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Determinants and perceptions of the utilization of tetanus toxoid immunization among reproductive-age women in Dukem Town, Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is still the major public health problem in about 25 countries, mainly in Africa …
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Realization of the right to adequate food and the nutritional status of land evictees: a case for mothers/caregivers and their children in rural Central Uganda
BACKGROUND: In developing countries like Uganda, the human right to adequate food (RtAF) is inextricably linked to access to land …
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Causes of death among street-connected children and youth in Eldoret, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Street-connected young people carry a disproportionate burden of morbidities, and engage in a variety of practices that may heighten …
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Persons with disabilities as experts-by experience: using personal narratives to affect community attitudes in Kilifi, Kenya
BACKGROUND: The last decade has seen improved public awareness of disability in sub-Saharan Africa. However, negative and stereotypical views of …
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Informal workers’ access to health care services: findings from a qualitative study in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: Over the past two decades, employment in the informal sector has grown rapidly in all regions including low and …
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Attitudes towards help-seeking for sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian settings: the case of Rwamwanja refugee settlement scheme in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) remains a silent epidemic in many humanitarian settings with many survivors concealing their experiences. …
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Care-‘less’: exploring the interface between child care and parental control in the context of child rights for workers in children’s homes in Ghana
BACKGROUND: This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the …
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Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of under-five mortality in Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a matched case control study
BACKGROUND: Despite global declaration of the right to life as a fundamental human right and substantial progress in reducing childhood …
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Does exposure to interparental violence increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: Exposure to interparental violence (EIPV) has been identified as a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). However, studies …
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Adolescents’ reproductive health knowledge, choices and factors affecting reproductive health choices: a qualitative study in the West Gonja District in Northern region, Ghana
BACKGROUND: In Ghana, adolescents constitute about a quarter of the total population. These adolescents make reproductive health decisions and choices …
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Human rights and mental health in post-apartheid South Africa: lessons from health care professionals working with suicidal inmates in the prison system
BACKGROUND: During the era of apartheid in South Africa, a number of mental health professionals were vocal about the need …
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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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Perspectives of basic wheelchair users on improving their access to wheelchair services in Kenya and Philippines: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The United Nations has called for countries to improve access to mobility devices when needed. The World Health Organization …
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Key populations and human rights in the context of HIV services rendition in Ghana
BACKGROUND: In line with its half century old penal code, Ghana currently criminalizes and penalizes behaviors of some key populations …
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Sexual violence against female university students in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Though many women are suffering the consequences of sexual violence, only few victims speak out as it is sensitive …
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An investigation of the relationship between autonomy, childbirth practices, and obstetric fistula among women in rural Lilongwe District, Malawi
BACKGROUND: Obstetric fistula is a childbirth injury caused by prolonged obstructed labor that results in destruction of the tissue wall …
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Assessing the impoverishment effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of the national health insurance scheme in Ghana
BACKGROUND: There is a global concern regarding how households could be protected from relatively large healthcare payments which are a …
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Scrambling for access: availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of healthcare for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Sexual orientation and gender identity are social determinants of health for people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender …
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“When they know that you are a sex worker, you will be the last person to be treated”: Perceptions and experiences of female sex workers in accessing HIV services in Uganda
BACKGROUND: HIV prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs) in high burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa varies between 24 and 72%, …
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Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents in a district of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Globally there are about 3.3million children under the age of 15 years living with HIV. Of this number, 88% …