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HIV/AIDS Competent Households: Interaction between a Health-Enabling Environment and Community-Based Treatment Adherence Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
In the context of severe human resource shortages in HIV care, task-shifting and especially community-based support are increasingly being cited …
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Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as potential agents in promoting male involvement in maternity preparedness: insights from a rural community in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, male involvement in reproductive health issues has been advocated as …
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Assessment of the usage and effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets on the indicators of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal care in the Buea Health District, Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy is an immense public health problem with at least 50 million pregnant women living in malaria …
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Pursuing equity in cancer care: implementation, challenges and preliminary findings of a public cancer referral center in rural Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Cancer services are inaccessible in many low-income countries, and few published examples describe oncology programs within the public sector. …
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Implications for the Provision of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Results of a Systematic Literature Review
BACKGROUND: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a critical HIV prevention tool. Since 2007, sub-Saharan African countries with the highest …
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Hazardous alcohol use and associated factors in a rural Ethiopian district: a cross-sectional community survey
BACKGROUND: Alcohol related health and social problems are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. This survey reports the prevalence and …
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Determinants of delay in malaria care-seeking behaviour for children 15 years and under in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years of age in Equatorial Guinea. …
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Barriers and facilitators associated with HIV testing uptake in South African health facilities offering HIV Counselling and Testing
Background: The scale-up of HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) in South Africa to 4500 public health facilities and the service's …
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NEWS for Africa: adaptation and reliability of a built environment questionnaire for physical activity in seven African countries
BACKGROUND: Built environment and policy interventions are effective strategies for controlling the growing worldwide deaths from physical inactivity-related non-communicable diseases. …
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Outbreak definition by change point analysis: a tool for public health decision?
BACKGROUND: Most studies of epidemic detection focus on their start and rarely on the whole signal or the end of …
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Performance of the GeneXpert Ebola Assay for Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone: A Field Evaluation Study
BACKGROUND: Throughout the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa, field laboratory testing for EVD has relied on complex, …
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Risk of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in People with Different Exposures to Wastewater and Fecal Sludge in Kampala, Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
BACKGROUND: There are health risks associated with wastewater and fecal sludge management and use, but little is known about the …
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Presence of three dengue serotypes in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso): research and public health implications
BACKGROUND: The significant malaria burden in Africa has often eclipsed other febrile illnesses. Burkina Faso's first dengue epidemic occurred in …
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The Methanol Poisoning Outbreaks in Libya 2013 and Kenya 2014
BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of methanol poisoning occur frequently on a global basis, affecting poor and vulnerable populations. Knowledge regarding methanol is …
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Health workers’ compliance to rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide malaria treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends malaria to be confirmed by either microscopy or a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) before …
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Meta-analysis of gene–environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error
Myopia is the most common human eye disorder and it results from complex genetic and environmental causes. The rapidly increasing …
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Development of a tool to measure women’s perception of respectful maternity care in public health facilities
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality continues to be the biggest challenge facing Ethiopia and other developing countries. Although progress has been made …
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Eliminating the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Translational Science and New Technologies
Today, the World Health Organization recognizes 17 major parasitic and related infections as the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite recent …
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Assessment of medical waste management in seven hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Medical waste (MW) can be generated in hospitals, clinics and places where diagnosis and treatment are conducted. The management …
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Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis
BACKGROUND: The integration of maternal mental health into primary health care has been advocated to reduce the mental health treatment …