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Magnitude of prelacteal feeding practice and its association with place of birth in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2017
BACKGROUND: Prelacteal feeding is one of the commonest inappropriate child feeding practice which exposes to malnutrition, infection, and neonatal mortality. …
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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) shows strong geographical variations in children with edema: results from 2277 surveys in 55 countries
BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is defined by a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) less than 115 mm or a weight-for-height …
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Reducing amount and frequency of meal as a major coping strategy for food insecurity
Food insecurity is a global problem affecting many people worldwide, including approximately 220 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is …
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Gender disparity in epidemiological trend of HIV/AIDS infection and treatment in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been fuelled by gender inequality and disparity resulted in violation of women reproductive right. The …
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Factors affecting long acting and permanent contraceptive methods utilization among HIV positive married women attending care at ART clinics in Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Globally, unintended pregnancy has been very high accounting for 27% of maternal deaths. Different studies noted that nearly half …
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Civil servants' demand for social health insurance in Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Absence of reliable health insurance schemes is a key challenge to meet the universal health coverage target of the …
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Utility of passive malaria surveillance in hospitals as a surrogate to community infection transmission dynamics in western Kenya
Malaria continued to be the major public health concern in sub-Sahara Africa, thus for better planning of control activities, periodic …
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Sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care circulating Cathodic antigen test before and after praziquantel treatment in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infection in adult population co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1, North-Western Tanzania
The effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) on CD4 + Th 2 cells is hypothesized to affect parasitological diagnosis of …
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Patterns and epidemiology of acute poisoning in Ethiopia: systematic review of observational studies
BACKGROUND: Acute poisoning is a common reason for emergency department visit and hospitalization worldwide with major morbidity and mortality. The …
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Socio – economic determinants of abortion among women in Mozambique and Ghana: evidence from demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: Despite the variances in abortion laws accounting for differences in incidence of abortion among African countries, it appears there …
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HIV-related knowledge in Nigeria: a 2003-2013 trend analysis
BACKGROUND: Given Nigeria's status as the country with the second highest number of people living with HIV globally, and 9% …
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Analysis of selected policies towards universal health coverage in Uganda: the policy implementation barometer protocol
BACKGROUND: Policy implementation remains an under researched area in most low and middle income countries and it is not surprising …
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Comparing performance of mothers using simplified mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) classification devices with an improved MUAC insertion tape in Isiolo County, Kenya
BACKGROUND: A novel approach for improving community case-detection of acute malnutrition involves mothers/caregivers screening their children for acute malnutrition using …
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Cardiovascular risk factor burden in Africa and the Middle East across country income categories: a post hoc analysis of the cross-sectional Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study
BACKGROUND: A significant number of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related deaths occur in developing countries. An increasing prevalence of CVD is associated …
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Mothers’ health service utilization and attitude were the main predictors of incomplete childhood vaccination in east-central Ethiopia: a case-control study
Vaccination is an effective public health intervention for reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. It becomes more effective if the child …
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Overweight/obesity among adults in North-Western Ethiopia: a community-based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Nowadays adulthood overweight/obesity is an emerging public health problem in developing countries. There is no information on magnitude and …
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Postnatal care utilization and associated factors among women of reproductive age Group in Halaba Kulito Town, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite postnatal care services significant role in improving maternal and new-born health, services are underutilized in most developing countries …
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HIV positive sero-status disclosure and its determinants among people living with HIV /AIDS following ART clinic in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia: a facility- based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Even though, the disclosure of HIV sero- status to sexual partners, friends or relatives is the main tool for …
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Women decision-making capacity and intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a common form of human rights violation, and intimate partner violence (IPV) appears to be …
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Improving estimates of the burden of severe acute malnutrition and predictions of caseload for programs treating severe acute malnutrition: experiences from Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The burden of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is estimated using unadjusted prevalence estimates. SAM is an acute condition and …