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Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in Cabo Verde: a country in the pre-elimination context
BACKGROUND: Malaria in Cape Verde is unstable, with a sporadic and seasonal transmission of low endemicity. In this sense, the …
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National and rural-urban prevalence and determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in India
BACKGROUND: Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) reduces the risk of neonatal mortality. Previous studies from India have documented some factors …
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Full immunization coverage and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ethiopia: further analysis from the 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: Vaccination is one of the cost effective strategies reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. Further improvement of immunization coverage would …
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Time series non-Gaussian Bayesian bivariate model applied to data on HMPV and RSV: a case of Dadaab in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have similar symptoms to those caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The modes of transmission …
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Fatal cases associated with eating chapatti contaminated with organophosphate in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda, 2015: case series
BACKGROUND: Few cases of organophosphate poisoning in developing countries have been investigated using clinical and epidemiological methods. On 30 October …
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Background and evaluation design of a community-based health-promoting school intervention: Fit Lifestyle at School and at Home (FLASH)
BACKGROUND: A community-based approach can be a promising strategy for implementing school-based health promotion aimed at stimulating healthy physical activity …
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Relationship power and HIV sero-status: an analysis of their relationship among low-income urban Zimbabwean postpartum women
BACKGROUND: HIV disproportionately infects women in many regions. Zimbabwe is one of the countries, most heavily affected. Unequal gender power …
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Road traffic injured patients with severe GCS and organ injury had a poor prognosis: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia had an increasing trend of morbidity and mortality due to road traffic injury. Road traffic injured patient's recovery …
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Clinical and immunological failure among HIV-positive adults taking first-line antiretroviral therapy in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Ethiopia has been scaled up since the introduction of the service in 2003. …
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Challenges and perceptions of implementing mass testing, treatment and tracking in malaria control: a qualitative study in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains endemic in Ghana despite several interventions. Studies have demonstrated very high levels of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in …
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Evaluation of the influenza-like illness surveillance system in Tunisia, 2012–2015
BACKGROUND: This study was initiated to evaluate, for the first time, the performance and quality of the influenza-like illness (ILI) …
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Traditional healers’ role in the detection of active tuberculosis cases in a pastoralist community in Ethiopia: a pilot interventional study
BACKGROUND: Pastoralists rely on traditional healers (THs) for general health problems. However, some studies indicate that such practices result in …
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Outbreak of scabies among preschool children, Accra, Ghana, 2017
BACKGROUND: Scabies occurs worldwide with a prevalence between 0.3 and 46.0%. In Ghana, even though a 5.1% proportion of scabies …
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Analysis of alcohol policy in Nigeria: multi-sectoral action and the integration of the WHO “best-buy” interventions
BACKGROUND: Harmful alcohol use is a modifiable risk factor contributing to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and deaths and …
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Community knowledge, perceptions and water contact practices associated with transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in an endemic region: a qualitative cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In an effort to complement the current chemotherapy based schistosomiasis control interventions in Shinyanga district, community knowledge, perceptions and …
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Exploring the association of anthropometric indicators for under-five children in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Child undernutrition is a global health concern. Many studies have focused on the association of childhood undernutrition indicators with …
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Impact of a bottom-up community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana: a cluster randomised trial
BACKGROUND: Ghana is among African countries not likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) three (3) target of reducing …
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Point-of-care HIV testing best practice for early infant diagnosis: an implementation study
BACKGROUND: With Universal Health Coverage and Integrated People-centred Health Care, streamlined health-systems and respectful care are necessary. South Africa has …
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Geographic accessibility to public health facilities providing tuberculosis testing services at point-of-care in the upper east region, Ghana
BACKGROUND: In Ghana, limited evidence exists about the geographical accessibility to health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services to facilitate …
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Alcohol use among Nigerian university students: prevalence, correlates and frequency of use
BACKGROUND: Globally, alcohol use is responsible for 320 deaths every hour, and the impact is more among those in the …