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Maternal anemia and baby birth size mediate the association between short birth interval and under-five undernutrition in Ethiopia: a generalized structural equation modeling approach
BACKGROUND: Studies assessing the association between short birth interval, a birth-to-birth interval of less than 33 months, and under-five undernutrition …
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Perspectives on Resuscitation Decisions at the Margin of Viability among Specialist Newborn Care Providers in Ghana and Ethiopia: A Qualitative Analysis
BACKGROUND: In high income countries, guidelines exist recommending gestational age thresholds for offering and obligating neonatal resuscitation for extremely preterm …
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Association between obesity and lung function in South African adolescents of African Ancestry
Abstract Background There is a growing body of literature on the increasing prevalence of obesity in adolescents of Sub-Saharan African …
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Chest radiography in children aged 2–59 months enrolled in the Innovative Treatments in Pneumonia (ITIP) project in Lilongwe Malawi: a secondary analysis
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children aged under 5 years in low- and middle-income countries …
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Diet and nutritional status among hospitalised children in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Undernutrition constitutes a major problem among children in Hawassa, Ethiopia, and the literature on nutritional status in hospitalised children …
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The unmet need for treatment of children with musculoskeletal impairment in Malawi
BACKGROUND: More than a billion people globally are living with disability and the prevalence is likely to increase rapidly in …
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Time to develop severe acute malnutrition and its predictors among children living with HIV in the era of test and treat strategies at South Gondar hospitals, northwest, Ethiopia, 2021: a multicentre retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Although severe acute malnutrition is a major public issue among HIV infected children, there is no prior evidence in …
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Time to death among HIV-infected under-five children after initiation of anti-retroviral therapy and its predictors in Oromiya liyu zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is infection which mainly attacks immune system of an individual. Its disease progress is rapid …
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Perceived causes and diagnosis of febrile convulsion in selected rural contexts in Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Febrile convulsion (FC) is a common seizure disorder among children aged 9 months to 5 years. It is usually …
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Prevalence and characteristics of hearing and vision loss in preschool children from low income South African communities: results of a screening program of 10,390 children
BACKGROUND: The majority of children with sensory impairments live in low- and middle-income countries. More studies of hearing and vision …
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Predictors of mortality among neonates hospitalized with neonatal sepsis: a case control study from southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Neonatal sepsis, which resulted from bacterial, viral, and fungal invasions of the bloodstream, is the major cause of neonatal …
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Complementary feeding practice and associated factors among internally displaced mothers of children aged 6–23 months in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Internally displaced populations are susceptible to food deprivation. Specifically, children aged 6-23 are commonly vulnerable to poor complementary feeding. …
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When first line treatment of neonatal infection is not enough: blood culture and resistance patterns in neonates requiring second line antibiotic therapy in Bangui, Central African Republic
BACKGROUND: Infectious diseases account for the third most common cause of neonatal deaths. Globally, antibiotic resistance (ABR) has been increasingly …
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Developing practical clinical tools for predicting neonatal mortality at a neonatal intensive care unit in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality remains high in Tanzania at approximately 20 deaths per 1000 live births. Low birthweight, prematurity, and asphyxia …
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Predictors for time to recovery from sever acute malnutrition among under-five children admitted to therapeutic feeding unit at Dubti referral hospital, Afar region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Currently, about 165 million children are categorized under malnutrition and 51.5 million suffering from acute malnutrition in world wide. …
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Clinical depression in children and adolescents with sickle cell anaemia: influencing factors in a resource-limited setting
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is the commonest monogenic haematologic disorder resulting from the inheritance of homozygous mutant haemoglobin genes …
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Nutritional status and associated factors among children with congenital heart disease in selected governmental hospitals and cardiac center,Addis Ababa Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Children with congenital heart disease are at risk for poor growth and under-nutrition compared with healthy children. The aim …
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Cerebral palsy in children: subtypes, motor function and associated impairments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract Background Although, there is no population-level data in Ethiopia, a previous retrospective hospital-based study identified CP as the most …
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Dietary diversity and associated factors among children aged 6 to 23 months in Chelia District, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Although minimum dietary diversity (MDD) is one of the core indicators of a high-quality diet for infants and young …
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Factors associated with stunting among children aged 6–59 months in Bensa District, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study
BACKGROUND: Stunting remains one of the most common malnutrition problems among children in Ethiopia. Identifying the risk factors of stunting …