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Antibiotic prescription practices among prescribers for children under five at public health centers III and IV in Mbarara district

INTRODUCTION: Rational use of medicines requires that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical needs. Irrational prescription of antibiotics has …

2020 Open Access

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New Putative Antimicrobial Candidates: In silico Design of Fish-Derived Antibacterial Peptide-Motifs

Antimicrobial resistance remains a great threat to global health. In response to the World Health Organizations’ global call for action, …

2020 Open Access

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Estimating malaria incidence from routine health facility-based surveillance data in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Accurate measures of malaria incidence are essential to track progress and target high-risk populations. While health management information system …

2020 Open Access

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Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence against mothers of children under-five years in Central Malawi

BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global human rights violation and a public health problem. The phenomenon …

2020 Open Access

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Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan

Dengue is a rapidly growing public health threat in Kassala state, eastern Sudan. The objective of this study was to …

2020 Open Access

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Institutional delivery services utilization and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last year in Mandura district, Northwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: The risk of death from complications relating to pregnancy and childbirth for women's lifetime is higher in developing countries. …

2020 Open Access

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Child dietary diversity and food (in)security as a potential correlate of child anthropometric indices in the context of urban food system in the cases of north-central Ethiopia

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation of child dietary diversity and household food insecurity along with other socio-demographic with child anthropometric …

2020 Open Access

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The prevalence and correlates of the double burden of malnutrition among women in Ghana

Anaemia and underweight or overweight/obesity are major public health problems driving maternal and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries. …

2020 Open Access

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The prevalence of scabies in Monrovia, Liberia: A population-based survey

Scabies is known to be a public health problem in many settings but the majority of recent data is from …

2020 Open Access

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Spatial distribution and associated factors of underweight in Ethiopia: An analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey, 2016

BACKGROUND: Underweight is one form of indicators of under-nutrition, which results from the poor nutrient intake and underlying health problems. …

2020 Open Access

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A framework for implementation of community-orientated primary care in the Metro Health Services, Cape Town, South Africa

In South Africa, the national policy on re-engineering primary health care (PHC) supports the implementation of ward-based outreach teams with …

2020 Open Access

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Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar

Human activities can increase or decrease risks of acquiring a zoonotic disease, notably by affecting the composition and abundance of …

2020 Open Access

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Community cervical cancer screening: Barriers to successful home-based HPV self-sampling in Dabat district, North Gondar, Ethiopia. A qualitative study

OBJECTIVE: To explore the barriers to successful home-based human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling in North Gondar, Ethiopia. METHODS: The study participants …

2020 Open Access

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Perceived stigma among patient with pulmonary tuberculosis at public health facilities in southwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: Although tuberculosis (TB) related stigma has a significant impact on the diagnosis, patient adherence with treatment, and recovery from …

2020 Open Access

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Barriers and facilitators of implementation of a community cardiovascular disease prevention programme in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

BACKGROUND: In low- and middle-income countries, there is an increasing attention towards community approaches to deal with the growing burden …

2020 Open Access

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Barriers to accessing healthcare among women in Ghana: a multilevel modelling

BACKGROUND: Women's health remains a global public health concern, as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals. This study, therefore, sought …

2020 Open Access

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Drivers of desire for more children among childbearing women in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for fertility control

BACKGROUND: Despite the extensive research on fertility desires among women the world over, there is a relative dearth of literature …

2020 Open Access

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Prevalence and determinants of the place of delivery among reproductive age women in sub–Saharan Africa

INTRODUCTION: Maternal mortality is an issue of global public health concern with over 300,000 women dying globally each year. In …

2020 Open Access

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Prevalence of hypertension and its determinants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a major public health problem globally and it is a leading cause of death and disability in …

2020 Open Access

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Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: risk factors and trends

BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a public health problem that disproportionately affects low and lower-middle income countries (LMICs). Appropriate data sources …

2020 Open Access