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Healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions from using targeted sequencing to diagnose and manage drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in Eswatini
Challenges in diagnosing drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) contribute to a diagnostic gap. Design-locked Targeted Sequencing (TS) assays have the potential to …
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Magnitude of ectopic pregnancy, management methods, and its associated factors among pregnant women attending Ambo University Referral Hospital in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A seven years retrospective institutional based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Ectopic pregnancy is the implantation of a blastocyst outside of the endometrial lining of the uterus. Ectopic pregnancy can …
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Advertising ultra-processed foods around urban and rural schools in Kenya
Marketing of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can influence children's food preferences and consumption patterns. However, limited data exist on the extent …
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Vaccine wastage rates and attributed factors in rural and urban areas in Uganda: Case of Mukono and Kalungu districts
Vaccine wastage remains a challenge to effective immunization; especially in low-income countries. We estimated vaccine wastage rates and assessed attributed …
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Coaching visits and supportive supervision for primary care facilities to improve malaria service data quality in Ghana: An intervention case study
Effective decision-making for malaria prevention and control depends on timely, accurate, and appropriately analyzed and interpreted data. Poor quality data …
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From need to neglect: Exploring psychological barriers to preventive interventions in pregnancy
To effectively reduce the impact of hepatitis B and malaria during pregnancy, consistent adherence to key preventive interventions such as …
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Gender disparities and barriers to access and use of essential health services in Ethiopia: Designing primary health care through gender lens
Despite remarkable gains in maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes globally, the lack of access to and use of essential …
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Socio-medical factors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders on the Kenyan coast
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a group of conditions with their onset during the early developmental period and include conditions such …
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Neurodevelopmental delay and associated factors among preterm infants aged 6 to 24 months adjusted gestation age in two urban hospitals in Uganda
Neurodevelopmental delay has been reported among preterm infants who survive beyond the neonatal period. However, there is paucity of data …
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Scoping review on the perceptions and attitude of women on methods for collecting cervicovaginal samples for Human Papillomavirus testing in Sub-Saharan Africa
The burden of cervical cancer (CC) continues to rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) while some high-income countries are approaching elimination …
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Does enhanced HIV prevention, diagnosis, and linkage to care reduce hospitalisation in high HIV-burden communities in Zambia and South Africa? findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) randomised trial
The objective of this study is to explore if a community-based HIV combination prevention intervention reduced inpatient hospitalisations in Zambia …
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Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is experiencing an epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite numerous evidence-based therapies and management guidelines for patients …
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Using an analogue-digital hybrid clinical data management platform during a two-dose preventive Ebola virus vaccine trial in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Clinical trials in settings with intermittent or non-existent internet and power connectivity, for example during humanitarian emergencies, present challenges in …
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Barriers to viral suppression in children aged 9 years or younger on dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy in Malawi, a mixed-methods study
After the transition to pediatric dolutegravir-based regimens, viral load (VL) suppression among children with HIV (CWH) in Malawi has remained …
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HIV prevalence, risk factors, prevention methods, and interventions among taxi drivers and commercial motorcyclists in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Transport workers, particularly taxi drivers and commercial motorcyclists, comprise a population at high risk for HIV and account for nearly …
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TB and diabetes in Eswatini: Addressing suboptimal treatment outcomes through integrated services
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in Eswatini, a country with the highest global HIV prevalence. Diabetes mellitus …
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Dietary diversity insufficiently explains differences in prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy across regions in Nigeria: A secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2018
The prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy differs across regions worldwide. Previous studies have reported associations between diet and anaemia. Dietary …
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Hypertensive crisis: Insights into prevalence and associated factors at a tertiary care facility in Zambia
BACKGROUND: Hypertensive crisis, including hypertensive emergency (with target organ damage) and hypertensive urgency (without target organ damage), is a critical …
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Using a cash transfer plus SMS nudge package to improve the wellbeing among caregivers of adolescents living with HIV during the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa: A pilot randomised controlled trial
Caregivers of adolescents living with HIV encounter multiple economic and psycho-social challenges which impair their wellbeing and provision of optimal …
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The association between indoor biofuel use for cooking and glucose metabolism in adults: A cross-sectional study in Tanzania
The burden of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but determinants are not well-characterized. …