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Spatiotemporal patterns of anemia among lactating mothers in Ethiopia using data from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys (2005, 2011 and 2016)
INTRODUCTION: Maternal anemia is a worldwide public health problem especially in developing countries including Ethiopia. The burden of anemia among …
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Propranolol, chlorpromazine and diclofenac restore susceptibility of extensively drug-resistant (XDR)-Acinetobacter baumannii to fluoroquinolones
Nosocomial infections caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) or Pan-Drug resistant (PDR) Acinetobacter (A.) baumannii have recently increased dramatically creating a …
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Malaria preventive practices and delivery outcomes: A cross-sectional study of parturient women in a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Uganda ranks third in the number of deaths attributable to malaria and has some of the highest recorded malaria …
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Mortality trends and causes of death among HIV positive patients at Newlands Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: We report trends in mortality patterns and causes among HIV positive patients, who initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART), at an …
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Combining physicochemical properties and microbiome data to evaluate the water quality of South African drinking water production plants
Anthropogenic activities in catchments used for drinking water production largely contaminates source waters, and this may impact the quality of …
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Garcinia kola (Heckel) and Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll. Arg. from Cameroon possess potential antisalmonellal and antioxidant properties
Drug resistant Salmonella species and shortcomings related to current drugs stress the urgent need to search for new antimicrobial agents …
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Hypoglycemia prevention practice and its associated factors among diabetes patients at university teaching hospital in Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Hypoglycemia is a true medical emergency, which needs prompt recognition and treatment to prevent organ damage and mortality. Knowledge …
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Psychometric properties of the adapted measles vaccine hesitancy scale in Sudan
BACKGROUND: There is a need for reliable and validated tools to identify, classify, and quantify vaccine-hesitancy in low and middle-income …
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High burden of depression among cancer patients on chemotherapy in University of Gondar comprehensive hospital and Felege Hiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION: Cancer, the most stressful event a person may experience often triggers depression. Depression among these groups of people, in …
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Determinants of enrollment in community based health insurance among Households in Tach-Armachiho Woreda, North Gondar, Ethiopia, 2019
BACKGROUND: Recently in Ethiopia, there is an increasing movement to implement community based health insurance scheme as integral part of …
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Biopsychosocial risk factors and knowledge of cervical cancer among young women: A case study from Kenya to inform HPV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the second most common female reproductive cancer after breast cancer with 84% of the cases in …
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Model-based cost-effectiveness estimates of testing strategies for diagnosing hepatitis C virus infection in Central and Western Africa
BACKGROUND: Whereas 72% of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected people worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), only 6% of …
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Community-based surveillance advances the Global Health Security Agenda in Ghana
Ghana Health Service (GHS) has strengthened community-based surveillance (CBS) to facilitate early detection and rapid reporting of health events of …
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Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel’s assessment and priority recommendations
INTRODUCTION: Unhealthy food environments drive the increase of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine healthy food environment …
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Evaluation of drug therapy problems, medication adherence and treatment satisfaction among heart failure patients on follow-up at a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Drug therapy problems (DTPs) are major concerns of healthcare and have been identified to contribute to negative clinical outcomes. …
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“At home, no one knows”: A qualitative study of retention challenges among women living with HIV in Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Despite the broad success of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs, HIV care engagement during the pregnancy …
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Health related quality of life of people receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in Southwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is a standard of HIV management to suppress viral load and delay progression to …
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Assessment of knowledge and quality of essential newborn care practices in La Dade Kotopon Municipality, Ghana
Majority of neonatal deaths in developing countries have been associated with inappropriate or poorly practiced newborn care, specifically safe cord …
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Leaf identification using radial basis function neural networks and SSA based support vector machine
In this research, an efficient scheme to identify leaf types is proposed. In that scheme, the leaf boundary points are …
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Relationship between weather conditions and the physicochemical characteristics of cladodes and mucilage from two cactus pear species
Climate change, limited water resources and expected population increases would require crops which contribute toward more resilient, more productive, more …