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Epidemiology and surveillance of human animal-bite injuries and rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, in selected counties in Kenya, 2011–2016
BACKGROUND: Human animal-bite injuries are a serious public health problem due to associated risk for rabies virus exposure. Animal-bite injuries …
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Migration and health: a global public health research priority
BACKGROUND: With 244 million international migrants, and significantly more people moving within their country of birth, there is an urgent …
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A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.)
BACKGROUND: The synanthropic house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), is a mechanical vector of pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites), …
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Gender aspects on HIV prevention efforts and participation in HIV vaccine trials among Police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: For more than three decades, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) continue to dominate …
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Profile of chronic kidney disease modifiable risk factors in a rural community of south east Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the increase globally. Prevention of this condition is ideal, however early detection of …
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Impact of passenger engagement through road safety bus stickers in public service vehicles on road traffic crashes in Zambia: a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) are the third highest cause of death in Zambia, claiming about 2000 lives annually, with …
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Impact of the Safe Childbirth Checklist on health worker childbirth practices in Luapula province of Zambia: a pre-post study
BACKGROUND: A strong evidence base exists regarding routine and emergency services that can effectively prevent or reduce maternal and new-born …
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Body and mind: retention in antiretroviral treatment care is improved by mental health training of care providers in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has achieved a high coverage of antiretroviral treatment (ART), but maintaining lifelong care is still a great challenge. …
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Effectiveness of peer support to increase uptake of retinal examination for diabetic retinopathy: study protocol for the DURE pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial in Kirinyaga, Kenya
BACKGROUND: All patients with diabetes are at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy (DR), a progressive and potentially blinding condition. Early …
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Using a cascade approach to assess condom uptake in female sex workers in India: a review of the Avahan data
BACKGROUND: The Avahan India AIDS Initiative was implemented to provide HIV prevention services to key populations including female sex workers …
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Associations of gender and serum total cholesterol with CD4+ T cell count and HIV RNA load in antiretroviral-naïve individuals in Addis Ababa
BACKGROUND: Males are more susceptible than females to infections due to the differences in endocrine-immune interactions. Furthermore, it is reported …
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Correlates of physical activity and sedentary time in young adults: the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
BACKGROUND: The socioecological model proposes a wide array of factors that influence behaviours. There is a need to understand salient …
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Childhood diabetes: a myth or reality?- perception of the public from a low-income country: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes is commonly missed in most health facilities in Nigeria. Adequate knowledge of childhood …
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Effectiveness of an “Exclusive Intervention Strategy” to increase medical male circumcision uptake among men aged 25–49 years in South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa introduced medical male circumcision (MMC) to reduce HIV incidence. Mathematical modeling suggested that targeting MMC services to …
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The Young Women’s Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV
BACKGROUND: South Africa remains the global epicentre of HIV infection, and adolescent women have the highest incidence of HIV in …
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The relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built environment and selected cardiovascular risk factors in a South African urban setting
BACKGROUND: Evidence concerning the relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built environment with cardio-metabolic risk in populations from lower- and …
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Magnitude of opportunistic diseases and their predictors among adult people living with HIV enrolled in care: national level cross sectional study, Ethiopia
Opportunistic diseases cause morbidity and mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected persons. There is dearth of evidence on the …
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Experiences of HIV-positive postpartum women and health workers involved with community-based antiretroviral therapy adherence clubs in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The rollout of universal, lifelong treatment for all HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women ("Option B+") has rapidly increased the …
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Knowledge and perception on type2 diabetes and hypertension among HIV clients utilizing care and treatment services: a cross sectional study from Mbeya and Dar es Salaam regions in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Type2 Diabetes and Hypertension (T2DM/HTN) have become serious threats to the health and socio-economic development in the developing countries. …
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Implementation of 100% smoke-free law in Uganda: a qualitative study exploring civil society’s perspective
BACKGROUND: In 2016, Uganda became one of few sub-Saharan African countries to implement comprehensive national smoke-free legislation. Since the World …