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Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia: a cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents
BACKGROUND: Parent-child communication about sexual issues can reduce risky sexual behaviour amongst adolescents. Risky sexual behaviour is of concern in …
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Use of technology for public health surveillance reporting: opportunities, challenges and lessons learnt from Kenya
BACKGROUND: Effective public health surveillance systems are crucial for early detection and response to outbreaks. In 2016, Kenya transitioned its …
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Immunization coverage in Ethiopia among 12–23 month old children: systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background Immunization is a cost-effective public health strategy. Immunization averts nearly three million deaths annually but immunization coverage is …
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Education and prevalence of overweight and obesity among reproductive age group women in Ethiopia: analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data
BACKGROUND: Globally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is escalating, particularly among women and wealthier people. In many developed countries, …
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Cross-sectional study of prevalence and determinants of uncontrolled hypertension among South African adult residents of Mkhondo municipality
BACKGROUND: Achieving the blood pressure treatment target in individuals with hypertension is a serious global health challenge. Furthermore, the actual …
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Associations of physical partner violence and sexual violence victimization on health risk behaviours and mental health among university students from 25 countries
BACKGROUND: The study aimed to investigate the associations between physical partner violence victimization (IPV) and/or sexual violence victimization and various …
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Sustainable solid waste management Measures in Tanzania: an exploratory descriptive case study among vendors at Majengo market in Dodoma City
BACKGROUND: Solid waste management is both an urban and rural problem because every person is considered a producer of wastes. …
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Determinants of institutional delivery service utilization in Ethiopia: a population based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: The incidence of maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in developing countries. Ethiopia has developed many strategies to reduce maternal …
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Patient and health system delay among TB patients in Ethiopia: Nationwide mixed method cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Effective tuberculosis (TB) control is the end result of improved health seeking by the community and timely provision of …
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Every medicine is medicine; exploring inappropriate antibiotic use at the community level in rural Ghana
BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic use is an important driver of antibiotic resistance. This study sought to explore inappropriate antibiotic use and …
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Community knowledge and practices regarding antibiotic use in rural Mozambique: where is the starting point for prevention of antibiotic resistance?
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic misuse and other types of unnecessary use of antibiotics can contribute to accelerate the process of antibiotic resistance, …
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Disclosure, reporting and help seeking among child survivors of violence: a cross-country analysis
BACKGROUND: Violence against children is a pervasive public health issue, with limited data available across multiple contexts. This study explores …
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Spatial analysis of factors associated with HIV infection in Malawi: indicators for effective prevention
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to model the predictors of HIV prevalence in Malawi through a complex sample …
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The quality of drinking and domestic water from the surface water sources (lakes, rivers, irrigation canals and ponds) and springs in cholera prone communities of Uganda: an analysis of vital physicochemical parameters
BACKGROUND: Water is the most abundant resource on earth, however water scarcity affects more than 40% of people worldwide. Access …
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Exploring factors constraining utilization of contraceptive services among adolescents in Southeast Nigeria: an application of the socio-ecological model
BACKGROUND: High rate of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria is potentially an indication of poor access to and utilization of contraceptives …
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African-led health research and capacity building- is it working?
BACKGROUND: Africa bears a disproportionately high burden of globally significant disease but has lagged in knowledge production to address its …
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Correction to: Magnitude and predictors of common mental disorder among people with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Correction to: Seeking care in the context of social health insurance in Kenya and Ghana
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Defining adequate contact for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an African urban environment
BACKGROUND: The risk of infection from respiratory pathogens increases according to the contact rate between the infectious case and susceptible …
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Unknown HIV status and the TB/HIV collaborative control program in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background Ethiopia has shown significant efforts to address the burden of TB/HIV comorbidity through the TB/HIV collaborative program. However, …