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The prescription pattern and awareness about antibiotic prophylaxis and resistance among a group of Egyptian pediatric and general dentists: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: The use of antibiotics in dentistry as prophylaxis and treatment is frequent. Their misuse has led to a major …
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Modelling the impact of prevention strategies on cervical cancer incidence in South Africa
In 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health concern. In …
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Why don’t illiterate women in rural, Northern Tanzania, access maternal healthcare?
BACKGROUND: In 2017, roughly 540 women in Sub-Saharan Africa died every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. …
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Convergence in public health expenditure across the Sub-Saharan African countries: does club convergence matter?
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries that currently face enormous healthcare challenges have implemented national health policies focusing on regional or …
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Geographic variation and associated factors of long-acting contraceptive use among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a multi-level and spatial analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 data
BACKGROUND: High fertility rates and unintended pregnancies are public health concerns of lower and middle income countries such as Ethiopia. …
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Impact of surgery on quality of life of Ugandan women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a significant public health issue that negatively affects the Quality of Life (QOL) of …
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Tracking progress in anthropometric failure among under-five children in Ethiopia: a geospatial and multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: Undernutrition is a major public health concern among under-five children in many developing countries. This work evaluated the overall …
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Individual and community-level predictors of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a multilevel logistic regression analysis
BACKGROUND: Prenatal alcohol consumption is a serious public health concern that is considered as one of the preventable risk factors …
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Opening the ‘black box’ of collaborative improvement: a qualitative evaluation of a pilot intervention to improve quality of malaria surveillance data in public health centres in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Demand for high-quality surveillance data for malaria, and other diseases, is greater than ever before. In Uganda, the primary …
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Impact of vitamin D status and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide on adults with active pulmonary TB globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains a global threat and a public health problem that has eluded attempts to eradicate it. Low vitamin …
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Predictors of congenital anomalies among newborns in Arsi zone public hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia: a case-control study
BACKGROUND: Congenital anomaly is a partial or complete structural and/or functional defect during intrauterine life. Globally, major congenital anomalies account …
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Drug use pattern using WHO core drug use indicators in public health centers of Dessie, North-East Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Rational drug use requires that patients receive and take medication appropriately. Though the process of diagnosis and pharmaceutical care …
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Human papillomavirus self-sampling versus standard clinician-sampling for cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Abstract Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection remains a major health threat in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). HPV self-sampling could help find …
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Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing documentation of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors against public health insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a …
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Modeling spatial determinates of teenage pregnancy in Ethiopia; geographically weighted regression
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, 20,000 under 18 children give birth every day. In Ethiopia, teenage pregnancy is high with Afar …
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A systematic review of the effectiveness of non- health facility based care delivery of antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa measured by viral suppression, mortality and retention on ART
BACKGROUND: Alternative models for sustainable antiretroviral treatment (ART) delivery are necessary to meet the increasing demand to maintain population-wide ART …
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Tanzanian primary healthcare workers’ experiences of antibiotic prescription and understanding of antibiotic resistance in common childhood infections: a qualitative phenomenographic study
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is a threat to global child health. Primary healthcare workers play a key role in antibiotic stewardship …
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Individual and community level factors associated with unintended pregnancy among pregnant women in Ethiopia
Unintended pregnancy is among the major challenges of public health and a major reproductive health issue, due to its implications …
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Iron-rich food consumption and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys
INTRODUCTION: Anemia remains a major public health problem for children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Iron-rich foods consumption has a determinant …
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Hematological parameters of type 2 diabetic adult patients at Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a global public health problem and associated with metabolic, cellular, and blood disturbances. Hematological changes have been …