 cellular uptake of charged and β-sitosterol decorated vesicles
Daclatasvir is a new direct acting antiviral used in treatment of Hepatitis C virus, in an attempt to increase its …