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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 …
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Reproductive health knowledge among college students in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Reproductive health knowledge is vital in the growth and development of young people and this impact greatly on their …
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The design and implementation of the re-vitalised integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) in Uganda, 2013–2016
BACKGROUND: Uganda adopted and has been implementing the Integrated Disease Surveillance (IDSR) strategy since 2000. The goal was to build …
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Higher vegetable intake and vegetable variety is associated with a better self-reported health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in a cross-sectional survey of rural northern Ghanaian women in fertile age
BACKGROUND: A higher vegetable intake plays an important role in promoting general health and well-being, but there is a dearth …
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Evaluating the impact of screening plus eave tubes on malaria transmission compared to current best practice in central Côte d’Ivoire: a two armed cluster randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Access to long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) has increased and malaria has decreased globally, but malaria transmission remains high in …
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Prevalence and correlates of gender inequitable norms among young, church-going women and men in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Prolonged political instability may have exacerbated gender inequitable beliefs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aim of …
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A prospective cohort study of school-going children investigating reproductive and neurobehavioral health effects due to environmental pesticide exposure in the Western Cape, South Africa: study protocol
BACKGROUND: Research on reproductive health effects on children from low-level, long-term exposure to pesticides currently used in the agricultural industry …
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Prevalence of dengue fever virus antibodies and associated risk factors among residents of El-Gadarif state, Sudan
BACKGROUND: Dengue fever, caused by dengue virus (DENV), has become one of the most important mosquito-borne viral diseases with a …
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Association between internal migration and epidemic dynamics: an analysis of cause-specific mortality in Kenya and South Africa using health and demographic surveillance data
BACKGROUND: Many low- and middle-income countries are facing a double burden of disease with persisting high levels of infectious disease, …
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Vaccine wastage in The Gambia: a prospective observational study
BACKGROUND: Vaccination is a cost-effective and life-saving intervention. Recently several new, but more expensive vaccines have become part of immunization …
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Does body mass index early in pregnancy influence the risk of maternal anaemia? An observational study in Indonesian and Ghanaian women
Anaemia is common among pregnant women, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While body mass index (BMI) relates to …
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Factors associated with treatment delay among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Dessie city and surroundings, Northern Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Delayed treatment of tuberculosis (TB) cases increases the risk of death and rate of infection in the community. Early …
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Determinants of perinatal mortality among cohorts of pregnant women in three districts of North Showa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Community based nested case control study
BACKGROUND: Statistics indicate that Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in reducing child mortality. It is however estimated that there is …
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Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking intensity among adult males in Ghana
BACKGROUND: In spite of the adverse health and financial implications of smoking, it still remains one of the leading causes …
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Precarious transition: a mortality study of South African ex-miners
BACKGROUND: Despite their burden of a triple epidemic of silicosis, tuberculosis and HIV infection, little is known about the mortality …
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Major depressive disorder prevalence and risk factors among Syrian asylum seekers in Greece
BACKGROUND: Over one million Syrian asylum seekers have travelled to Greece with the ultimate aim of reaching other countries in …
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Evaluating the impact of the DREAMS partnership to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women in four settings: a study protocol
BACKGROUND: HIV risk remains unacceptably high among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in southern and eastern Africa, reflecting structural …
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Stress begets stress: the association of adverse childhood experiences with psychological distress in the presence of adult life stress
BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) have been linked to poor health and well-being outcomes, including poor mental health such as …
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Estimating the spatial risk of tuberculosis distribution in Gurage zone, southern Ethiopia: a geostatistical kriging approach
BACKGROUND: In low-income countries it is difficult to obtain complete data that show spatial heterogeneity in the risk of tuberculosis …