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Influence of sub-national social health insurance scheme on enrollees’ health seeking behaviour in Anambra state, Nigeria: a pre and post study
BACKGROUND: Appropriate health-seeking behaviour (HSB) is crucial for improving health outcomes and achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Accessing healthcare through …
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Spirometry as a motivator for smoking cessation among patients attending the smoking cessation clinic of Monastir
BACKGROUND: The choice of spirometry, a biomarker of lung health, as a motivator for smoking cessation is based on its …
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Evaluating patient data quality in South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service Data Warehouse, 2017-2020: implications for monitoring child health programmes
BACKGROUND: South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), the only clinical laboratory service in the country's public health sector, is …
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Financial inclusion and households’ choice of solid waste disposal in Ghana
BACKGROUND: As the amount of solid waste generated by households in Ghana continues to grow, policy makers are preoccupied with …
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Migration, personal physical safety and economic survival: drivers of risky sexual behaviour among rural–urban migrant street youth in Kampala, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Despite the vulnerabilities associated with the youth migration process, knowledge on the drivers of risky sexual behaviour among migrant …
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Effect of age and sex on the associations between potential modifiable risk factors and both type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glycaemia among West African adults
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is becoming one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, including among …
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Financing COVID-19 vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from a nation-wide willingness to pay (WTP) survey in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Over 13 million doses of the corona virus disease, 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered in Ghana as at …
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Predictors of migration in an HIV hyper-endemic rural South African community: evidence from a population-based cohort (2005–2017)
Globally, South Africa hosts the highest number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and the unique legacy of internal labour …
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Type of occupation and early antenatal care visit among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Type of occupation has been linked to early antenatal care visits whereby women in different occupation categories tend to …
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Perceptions of community members on contextual factors driving cardiovascular disease behavioural risk in Ghana: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is clear evidence that lifestyle interventions are effective towards reducing cardiovascular risk. However, implementing these interventions in real-world …
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Adherence to viral load testing guidelines, barriers, and associated factors among persons living with HIV on ART in Southwestern Uganda: a mixed-methods study
BACKGROUND: Uganda adapted Viral load (VL) testing for monitoring HIV treatment success and virologic failure. However, there is a paucity …
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A community edutainment intervention for gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health in rural Senegal: a process evaluation
BACKGROUND: Edutainment aims to spread educational messages in an entertaining way, and often reaches large audiences. While studies increasingly report …
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Community-based care models for arterial hypertension management in non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review and framework for designing chronic services
BACKGROUND: Arterial hypertension (aHT) is the leading cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor in sub-Saharan Africa; it remains, however, underdiagnosed, and …
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“Your status cannot hinder you”: the importance of resilience among adolescents engaged in HIV care in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Approximately 40% of the 110,000 adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Kenya have not achieved viral suppression. Despite the …
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Understanding determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy; an emphasis on the role of religious affiliation and individual’s reliance on traditional remedy
BACKGROUND: The damage COVID-19 has caused interms of mortalities, economic breakdown and social disruption is immense. The COVID-19 vaccine has …
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Causes of deaths in neonates and children aged 1–59 months in Nigeria: verbal autopsy findings of 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy study
BACKGROUND: Nigeria has one of the highest under-five mortality rates in the world. Identifying the causes of these deaths is …
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“I have never talked to anyone to free my mind” – challenges surrounding status disclosure to adolescents contribute to their disengagement from HIV care: a qualitative study in western Kenya
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV, ages 10-19) experience complex barriers to care engagement. Challenges surrounding HIV status disclosure or …
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Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia
BACKGROUND: In an effort to improve population health, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have expanded access to public primary …
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Viral load monitoring for people living with HIV in the era of test and treat: progress made and challenges ahead – a systematic review
BACKGROUND: In 2016, we conducted a systematic review to assess the feasibility of treatment monitoring for people living with HIV …
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Correction: Factors affecting family planning literacy among women of childbearing age in the rural Lake zone, Tanzania