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Healthcare service delivery to refugee children from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Durban, South Africa: a caregivers’ perspective
Refugees are generally considered a vulnerable population, with refugee children (newborn and young children) being particularly so. Access to healthcare …
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Do hotspots fuel malaria transmission: a village-scale spatio-temporal analysis of a 2-year cohort study in The Gambia
BACKGROUND: Despite the biological plausibility of hotspots fueling malaria transmission, the evidence to support this concept has been mixed. If …
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The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa: a modelling study
BACKGROUND: Globally, illness and life expectancy follow a social gradient that puts people of lower socioeconomic status (SES) at higher …
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Cross-border movement, economic development and malaria elimination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Malaria at international borders presents particular challenges with regards to elimination. International borders share common malaria ecologies, yet neighboring countries …
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Recurrence quantification analysis of resting state EEG signals in autism spectrum disorder – a systematic methodological exploration of technical and demographic confounders in the search for biomarkers
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a worldwide prevalence of 1-2%. In low-resource environments, in particular, …
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Effective coverage of essential inpatient care for small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Effective coverage requires that those in need can access skilled care supported by adequate resources. There are, however, few …
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Efficacy and safety of ascending doses of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium infection in preschool-aged and school-aged children: a single-blind randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Despite decades of experience with praziquantel treatment in school-aged children (SAC) and adults, we still face considerable knowledge gaps …
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Pretreatment chest x-ray severity and its relation to bacterial burden in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis
Chest radiographs are used for diagnosis and severity assessment in tuberculosis (TB). The extent of disease as determined by smear …
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Prevalence, risk factors and behavioural and emotional comorbidity of acute seizures in young Kenyan children: a population-based study
BACKGROUND: Acute symptomatic seizures and febrile seizures are common in children admitted to hospitals in Africa and may be markers …
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Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile children in East Africa
BACKGROUND: Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance …
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Liver toxicity associated with tuberculosis chemotherapy in the REMoxTB study
BACKGROUND: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a common complication of tuberculosis treatment. We utilised data from the REMoxTB clinical trial …
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Hospital Mortality – a neglected but rich source of information supporting the transition to higher quality health systems in low and middle income countries
BACKGROUND: There is increasing focus on the strength of primary health care systems in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). There …
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Syrian refugees in Greece: experience with violence, mental health status, and access to information during the journey and while in Greece
BACKGROUND: Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented arrival of refugees and migrants: more than one million people entered …
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Micronutrient powders to combat anaemia in young children: do they work?
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended point-of-use fortification of complementary foods with iron-containing micronutrient powders to improve iron …
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Correction to: An exploration of mortality risk factors in non-severe pneumonia in children using clinical data from Kenya
CORRECTION: The original article contains an omission in the Acknowledgements sub-section of the Declarations.
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Mapping the evidence on pharmacological interventions for non-affective psychosis in humanitarian non-specialised settings: a UNHCR clinical guidance
BACKGROUND: Populations exposed to humanitarian emergencies are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems, including new onset, relapse and deterioration of …
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Effects of long-term weekly iron and folic acid supplementation on lower genital tract infection – a double blind, randomised controlled trial in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Provision of routine iron supplements to prevent anaemia could increase the risk for lower genital tract infections as virulence …
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An exploration of mortality risk factors in non-severe pneumonia in children using clinical data from Kenya
BACKGROUND: Childhood pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality in children younger than 5 years old. Recent updates to …
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Plasmodium falciparum EPCR-binding PfEMP1 expression increases with malaria disease severity and is elevated in retinopathy negative cerebral malaria
BACKGROUND: Expression of group A and the A-like subset of group B Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) is …
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Resisting and tolerating P. falciparum in pregnancy under different malaria transmission intensities
BACKGROUND: Resistance and tolerance to Plasmodium falciparum can determine the progression of malaria disease. However, quantitative evidence of tolerance is …