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Association between severe acute malnutrition during childhood and blood pressure during adulthood in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Lwiro cohort study
INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the long-term outcomes of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) during childhood. As such, this study aims …
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Association of household socioeconomic status, neighborhood support system and adherence to dietary recommendation among persons with T2DM, a facility-based cross-sectional study in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Dietary recommendation help persons with diabetes adopt to healthy eating habits to achieve optimal glycemic control. Socioeconomic-status and neighborhood …
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Adherence to quarterly HIV prevention services and its impact on HIV incidence in men who have sex with men in West Africa (CohMSM ANRS 12324 – Expertise France)
BACKGROUND: Access to tailored HIV prevention services remains limited for West African MSM. We assessed adherence to quarterly HIV prevention …
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Patterns and predictors of private and public health care utilization among residents of an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of health care utilization is important in low-and middle-income countries where inequalities in the burden of diseases and …
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Protocol for a caregiver psychosocial support intervention for populations affected by displacement in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Child psychological distress in refugee settings is a significant public health concern, which is exacerbated by poor caregiver mental …
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The extent to which the design of available reproductive health interventions fit the reproductive health needs of adolescents living in urban poor settings of Kisenyi, Kampala, Uganda
BACKGROUND: The rate at which informal urban settlements (slums) are developing in Low and Middle Income. Countries (LMICs) like Uganda …
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Sex differences in health status, healthcare utilization, and costs among individuals with elevated blood pressure: the LARK study from Western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Elevated blood pressure is the leading risk factor for global mortality. While it is known that there exist differences …
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The prevalence and contextual correlates of non-communicable diseases among inter-provincial migrants and non-migrants in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The socioeconomic conditions of different environments manifest in varying experiences of illnesses. Even as migrants do transit across these …
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Electronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response: lessons learned from northeast, Nigeria, 2019
BACKGROUND: Electronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) was implemented in Adamawa and Yobe states, Northeastern Nigeria, as …
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Fine-scale variation in malaria prevalence across ecological regions in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Large-scale variation in ecological parameters across Madagascar is hypothesized to drive varying spatial patterns of malaria infection. However, to …
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Barriers to and facilitators of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among postpartum women living with HIV in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Disclosure of HIV serostatus to a sexual partner can facilitate partner's support and testing and better treatment outcomes. Studies …
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Towards a needs-based design of the physical rehabilitation workforce in South Africa: trend analysis [1990–2017] and a 5-year forecasting for the most impactful health conditions based on global burden of disease estimates
BACKGROUND: Rehabilitation can improve function in many people with chronic health conditions. It is important to consider priority conditions requiring …
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Drivers and barriers to workplace-based HIV self-testing among high-risk men in Uganda: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Men in Sub-Saharan Africa are less engaged than women in accessing HIV testing and treatment and, consequently, experience higher …
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Knowledge, attitudes and uptake related to influenza vaccine among healthcare workers during the 2018–2019 influenza season in Tunisia
BACKGROUND: The influenza vaccine (IV) is considered the most effective strategy to prevent seasonal influenza infection and annual vaccination of …
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Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active men in Ghana
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV are major public health problems. This study, therefore, sought …
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Utilization of growth monitoring and promotion is highest among children aged 0–11 months: a survey among mother-child pairs from rural northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: More than half of all deaths in under 5 children is related to malnutrition. Child malnutrition could be prevented …
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Re-conceptualizing sustainable urban sanitation in Uganda: why the roots of ‘Slumification’ must be dealt with
BACKGROUND: Country-wide urbanization in Uganda has continued amidst institutional challenges. Previous interventions in the water and sanitation sector have not …
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Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and the effects of COVID-19 among the youth in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Cases of the Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Kenya have continued to increase rapidly, since the first …
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The role of gender power relations on women’s health outcomes: evidence from a maternal health coverage survey in Simiyu region, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Gender is a crucial consideration of human rights that impacts many priority maternal health outcomes. However, gender is often …
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Prevalence and changes in boredom, anxiety and well-being among Ghanaians during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study
BACKGROUND: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with several adverse health outcomes. However, few studies in sub-Saharan …