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Community health worker knowledge and management of pre-eclampsia in southern Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Mozambique has drastically improved an array of health indicators in recent years, including maternal mortality rates which decreased 63 …
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World Rabies Day – a decade of raising awareness
World Rabies Day was set up in 2007 to raise global awareness about rabies, to provide information on how to …
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Hypertension and Obesity in Dakar, Senegal
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is a major public health problem in many sub-Saharan African countries, but data on the main cardiovascular …
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Act local, think global: how the Malawi experience of scaling up antiretroviral treatment has informed global policy
The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi was based on a public health approach adapted to its resource-poor setting, …
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Impact of the Mass Drug Administration for malaria in response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: As emergency response to the Ebola epidemic, the Government of Sierra Leone and its partners implemented a large-scale Mass …
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Experiences and perspectives of community health workers from implementing treatment for schistosomiasis using the community directed intervention strategy in an informal settlement in Kisumu City, western Kenya
BACKGROUND: The Community Directed Intervention (CDI) strategy has been used to conduct various health interventions in Africa, including control of …
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Economic burden of malaria on businesses in Ghana: a case for private sector investment in malaria control
BACKGROUND: Despite the significant gains made globally in reducing the burden of malaria, the disease remains a major public health …
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Discovery of Novel Viruses in Mosquitoes from the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique
Mosquitoes carry a wide variety of viruses that can cause vector-borne infectious diseases and affect both human and veterinary public …
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Climate Change Influences Potential Distribution of Infected Aedes aegypti Co-Occurrence with Dengue Epidemics Risk Areas in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Dengue is the second most important vector-borne disease of humans globally after malaria. Incidence of dengue infections has dramatically …
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Stigmatized by association: challenges for abortion service providers in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Unsafe abortion is an issue of public health concern and contributes significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality globally. Abortion …
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eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
BACKGROUND: Electronic health registries - eRegistries - can systematically collect relevant information at the point of care for reproductive, maternal, …
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Multiple insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus in southern Ghana: implications for malaria control
BACKGROUND: Understanding the dynamics of insecticide resistance in African malaria vectors is crucial for successful implementation of resistance management strategies …
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Cannabidiol rather than Cannabis sativa extracts inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in cervical cancer cells
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer remains a global health related issue among females of Sub-Saharan Africa, with over half a million new …
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Schistosomiasis vaccines: where do we stand?
Schistosomiasis, caused mainly by S. mansoni, S. haematobium and S. japonicum, continues to be a serious tropical disease and public …
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Factors influencing motivation and job satisfaction among supervisors of community health workers in marginalized communities in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Management and supervision of community health workers are factors that are critical to the success of community health worker …
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More than scales and tape measures needed to address obesity in South Africa
Obesity is an emerging public health problem worldwide increasing from 857 million in 1980 to 2.1 billion by 2013. A …
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Novel global health fellowship model for anesthesia, obstetrics & gynecology and surgery
system, therefore could not complete the project. This project helps to re-discover confidence, talent, respect, and responsibility, which contribute to …
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Seeking to make global health an integral part of the medical school training: an initiative of the Medical Students’ Association of Kenya
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Prévalence des Infections à Herpes Simplex Virus 1 et 2 chez les Personnes Vivant avec le VIH à Yaoundé : une Étude Sérologique
Introduction: Le syndrome de l’immunodeficience acquise (SIDA) est la manifestation clinique de l’infection par le virus de l’immunodeficience humaine (VIH), …
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The effects of short post-delivery hospital stay on infant health outcomes at a small urban maternal and child health hospital in Kumasi, Ghana
Background: Decreasing infant mortality was a key aim of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4. While many regions worldwide made substantial …