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Knowledge and self-care practice of leprosy patients at ALERT Hospital, Ethiopia
Abstract Background Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of public health importance and one of the leading causes of permanent …
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Tackling human and animal health threats through innovative vaccinology in Africa
Africa bears the brunt of many of the world’s most devastating human and animal infectious diseases, a good number of …
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Delivery strategies for malaria chemoprevention with monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anaemia in children aged less than 5 years old in Malawi: a protocol for a cluster randomized trial
BACKGROUND: Children initially hospitalized with severe anaemia in Africa are at high risk of readmission or death within 6 months …
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Investigation on Five Years (2010 – 2014) Food Poisonings Recorded in Bamenda and Ndop Public Hospitals, Cameroon
ABSTRACT Context. In Cameroon, food poisoning has become a public health concern. Objectives. This study aimed to provide information on …
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Body and mind: retention in antiretroviral treatment care is improved by mental health training of care providers in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has achieved a high coverage of antiretroviral treatment (ART), but maintaining lifelong care is still a great challenge. …
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Challenges to and opportunities for the adoption and routine use of early warning indicators to monitor pediatric HIV drug resistance in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Pediatric non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), loss to follow-up, and HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) are challenges to achieving UNAIDS' …
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Determinants for not utilizing trachomatous trichiasis surgery among trachomatous trichiasis patients in Mehalsayint District, North-East Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Globally, trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness. In Ethiopia, the overall Trachomatous Trichiasis (TT) surgical coverage is …
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Adherence to prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Daily iron-folic acid supplementation reduces anemia and various adverse obstetric outcomes such as preterm delivery, low birthweight, hemorrhage, and perinatal …
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Effect of DEET-multiple exposures on behavior and life history traits in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae (s.s.)
BACKGROUND: Vector-borne diseases are major public health concerns, and their control is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance in …
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Examining the Financial Feasibility of Using a New Special Health Fund to Provide Universal Coverage for a Basic Maternal and Child Health Benefit Package in Nigeria
Background: A special health fund was established in Nigeria in 2014 and is known as the Basic Health Care Provision …
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Molecular detection of Enteropathogens from diarrheic stool of HIV positive patients in Gondar, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Infectious diarrhea is a common problem in the developing world, especially among people living with HIV/AIDS. Traditional diagnostic methods …
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Development of a richer measure of health outcomes incorporating the impacts of income inequality, ethnic diversity, and ICT development on health
BACKGROUND: In the literature, measuring health outcomes usually entails examining one dependent variable using cross-sectional data. Using a combination of …
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Assessing policy-makers’, academics’ and experts’ satisfaction with the performance of the Palestinian health research system: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is a growing demand within international health agencies to ensure health research systems (HRSs) are strengthened and well-functioning …
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Analysis of induced abortion-related complications in women admitted to the Kinshasa reference general hospital: a tertiary health facility, Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: Due to a lack of relevant data on induced abortions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as …
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Risk Perceptions and Protective Behaviors Toward Bovine Tuberculosis Among Abattoir and Butcher Workers in Ethiopia
Bovine Tuberculosis (BTB) is a serious cause of economic losses and public health threat, especially in developing countries. Humans acquire …
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Adolescent deliveries in urban Cameroon: a retrospective analysis of the prevalence, 6-year trend and adverse outcomes
OBJECTIVE: Adolescent deliveries remain a public health problem in most developing countries. The aim of our study was to determine …
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Factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women attending a public health facility in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Background: Across the globe a large proportion of pregnancies have been reported as unintended. There are no available reports from …
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Vaccine uptake and immune responses to HBV infection amongst vaccinated and non-vaccinated healthcare workers, household and sexual contacts to chronically infected HBV individuals in the South West Region of Cameroon
BACKGROUND: HBV infection affects about 257 million people globally and Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden. The disease still constitutes …
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Male and undernourished children were at high risk of anemia in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Anemia is one of the global public health problems affecting more than one-third of the world population. It has been …
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Incidence and predictors of chronic kidney diseases among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at St. Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate the incidence of chronic kidney disease and its predictors among newly diagnosed type 2 …