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Extent and causes of increased domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: community health worker perspectives from Kenya, Bangladesh, and Haiti
Background Emerging data, media reports, and anecdotal evidence suggest that domestic violence (DV) has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, …
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Prevalence and predictors of Kaposi’s sarcoma among HIV patients receiving care at a tertiary hospital in Jos, Nigeria
Background Kaposi’s sarcoma became prevalent with the appearance of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) in the 1980s. However, the widespread …
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Self-citation and corruption: cross-sectional, cross-country study
Background Self-citation appears to be widely prevalent. However, the structural drivers of self-citation are poorly understood. Methods Data for this …
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Applicability and comparison of the sub-Saharan Africa and original WHO maternal near-miss criteria in a rural hospital in Western Tanzania
Background After the introduction of the maternal near-miss (MNM) criteria by the World Health Organization (WHO), an adapted version for …
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The V-RAMP program: Building research administration and management capacity in Nigeria
The increasing volume and complexity of research activities in Nigeria necessitates urgent measures to improve research infrastructure in grants administration …
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Human intestinal helminths among HIV sero-positive and sero-negative adults in rural settings in Plateau state, Nigeria
Background There appears to be a bilateral relationship between HIV infection and intestinal helminthic infection. However, there is a paucity …
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Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health
Background Although much has been written about efficacy of various herbal and plant-based medicines, significantly less is known about patterns …
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Advancing tobacco control research in Ghana: findings from a meeting with key stakeholders
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is growing globally, with the greatest increase in NCD deaths expected to occur in sub-Saharan …
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Gaps in maternal, newborn, and child health research: a scoping review of 72 years in Ethiopia
Background Despite significant reductions in maternal and child mortality over the past few decades, a disproportionate number of global deaths …
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A mixed methods needs assessment and gap analysis for establishment of a cancer research training program in East Africa
BACKGROUND: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, in Africa is rising. Policymakers are charged with formulating evidence-based cancer …
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Changes in community knowledge and attitudes related to female genital fistula following the implementation of a multi-component intervention in Nigeria and Uganda
Background Despite well-documented individual-level barriers to fistula care access including limited awareness, psychosocial deterrents, and contextual factors, less is known …
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Barriers and facilitators of traditional health practitioners’ regulation requirements: a qualitative study
Background Regulations could create benefits and opportunities for traditional health practitioners (THPs) and traditional medicine (TM) users in this new …
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Ubuntu ethics and moral problems in traditional bone-healing
Traditional bone-healing (TBH) remains a widespread practice for various orthopaedics anomalies in many African countries. Despite the patronage frequency of …
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Schistosomiasis prevalence and low-cost diagnostics in rural Northwestern Madagascar: a pilot study
Background Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects the health of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Affordable diagnostic methods …
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Laboratory safety evaluation at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, 2018-2019
Background In 2015, Ethiopia designated rabies as a priority zoonotic disease. Challenges in rabies diagnostic capacity, including laboratory safety, were …
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Tobacco use and COVID-19 in Ghana: generating evidence to support policy and practice
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has affected over 45 million people and caused over a million deaths globally. Tobacco use, a …
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Can clinical vignettes administered by mobile phone call be used to measure quality of contraceptive care practices in Malawi?
Background Accurate and timely measures of quality of contraceptive care are required for program improvement but can be expensive and …
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Prevalence and patterns of chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases multimorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review
Background The burden of multimorbidity is rising globally. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases alongside the …
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Cost-effectiveness and equitable access to vaccines in Ethiopia: an overview and evidence synthesis of the published literature
In Ethiopia, despite the introduction of new vaccines and a steady increase in access to immunization services over the last …
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A systematic scoping review of the impacts of community food production initiatives in Kenya, Cameroon, and South Africa
BACKGROUND: Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, one in two people in Africa were food insecure. The burden of malnutrition remains …