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Universal versus conditional day 3 follow-up for children with non-severe unclassified fever at the community level in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cluster-randomized, community-based non-inferiority trial
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization's integrated community case management (iCCM) guidelines recommend that all children presenting with uncomplicated fever and …
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Universal versus conditional day 3 follow-up for children with non-severe unclassified fever at the community level in Ethiopia: A cluster-randomised non-inferiority trial
BACKGROUND: With declining malaria prevalence and improved use of malaria diagnostic tests, an increasing proportion of children seen by community …
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Knowledge of, and attitudes to giving expressed breastmilk to infants in rural coastal Kenya; focus group discussions of first time mothers and their advisers
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO)/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative step number five of the "Ten steps to successful breastfeeding" states …
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Facilitators and barriers to birth preparedness and complication readiness in rural Rwanda among community health workers and community members: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) comprise a strategy to make women plan for birth and encourage them to …
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Community knowledge, attitudes and practices on Yellow fever in South Omo area, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Yellow fever (Yf) outbreak was recently reported in South Omo of Southern Ethiopia. This area was also highly affected …
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Making ward-based outreach teams an effective component of human immunodeficiency virus programmes in South Africa
The implementation of ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs), comprised of community health workers (CHWs), is one of the three interventions of …
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Social value of a nutritional counselling and support program for breastfeeding in urban poor settings, Nairobi
BACKGROUND: In Kenya, poor maternal nutrition, suboptimal infant and young child feeding practices and high levels of malnutrition have been …
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Community-based maternal, newborn, and child health surveillance: perceptions and attitudes of local stakeholders towards using mobile phone by village health volunteers in the Kenge Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: In early 2016, we implemented a community-based maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) surveillance using mobile phones to collect, …
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Multiple-level stakeholder engagement in malaria clinical trials: addressing the challenges of conducting clinical research in resource-limited settings
BACKGROUND: Multinational clinical trials are logistically complex and require close coordination between various stakeholders. They must comply with global clinical …
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Implementing Community-based Health Planning and Services in impoverished urban communities: health workers’ perspective
BACKGROUND: Three-quarters of sub-Saharan Africa's urban population currently live under slum conditions making them susceptible to ill health and diseases. …
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The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
BACKGROUND: The current roles and capacity of community health workers (CHWs) in the management and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) …
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Optimal mode for delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Ouelessebougou, Mali: A cluster randomized trial
BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), the administration of complete therapeutic courses of antimalarials to children aged 3-59 months during the …
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Community perception regarding childhood vaccinations and its implications for effectiveness: a qualitative study in rural Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Vaccination has contributed to major reductions in global morbidity and mortality, but there remain significant coverage gaps. Better knowledge …
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Process evaluations of task sharing interventions for perinatal depression in low and middle income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
BACKGROUND: Perinatal depression is common in low and middle income countries (LAMICs). Task sharing interventions have been implemented to treat …
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A qualitative study on the experiences and perspectives of public sector patients in Cape Town in managing the workload of demands of HIV and type 2 diabetes multimorbidity
BACKGROUND: Current South African health policy for chronic disease management proposes integration of chronic services for better outcomes for chronic …
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Next wave of interventions to reduce under-five mortality in Rwanda: a cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health survey data
BACKGROUND: Sustained investments in Rwanda's health system have led to historic reductions in under five (U5) mortality. Although Rwanda achieved …
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Task shifting in active management of the third stage of labor: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) describes interventions with the common goal to prevent postpartum hemorrhage …
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The effect of knowledge on uptake of breast cancer prevention modalities among women in Kyadondo County, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer, the third most frequent cancer of women is preventable through knowledge on breast self-examination. Of the 44% …
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Reliability of length measurements collected by community nurses and health volunteers in rural growth monitoring and promotion services
BACKGROUND: Length measurements are important in growth, monitoring and promotion (GMP) for the surveillance of a child's weight-for-length and length-for-age. …
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She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+
BACKGROUND: Malawi, Uganda, and Zimbabwe have recently adopted a universal 'test-and-treat' approach to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV …