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An Ubuntu-based reflection on the public health impact of silica dust exposure in the South African mining industry
Issuing fitness certificates to South African mine workers with early and mild silicosis to continue risk work underground is a …
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Applying design thinking for collaborative strategic planning in global health partnerships: the Operation Smile experience
Background Power asymmetries between global health actors based in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and those based in High-Income Countries …
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Creating opportunities out of challenges: assessment of adaptations to maintain uninterrupted access to antiretroviral therapy for HIV clients in West Africa during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Background The COVID-19 pandemic imposed challenges to HIV service provision in Africa. The Ending AIDS in West Africa project (#EAWA), …
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Utility of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded prostate biospecimens from low-resource settings for use in next-generation sequencing studies in African-descent populations
Background Men of African ancestry experience higher burden from prostate cancer compared to men of other ancestral backgrounds. Limitations in …
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The effect of the anglophone crisis on youth sexual and reproductive health in the Northwest region of Cameroon: a qualitative study
Background The ongoing armed conflict in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon, named the “Anglophone crisis”, has had a deleterious …
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Awareness of cervical cancer and screening in Benin and Cameroon: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey, 2017-2018
Background Cervical cancer incidence and mortality are high in Africa. We assessed cervical cancer and screening awareness in two West …
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Readiness, access, and use of facility childbirth care in Ethiopia: results from nationally representative linked household and health facility surveys
Background Facility readiness is an important prerequisite for providing safe, effective childbirth care. This study assesses the readiness of health …
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Understanding the factors influencing health workers’ choice of workplace locations: a qualitative description of primary healthcare workers’ perspectives in Nigeria
Background Universal access to a qualified, skilled, motivated and equitably distributed health workforce is pertinent for the delivery of quality …
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Assessing knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 among traders and sanitary workers in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana
Background Since its emergence, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected over half a billion people, killed over 6 million others, …
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Amref Alternative Rites of Passage (ARP) model for female genital mutilation/cutting, teenage pregnancies, and child, early and forced marriages in Kenya: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial protocol
Background The Amref Alternative Rites of Passage (ARP) model was initiated in 2009. To date, about 20,000 girls have been …
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Trends and factors associated with immediate postnatal care utilisation in Ethiopia: analysis of the demographic and health surveys, 2011-2019
Background Globally, most maternal deaths occur during the first twenty-four hours after childbirth. Although different interventions have been implemented to …
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Promptness of health-seeking behaviour among children under five years with fever in Malawi: evidence from the 2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey
Background Fever in malaria-endemic countries may be caused by malaria. Malaria infection is a major public health problem with substantial …
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A creative approach to participatory mapping on climate change impacts among very young adolescents in Kenya
Adolescent perspectives are crucially important for developing sustainable solutions to address climate change yet remain overlooked in the literature, particularly …
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Data for local decision-making, not a mere reporting requirement: development of an index to measure facility-level use of HMIS data
Background Well-functioning health management information systems (HMIS) enable decision-making at all health system levels. This study develops an index to …
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Maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and breastfeeding practices of children 0–23 months: findings from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health and human rights issue with high prevalence in Nigeria. Understanding …
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Comparative accuracy of sonography, mammography and the BI-RADS characterization of breast masses among adult women at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Background Breast cancer is common among Ugandan women and mortality rate is significantly high. Uganda, like many low-income countries, has …
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Trends and determinants of modern contraceptive utilisation among adolescent girls aged 15-19 years in Sierra Leone: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys, 2008-2019
Background Modern contraceptives are effective interventions for preventing unwanted pregnancies, but their use remain low among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan …
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Geophagy: a survey on the practice of soil consumption in N’Djamena, Chad
Background Geophagy, the recurrent intentional eating of soil, is well documented in many African countries, but little or nothing is …
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Exploring ‘spaces for community dialogue’ among adults and children in collective identification, sharing and mitigation of HIV/AIDS concerns in Uganda
Background Through experience and research, the Uganda government perceived the HIV/AIDS pandemic as a multi-dimensional problem and practically demonstrated that …
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Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine among different adult age group populations in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Background At the time when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, its spread in the African continent was …