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Healthcare workers´ experiences and perceptions of the provision of health insurance benefits to the elderly in rural Tanzania: an explorative qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers play an important part in the delivery of health insurance benefits, and their role in ensuring service …
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Assessment of the status of improved F&E trachoma control practices among children of agro-pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia: a mixed design survey using theory of triadic influences
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia is one of the countries with heavy trachoma burdens states globally. More than 75 million people in Ethiopia …
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Exploring culturally-preferred communication approaches for increased uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: In 2007 WHO and UNAIDS recommended communication interventions as a key strategy for creating demand for Voluntary Medical Male …
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Spatiotemporal distribution and bivariate binary analysis of antenatal and delivery care utilizations in Ethiopia: EDHS 2000–2016
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) is a maternal health care service given by skilled health professionals to pregnant women. Women may …
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Factors related to women’s use of health insurance cover in Navakholo, Kakamega County, Kenya: sub-county level results based on community household register
BACKGROUND: In concert with international commitments, the Government of Kenya identified Universal Health Coverage (UHC), mainly through the National Health …
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Impact of a performance monitoring intervention on the timeliness of Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in the Gambia: a controlled interrupted time series analysis
INTRODUCTION: The Hepatitis B virus that can cause liver cancer is highly prevalent in the Gambia, with one in ten …
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Prevalence and factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone: evidence from a nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey of 2019
BACKGROUND: Globally, teenage pregnancy remains a public health concern because of the associated maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. To …
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The magnitude and determinants of delayed initiation of antenatal care among pregnant women in Gambia; evidence from Gambia demographic and health survey data
BACKGROUND: Despite gains throughout the 20th century, maternal health remains a major public health concern. Despite global efforts to enhance …
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Scoping review of sexual and reproductive healthcare for men in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region: a handful of paradoxes?
BACKGROUND: No study appraised the knowledge gaps and factors impacting men's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in MENA (Middle East …
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“Honestly, this problem has affected me a lot”: a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of people with chronic respiratory disease in Sudan and Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Over 500 million people live with chronic respiratory diseases globally and approximately 4 million of these, mostly from the …
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What motivated men to start PrEP? A cross-section of men starting PrEP in Buffalo city municipality, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Compared to women, South African men are less likely to know their HIV status (78% vs. 89%), have suppressed …
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Individual and community level factors associated with medical treatment-seeking behavior for childhood diarrhea among the Gambian mothers: evidence from the Gambian demographic and health survey data, 2019/2020
INTRODUCTION: In less developed countries, including the Gambia, childhood diarrhea is one of the leading causes of serious illness and …
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Factors associated with severity and anatomical distribution of diabetic foot ulcer in Uganda: a multicenter cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a devastating complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) that is associated with increased mortality, morbidity, …
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"When they are all grown, I will tell them”: Experience and perceptions of parental self-disclosure of HIV status to children in Nairobi, Kenya
BACKGROUND: There is mixed evidence on the influence of self-disclosure of one's HIV status on mental health, health behaviours and …
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The declining trend in HIV prevalence from population-based surveys in Cameroon between 2004 and 2018: myth or reality in the universal test and treat era?
BACKGROUND: HIV remains an epidemic of major public health importance in Cameroon but a decline in HIV prevalence has been …
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Individual and area-level socioeconomic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the second leading risk factor for death in South Africa, and rates have steadily increased since the …
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Determinants and rates of retention in HIV care among adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy in Windhoek, Namibia: a baseline cohort analysis
BACKGROUND: Long-term engagement in HIV care is essential to achieving and maintaining viral suppression. Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) experience …
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Factors associated with awareness of breast cancer among women of reproductive age in Lesotho: a national population-based cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality and a major public health problem. The growing number of …
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Cholera outbreak in some communities in North-East Nigeria, 2019: an unmatched case–control study
BACKGROUND: Cholera, a diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, transmitted through fecal contamination of water or food remains …
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Women’s empowerment and nutritional status of children in the Gambia: further analysis of the 2020 Gambia demographic and health survey
Empowering women and the promotion of children's health are key components of the Sustainable Development Goals targeted for achievement by …