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Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020 and 2021 waves in Antananarivo, Madagascar
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19-associated mortality remains difficult to estimate in sub-Saharan Africa because of the lack of comprehensive systems of death registration. …
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Delivery strategies for malaria vaccination in areas with seasonal malaria transmission
Background Seasonal vaccination with the RTS,S/AS01 E malaria vaccine given alongside seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) substantially reduces malaria in young …
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Cost of introducing and delivering malaria vaccine (RTS,S/AS01 E ) in areas of seasonal malaria transmission, Mali and Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: malaria transmission and suggests countries consider seasonal vaccination in areas with highly seasonal malaria. Seasonal vaccination is uncommon and …
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Effect of community health worker home visits on antenatal care and institutional delivery: an analysis of secondary outcomes from a cluster randomised trial in Mali
INTRODUCTION: Though community health workers (CHWs) have improved access to antenatal care (ANC) and institutional delivery in different settings, it …
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Challenges and opportunities in coproduction: reflections on working with young people to develop an intervention to prevent violence in informal settlements in South Africa
Coproduction is widely recognised as essential to the development of effective and sustainable complex health interventions. Through involving potential end …
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Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis infection prevention and control interventions in South African clinics: a model-based economic evaluation informed by complexity science methods
Introduction Nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission substantially impacts health workers, patients and communities. Guidelines for tuberculosis infection prevention and control …
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Decision-making processes for essential packages of health services: experience from six countries
Many countries around the world strive for universal health coverage, and an essential packages of health services (EPHS) is a …
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Quasi-experimental evaluation of a financial incentive for first-dose COVID-19 vaccination among adults aged ≥60 years in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 vaccination coverage in South Africa (RSA) remains low despite increased access to vaccines. On 1 November 2021, RSA …
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Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda: urgent research gaps
The Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) outbreak highlights our ongoing vulnerability to re-emerging high-consequence infectious diseases. Although the Minister of health in …
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Simplified dosing of oral azithromycin for children 1–11 months old in child survival programmes: age-based and height-based dosing protocols
BACKGROUND: To facilitate mass distribution of azithromycin, trachoma control programmes use height instead of weight to determine dose for children …
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Exploring complementary and competitive relations between non-communicable disease services and other health extension programme services in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has recently revitalised its health extension programme (HEP) to address the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We …
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COVID-19 pandemic response in one of the world’s most complex and vulnerable settings
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Investing in the health workforce: fiscal space analysis of 20 countries in East and Southern Africa, 2021–2026
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The health workforce (HWF) is at the core of ensuring an efficient, effective and functional health system, …
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Exploring the sustainability of perinatal audit in four district hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa: a multiple case study approach
INTRODUCTION: Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is an intervention process that uses a continuous cycle of identification, …
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A critical examination of research narratives ‘rumours’ and passive community resistance in medical research
Several studies in Africa have reported effects of 'rumours, misconceptions or misinformation' on medical research participation and uptake of health …
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To call or not to call: exploring the validity of telephone interviews to derive maternal self-reports of experiences with facility childbirth care in northern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: To institutionalise respectful maternity care, frequent data on the experience of childbirth care is needed by health facility staff …
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Spatial codistribution of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria are the three most important infectious diseases in Ethiopia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the …
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Gender-based violence during COVID-19 among adolescent girls and young women in Nairobi, Kenya: a mixed-methods prospective study over 18 months
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) disproportionately experience gender-based violence (GBV), which can increase during emergencies like the COVID-19 …
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Prescribing practices for presumptive TB among private general practitioners in South Africa: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study
INTRODUCTION: Medicine prescribing practices are integral to quality of care for leading infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). We describe …
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The cost of illness for childhood clinical pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal disease contributes significantly to childhood morbidity and mortality and treatment is costly. Nigeria recently introduced the pneumococcal conjugate …