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Using a mHealth tutorial application to change knowledge and attitude of frontline health workers to Ebola virus disease in Nigeria: a before-and-after study
BACKGROUND: The Ebola epidemic exposed the weak state of health systems in West Africa and their devastating effect on frontline …
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The Impact of the West Africa Ebola Outbreak on Obstetric Health Care in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: As Sierra Leone celebrates the end of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, we can begin to fully grasp …
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The neonatal mortality and its determinants in rural communities of Eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: In Uganda, neonatal mortality rate (NMR) remains high at 27 deaths per 1000 live births. There is paucity of …
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Why Did I Stop? Barriers and Facilitators to Uptake and Adherence to ART in Option B+ HIV Care in Lilongwe, Malawi
Causes for loss-to-follow-up, including early refusals of and stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART), in Malawi's Option B+ program are poorly understood. …
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Community Perceptions of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Their Roles in Management for HIV, Tuberculosis and Hypertension in Western Kenya
Given shortages of health care providers and a rise in the number of people living with both communicable and non-communicable …
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Retention of health workers in rural Sierra Leone: findings from life histories
BACKGROUND: Sierra Leone has faced a shortage and maldistribution of staff in its post-conflict period. This long-standing challenge is now …
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Effects of performance incentives for community health worker cooperatives in Rwanda
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Accuracy of Assessment of Eligibility for Early Medical Abortion by Community Health Workers in Ethiopia, India and South Africa
OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of assessment of eligibility for early medical abortion by community health workers using a simple …
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What drives the consistent use of long-lasting insecticidal nets over time? A multi-method qualitative study in mid-western Uganda
BACKGROUND: The distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) through universal coverage campaigns is a widely adopted approach for the prevention …
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Early childhood development in Rwanda: a policy analysis of the human rights legal framework
BACKGROUND: Early childhood development (ECD) is a critical period that continues to impact human health and productivity throughout the lifetime. …
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Prostate cancer (PCa) has become the most prevalent cancer among males in Nigeria, and similar to other black populations, Nigerian …
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Caregivers’ Malaria Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes, and Related Factors in the Bata District, Equatorial Guinea
OBJECTIVES: Adequate community knowledge about malaria is crucial in order to improve prevention by reducing exposure to the disease. Malaria …
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Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Despite numerous interventions promoting optimal breastfeeding practices in Kenya, pockets of suboptimal breastfeeding practices are documented in Kenya's urban …
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Development and validation of a rapid assessment tool for malaria prevention
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) have been shown to be efficacious in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in many regions. …
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Community health workers adherence to referral guidelines: evidence from studies introducing RDTs in two malaria transmission settings in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Many malaria-endemic countries have implemented national community health worker (CHW) programmes to serve remote populations that have poor access …
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Non-adherence to community oral-antibiotic treatment in children with fast-breathing pneumonia in Malawi– secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Despite significant progress, pneumonia is still the leading cause of infectious deaths in children under five years of age. …
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Improving early childhood care and development, HIV-testing, treatment and support, and nutrition in Mokhotlong, Lesotho: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Since 1990, the lives of 48 million children under the age of 5 years have been saved because of …
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Information, regulation and coordination: realist analysis of the efforts of community health committees to limit informal health care providers in Nigeria
One of the consequences of ineffective governments is that they leave space for unlicensed and unregulated informal providers without formal …
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Implementation and acceptability of strategies instituted for engaging men in family planning services in Kibaha district, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Men as the main decision makers in most of African families have an important role to play towards acceptance …
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Scaling-up the use of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: results and lessons on scalability, costs and programme impact from three local government areas in Sokoto State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with 3+ doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) reduces maternal mortality and stillbirths in …