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Norovirus infections and knowledge, attitudes and practices in food safety among food handlers in an informal urban settlement, Kenya 2017
INTRODUCTION: A leading cause of acute gastroenteritis, norovirus can be transmitted by infected food handlers but norovirus outbreaks are not …
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Are we doing enough? Improved breastfeeding practices at 14 weeks but challenges of non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding remain: findings of two consecutive cross-sectional surveys in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Initiative for breastfeeding support (KIBS) was a multipronged intervention to support the initiation and sustaining of breastfeeding, …
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Risk reduction of diarrhea and respiratory infections following a community health education program - a facility-based case-control study in rural parts of Kenya
BACKGROUND: Diarrheal and acute respiratory infections remain a major cause of death in developing countries especially among children below 5 …
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Recent transmission of dengue virus and associated risk Facors among residents of Kassala state, eastern Sudan
BACKGROUND: Acute arboviral infections are distributed worldwide including Sudan, and dengue fever (DENV) is not an exception. The virus activity …
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Prenatal care and uptake of HIV testing among pregnant women in Gambia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Improving the coverage of antenatal care is regarded as an important strategy to reduce the risks of maternal and …
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Occupational exposure to HIV among healthcare workers in PMTCT sites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Rivers State is among the states with high HIV prevalence in Nigeria. Occupational exposure to HIV through blood or …
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Analysis of causes of death among brought-in-dead cases in a third-level Hospital in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, using the tariff method 2.0 for verbal autopsy: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Over one third of deaths in Zambian health facilities involve someone who has already died before arrival (i.e., Brough …
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Smokeless tobacco use: its prevalence and relationships with dental symptoms, nutritional status and blood pressure among rural women in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan women use smokeless tobacco (SLT) more than smoked tobacco. Among Western African countries, the estimated weighted prevalence of …
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Decomposing the educational inequalities in the factors associated with severe acute malnutrition among under-five children in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) have remained plagued with the burden of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The decomposition of …
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The role of trust and health literacy in nurse-delivered point-of-care STI testing for pregnant women living with HIV, Tshwane District, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during pregnancy result in neonatal morbidity and mortality, and may increase mother-to-child-transmission of HIV. Yet …
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Characterization of visceral leishmaniasis outbreak, Marsabit County, Kenya, 2014
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by protozoa of the Leishmania donovani complex. Annually, an estimated 500,000 cases of VL …
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Determinants of diabetic retinopathy in Southwest Ethiopia: a facility-based case-control study
BACKGROUND: Diabetic Retinopathy is one of the serious complications patients' diabetic patients suffer from. Little is known about which risk …
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Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is critical to the achievement of the third target of the UNAIDS Fast-Track Initiative goals …
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The bat meat chain and perceptions of the risk of contracting Ebola in the Mount Cameroon region
BACKGROUND: Local people's interaction with bats render them vulnerable to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). This paper examines perceptions of risk …
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Self-reported fall and associated factors among adult people with visual impairment in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Fall is a major public health problem and potentially disabling issue. A vast burden of visually impaired live in …
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Individual and community-level factors associated with unmet need for contraception among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia; a multi-level analysis of 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence on the unmet need for contraceptives among married reproductive-age women especially in developing countries like …
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Economic burden and mental health of primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected adolescents from Kilifi, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Eighty per cent of perinatally HIV infected (PHI) adolescents live in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), a setting also characterized by …
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Treatment success and mortality among adults with tuberculosis in rural eastern Uganda: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Successful treatment of tuberculosis leads to clinical and public health benefits such as reduction in transmission, complications, and mortality …
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What are the drivers of recurrent cholera transmission in Nigeria? Evidence from a scoping review
BACKGROUND: The 2018 cholera outbreak in Nigeria affected over half of the states in the country, and was characterised by …
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Feasibility of an HIV self-testing intervention: a formative qualitative study among individuals, community leaders, and HIV testing experts in northern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Achieving the 95-95-95 global targets by 2030, innovative HIV testing models, such as HIV self-testing are needed for people, …