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Temporal variation in confirmed diagnosis of fever-related malarial cases among children under-5 years by community health workers and in health facilities between years 2013 and 2015 in Siaya County, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Malaria case management continues to experience dynamic changes. Building community capacity is instrumental in both prevention and treatment of …
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Community based intervention to prevent domestic violence against women in the reproductive age in Northwestern Ethiopia: a protocol for quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a well understood devastating global pandemic, and human right violation. One in three women experienced …
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Treatment guidelines and early loss from care for people living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: South Africa has undergone multiple expansions in antiretroviral therapy (ART) eligibility from an initial CD4+ threshold of ≤200 cells/μl …
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Community-led Responses for Elimination (CoRE): a study protocol for a community randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of community-level, reactive focal drug administration for reducing Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence and incidence in Southern Province, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Zambia is pushing for, and has made great strides towards, the elimination of malaria transmission in Southern Province. Reactive …
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Malaria control in rural Malawi: implementing peer health education for behaviour change
BACKGROUND: Interventions to reduce malaria burden are effective if communities use them appropriately and consistently. Several tools have been suggested …
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Transitioning couple’s voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT) from stand-alone weekend services into routine antenatal and VCT services in government clinics in Zambia’s two largest cities
INTRODUCTION: Most HIV infections in Africa are acquired by married/cohabiting adults and WHO recommends couple's voluntary HIV counseling and testing …
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Impact of a community health worker HIV treatment and prevention intervention in an HIV hotspot fishing community in Rakai, Uganda (mLAKE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Effective yet practical strategies are needed to increase engagement in HIV treatment and prevention services, particularly in high-HIV-prevalence hotspots. …
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Awareness and utilization of community clinic services among women in rural areas in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In recent years, Bangladesh government has accomplished the ambitious project of establishing hospitals 18,000 Community Health Clinics in sub-districts …
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Assessment of community health volunteers’ knowledge on cervical cancer in Kadibo Division, Kisumu County: a cross sectional survey
Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women, with an estimated 530,000 new cases in 2012, representing …
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Secondary bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance among tungiasis patients in Western, Kenya
Tungiasis or jigger infestation is a parasitic disease caused by the female sand flea Tunga penetrans. Secondary infection of the …
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Utilization of community-based health planning and services compounds in the Kintampo North Municipality: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study
BACKGROUND: The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative was introduced to improve coverage and utilization of basic health services …
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“It is good to take her early to the doctor” – mothers’ understanding of childhood pneumonia symptoms and health care seeking in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is among the leading causes of avoidable deaths for young children globally. The main burden of mortality falls …
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Improving the performance of community health workers in Swaziland: findings from a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The performance of community health workers (CHWs) in Swaziland has not yet been studied despite the existence of a …
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Relationships between sickle cell trait, malaria, and educational outcomes in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) has been shown to be protective against malaria. A growing literature suggests that malaria exposure …
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Accuracy of gestational age estimation from last menstrual period among women seeking abortion in South Africa, with a view to task sharing: a mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: The requirement for ultrasound to establish gestational age among women seeking abortion can be a barrier to access. Last …
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Task-shifting impact of introducing a pilot community health worker cadre into Zambia’s public sector health workforce
BACKGROUND: The Zambia Ministry of Health (MOH) recruited and trained a new cadre of Community Health Assistants (CHAs) as part …
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The introduction of new policies and strategies to reduce inequities and improve child health in Kenya: A country case study on progress in child survival, 2000-2013
As of 2015, only 12 countries in the World Health Organization's AFRO region had met Millennium Development Goal #4 (MDG#4) …
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Community health workers lensed through a South African backdrop of two peri-urban communities in KwaZulu-Natal
Background: As the South African government re-engineers primary healthcare (PHC), the need for additional information on stakeholders involved in the …
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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among recently-delivered women in Chamwino district, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Low knowledge of danger signs has been shown to delay seeking obstetric care which leads to high maternal mortality …
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Harmonization of community health worker programs for HIV: A four-country qualitative study in Southern Africa
BACKGROUND: Community health worker (CHW) programs are believed to be poorly coordinated, poorly integrated into national health systems, and lacking …