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Building research capacity for sickle cell disease in Africa: Lessons and challenges from establishing a birth cohort in Tanzania
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a known public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The manifestation of SCD starts in …
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Monitoring healthcare improvement for mothers and newborns: A quantitative review of WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA standards using Every Mother Every Newborn assessment tools
Background: Assessment tools with the ability to capture WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA standard quality-of-care measures are needed. This study aimed to assess the …
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Time to occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis and its predictors among low birth weight neonates admitted at neonatal intensive care unit of felege hiwot compressive specialized hospital BahirDar, Ethiopia, 2021: A retrospective follow-up study
Background Globally, the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) varies between 6 and 15% of all neonates admitted to the neonatal …
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Virtual Faculty Development in Simulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Pilot Training for Pediatricians in Kisumu, Kenya
Introduction: Simulation is an effective educational tool increasingly being utilized in medical education globally and across East Africa. Globally, pediatric …
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Antenatal care utilization and nutrition counseling are strongly associated with infant and young child feeding knowledge among rural/semi-urban women in Harari region, Eastern Ethiopia
There is a gap in evidence linking antenatal care (ANC) utilization, nutrition counseling, and knowledge of pregnant women about infant …
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Early care and support for young children with developmental disabilities and their caregivers in Uganda: The Baby Ubuntu feasibility trial
Background: Early care and support provision for young children with developmental disabilities is frequently lacking, yet has potential to improve …
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Evaluation of the safety of using harmonic scalpel during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children: A preliminary report
Background and objective: In spite of being one of the most common surgical procedures performed in adults, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) …
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Antiretroviral choice and severe disease predict poorer neuropsychological outcomes in HIV+ children from Africa
Background: The International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT) P1104s study evaluated neuropsychological outcomes over 96 weeks in …
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Every breath counts: Lessons learned in developing a training NICU in Northern Tanzania
Introduction Neonatal mortality rates in resource-limited hospitals of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain disproportionately high and are likely underestimated due to …
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Perspectives: Neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in low and middle income countries (LMIC)
Neonatal AKI (NAKI) remains a challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this perspective, we address issues of diagnosis …
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Morbidity and mortality in small for gestational age very preterm infants in a middle-income country
Objective: To evaluate the impact of small for gestational age (SGA) on outcomes of very preterm infants at Groote Schuur …
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Treatment outcome of pediatric tuberculosis in eastern Ethiopia
Background Children are more vulnerable to developing active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection which causes significant morbidity and mortality. However, the contribution …
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Determinants of potentially harmful traditional cord care practices among mothers in Ethiopia
Background Globally, newborn deaths have declined from 5 million in 1990 to 2.4 million in 2019; however, the risk of …
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Prevalence and associated factors of diarrhea among under-five children in the Jawi district, Awi Zone Ethiopia, 2019. Community based comparative cross-sectional study
Introduction Although most deaths are preventable with simple and inexpensive measures, death from diarrhea accounts for one out of nine …
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Time to death and its predictors among neonates who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Retrospective follow up study
Backgrounds: Neonatal death is the major problem in developing world. Burden and predictors of neonatal mortality vary across countries and …
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Maternal and neonatal factors associated with low birth weight among neonates delivered at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Introduction: Low birth weight is a major contributory factor to infant mortality. Although low birth weight remains an important public …
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Postnatal probiotic supplementation can prevent and optimize treatment of childhood asthma and atopic disorders: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Background Although several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published over the past 5 years show that prenatal or postnatal probiotics may …
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Level of Postnatal Checkup in Ethiopia – Implications for Child Health Services
Background High neonatal mortality rates continue to be a major public health issue in Ethiopia. Despite different maternal and neonatal …
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Strategies to Reduce Mortality Among Children Living With HIV and Children Exposed to HIV but Are Uninfected, Admitted With Severe Acute Malnutrition at Mulago Hospital, Uganda (REDMOTHIV): A Mixed Methods Study
Background Children living with HIV (CLHIV) and children who are exposed to HIV but uninfected (CHEU) are at increased risk …
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Practicing Level and Determinants of Safe Cord Care and Skin-To-Skin Contact Among Post-partum Women in Public Hospitals of Eastern Ethiopia
Background: Even though practicing levels of safe cord care and skin-to-skin contact among post-partum women are critical to reducing neonatal …