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Case Report: A case of dipylidiasis in a first-trimester pregnant woman attending a routine antenatal clinic at Elmina health centre, Ghana
Dipylidiasis is a zoonotic parasitosis caused by a canine and feline tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum which rarely infects humans, usually infants …
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Post-Ebola Community Health Worker programme performance in Kenema District, Sierra Leone: A long way to go!
Background: The devastating 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone could erode the gains of the health system including the Community …
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Paediatric morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone. Have things changed after the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak?
Background: Sierra Leone was severely affected by the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak and is likely to have had longer term repercussions …
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HIV prevalence correlated with circumcision prevalence and high-risk sexual behavior in India's states: an ecological study
Background: HIV prevalence varies between 0% and 1.6% in India's states. The factors underpinning this variation are poorly defined. Methods: …
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Non-communicable diseases in the Western Area District, Sierra Leone, following the Ebola outbreak
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. During infectious disease outbreaks, such …
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Diversity issues in Nigeria’s healthcare sector: implications on organizational commitment. A cross-sectional study
Background : Workplace diversity is increasingly gaining the attention of healthcare organizations, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. However, little …
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Association between umbilical cord hygiene and neonatal sepsis among neonates presenting to a primary care facility in Nairobi County, Kenya: a case-control study
Background: Three-quarters of all annual neonatal deaths in developing countries are attributable to neonatal sepsis. In primary care settings, poor …
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Operational research: did health systems in Sierra Leone recover after the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak?
Findings from participants who attended the second post-Ebola SORT-IT course are reported in five short papers on the "legacy of …
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Case Report: Coronary artery stent infection with mycotic aneurysm secondary to tricuspid valve infective endocarditis
Coronary artery stent infection with mycotic aneurysm is a rare life-threatening complication following coronary angioplasty, usually requiring surgical intervention. Reaching …
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A recall-by-genotype study on polymorphisms in the TMPRSS6 gene and oral iron absorption: a study protocol
Background : Oral iron supplementation is commonly used to treat and prevent anaemia. The transmembrane protease serine 6 gene ( …
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Case Report: Concomitant coronary stent and femoral artery thrombosis in the setting of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare but potentially life threatening adverse drug reaction. We report an unusual case of …
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Investigating colistin drug resistance: The role of high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics
Bacterial infections involving antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria continue to increase and represent a major global public health concern. Resistance to antibiotics …
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Assessment of magnesium sulphate usage in pre-eclamptic and eclamptic women in Omdurman Maternity Hospital, 2017: A cross-sectional study
Background: Eclampsia, the end phenomena of the preeclampsia spectrum, appears as new onset grand mal seizures in women with preeclampsia. …
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Evaluation of patient satisfaction and shade matching of Vita Suprinity versus lithium disilicate (E-max) ceramic crowns in the esthetic zone: a randomized controlled clinical trial
Background: Optical impairments of teeth in the esthetic zone constitute a problem for many dentists and patients as several studies …
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Safety and efficacy of Azithromycin in prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation: systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes a major burden in terms of deaths and hospitalizations worldwide; it is associated …
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Are we missing ‘previously treated’ smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis under programme settings in India? A cross-sectional study
Background: In 2007, a field observation from India reported 11% misclassification among ‘new’ patients registered under the revised national tuberculosis …
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Boosting diabetes and pre-diabetes screening in rural Ghana
Background: Diabetes is a growing worldwide disease with serious consequences to health and with a high financial burden. Ghana is …
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Clinical outcomes of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate partial coverage crowns compared to lithium disilicate partial coverage crowns. A randomized controlled split-mouth clinical study
Background: Despite the fact that preliminary clinical results of conservative partial coverage restorations (PCRs) are promising, the clinical behavior of …
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Mitochondrial genomes of Anopheles arabiensis, An. gambiae and An. coluzzii show no clear species division
Here we report the complete mitochondrial sequences of 70 individual field collected mosquito specimens from throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. We generated …
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Evaluation of retention of knowledge, skill and competency of health workers one year after completion of the Helping Babies Breathe training program in South Sudan
Introduction: The aim of the study is t o evaluate the long-term retention of knowledge, skill and competency of health …