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Empowering youth and ensuring health: utilization of youth friendly service among preparatory school students in Gambella, Southwest Ethiopia
Background Youth is a period with exposure to high risk of reproductive health (RH) problems. Despite, several strategies designed to …
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The magnitude of casual sex and associated factors among students at Debre Berhan University
Background: Today's youth are adopting a new trend: casual sex. College students are expected to engage in a range of …
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Prevalence and associated factors of non-consensual sexual acts among adolescents in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Introduction: During adolescence, due to lack of experience, individuals may engage in or tolerate certain non-consensual acts under coercion. There …
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Knowledge, perceptions, and management of symptoms of hormonal imbalance among adolescent girls in selected schools in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study
Introduction: Adolescent girls are more sensitive to hormonal imbalance with major impact on their nutritional, reproductive, physical, psychosocial, and academic …
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The factors associated with teenage pregnancy among young women aged between 15 and 19 years in Rwanda: a retrospective cross-sectional study on the Rwanda Demographic Health Survey 2019–2020
Background: Teenage pregnancy is a significant public health issue and is strongly associated with risky sexual behaviors such as early …
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Attitudes and practices regarding contraception among male students in a Nigerian tertiary educational institution: a cross-sectional study
Objectives: Limited data exists on attitudes and practices of young men in tertiary institutions towards contraception. This study assesses attitudes …
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What emerging adults say about the appropriateness of sexual and reproductive health programmes: evidence from a suburb in Accra, Ghana
Introduction: Young people's access to appropriate health information in Ghana has been marginal, hence their utilisation of existing services remains …
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Spatial distribution and urban–rural disparity of unmet need for family planning among married/in-union women in Ethiopia: a spatial and decomposition analysis
Background High unmet need for family planning combined with other factors, such as high early marriage and teenage pregnancy, increases …
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Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation in South Africa: a case study of USAID-supported programs
Since the introduction of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in 2016, countries have successfully scaled-up PrEP to populations at risk of …
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Risky sexual practice and associated factors among antiretroviral therapy attendees in public health facilities, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia: a multi-center cross-sectional study
Background The majority of people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan …
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Determinants of HIV infection at 18 months of age among HIV-exposed infants in the context of PMTCT interventions in southern Ethiopia
Introduction: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV accounts for over 90% of annual HIV infections among children under the age of …
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Ecology meets reproductive medicine in HIV prevention: the case for geography-informed approaches for bacterial vaginosis in Africa
Purpose of review: Women in Africa bear the burden of the HIV epidemic, which has been associated with the high …
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Knowledge and perceptions of blood donors of the Western Cape Blood Services, South Africa, toward vaginal sample donation for biobanking
Introduction Depletion of Lactobacillus species and an overgrowth of anaerobes in the vaginal tract bacterial vaginosis (BV)], is associated with …
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Knowledge of reproductive rights and associated factors among Oda Bultum University students, eastern Ethiopia
Background Reproductive rights are an essential element of public health interventions to reduce adolescent and youth mortality and morbidity. A …
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Multilevel survival analysis of the age at first birth among women in Ethiopia
Introduction: The age at first birth refers to the age at which a woman has her first child. It can …
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Knowledge, attitude towards, and utilization of friendly health services among school adolescents in the pastoral community of Guji zone, Ethiopia: an institution-based comparative cross-sectional study
Aim Although sexual and reproductive health for adolescents is a recognized fundamental human right and a critical component of health …
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Women's satisfaction with comprehensive abortion care services and associated factors in central Gondar zone public primary hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2023
Background Abortion complications are the leading causes of maternal death in low and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia. Providing quality and …
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Preferences for pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery among HIV-negative pregnant and breastfeeding women in Zambia: evidence from a discrete choice experiment
Introduction Pregnant and breastfeeding women at substantial risk for HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa can benefit from biomedical interventions such …
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Surgical abortion service reorganization in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a unique experience of attending second trimester D&E procedures under spinal anesthesia as emergency procedures
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created a massive shift in how health care systems interact with COVID testing for patients. To …
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State of the maternal healthcare continuum in Guinea, awaiting the next Demographic and Health Survey: the case of the five communes of Conakry in 2022
Background: The continuum of maternal health care ensures consistency in the delivery of care from pregnancy to the postnatal period. …