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Revealed willingness-to-pay versus standard cost-effectiveness thresholds: Evidence from the South African HIV Investment Case
BACKGROUND: The use of cost-effectiveness thresholds based on a country's income per capita has been criticized for not being relevant …
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Evidence of superficial knowledge regarding antibiotics and their use: Results of two cross-sectional surveys in an urban informal settlement in Kenya
We assessed knowledge and practices related to antibiotic use in Kibera, an urban informal settlement in Kenya. Surveys was employed …
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Sexual homicides in South Africa: A national cross-sectional epidemiological study of adult women and children
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective national mortuary based study to identify all adult female homicides (18 years and older) and …
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Predictors of adverse drug reaction-related hospitalisation in Southwest Ethiopia: A prospective cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the healthcare system; however, there are no …
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Enhanced passive screening and diagnosis for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in north-western Uganda – Moving towards elimination
INTRODUCTION: The incidence of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) in Uganda has been declining, from 198 cases in 2008, to …
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Changing the South African national antiretroviral therapy guidelines: The role of cost modelling
BACKGROUND: We were tasked by the South African Department of Health to assess the cost implications to the largest ART …
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Awareness, treatment, and control of dyslipidemia in rural South Africa: The HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa) study
Dyslipidemia is a primary driver for chronic cardiovascular conditions and there is no comprehensive literature about its management in South …
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The importance of propolis in alleviating the negative physiological effects of heat stress in quail chicks
Heat stress is one of the most detrimental confrontations in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, causing considerable economic …
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Experiences of cervical cancer patients in rural Ghana: An exploratory study
Even though cervical cancer is quite a prevalent disease in Ghana, there is hardly any study on this disease. This …
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Awareness and utilization of community clinic services among women in rural areas in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In recent years, Bangladesh government has accomplished the ambitious project of establishing hospitals 18,000 Community Health Clinics in sub-districts …
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Neonicotinoid pesticides can reduce honeybee colony genetic diversity
Neonicotinoid insecticides can cause a variety of adverse sub-lethal effects in bees. In social species such as the honeybee, Apis …
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Continuing professional development for medical, nursing, and midwifery cadres in Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa: A qualitative evaluation
BACKGROUND: As innovations in the prevention and treatment of HIV and TB advance, continuing professional development (CPD) of health care …
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Effect of climatic variability on childhood diarrhea and its high risk periods in northwestern parts of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Increasing climate variability as a result of climate change will be one of the public health challenges to control …
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The sense of hearing in the Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas
There is an increasing concern that anthropogenic noise could have a significant impact on the marine environment, but there is …
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A prospective neurosurgical registry evaluating the clinical care of traumatic brain injury patients presenting to Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is disproportionally concentrated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with the odds of dying from …
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Exogenous dietary lysozyme improves the growth performance and gut microbiota in broiler chickens targeting the antioxidant and non-specific immunity mRNA expression
Supplementation of exogenous enzymes in chickens has been widely practiced, yet mechanisms responsible are not fully delineated. To investigate the …
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Economic burden of malaria and predictors of cost variability to rural households in south-central Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: While recognizing the recent remarkable achievement in the global malaria reduction, the disease remains a challenge to the malaria …
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Costs of facility-based HIV testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Providing HIV testing at health facilities remains the most common approach to ensuring access to HIV treatment and prevention …
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A theoretical model for Zika virus transmission
In this paper, we present and analyze an SEIR Zika epidemic model. Firstly, we investigate the model with constant controls. …
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Lactobacillus rhamnosus PB01 (DSM 14870) supplementation affects markers of sperm kinematic parameters in a diet-induced obesity mice model
Probiotics have been proposed as alternatives to pharmacological products in several medical conditions including the modulation of obesity, which is …