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The impact of a combined TB/HIV intervention on the incidence of TB infection among adolescents and young adults in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial communities in Zambia and South Africa
BACKGROUND: HPTN071 (PopART) was a cluster randomized trial conducted in Zambian and South African (SA) communities, between 2013-2018. The PopART …
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The meaning of caring for patients with cancer among traditional medicine practitioners in Uganda: A grounded theory approach
Traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) are a critical part of healthcare systems in many sub-Saharan African countries and play vital roles …
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The role of modelling and analytics in South African COVID-19 planning and budgeting
BACKGROUND: The South African COVID-19 Modelling Consortium (SACMC) was established in late March 2020 to support planning and budgeting for …
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Starting at the community: Treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda
Community health workers (CHW) usually refer children with suspected severe malaria to the nearest public health facility or a designated …
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Policies and resources for strengthening of emergency and critical care services in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
Critical illnesses cause several million deaths annually, with many of these occurring in low-resource settings like Kenya. Great efforts have …
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Community-based tuberculosis contact management: Caregiver experience and factors promoting adherence to preventive therapy
Delivery of tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) for children with household exposure to tuberculosis is a globally supported intervention to reduce …
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Missed opportunity for routine vaccination and associated factors among children aged 0–23 months in public health facilities of Jimma Town
The current recommendation obligates children to receive all vaccines within two years of birth. The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) …
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Usability of pulse oximeters used by community health and primary care workers as screening tools for severe illness in children under five in low resource settings: A cross-sectional study in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda
Timely recognition and referral of severely ill children is especially critical in low-resource health systems. Pulse-oximeters can improve health outcomes …
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Applying community health systems lenses to identify determinants of access to surgery among mobile & migrant populations with hydrocele in Zambia: A mixed methods assessment
Hydrocele which is caused by long term lymphatic filariasis infection can be treated through the provision of surgery. Access to …
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Comparing in-person, blended and virtual training interventions; a real-world evaluation of HIV capacity building programs in 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
We sought to evaluate the impact of transitioning a multi-country HIV training program from in-person to online by comparing digital …
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Nutritional status of children under five years and associated factors in 24 districts of Burkina Faso
Malnutrition in children is a serious health problem, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, with heavy socioeconomic burdens. The prevalence of stunting …
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Detection of acute dengue virus infection, with and without concurrent malaria infection, in a cohort of febrile children in Kenya, 2014–2019, by clinicians or machine learning algorithms
Poor access to diagnostic testing in resource limited settings restricts surveillance for emerging infections, such as dengue virus (DENV), to …
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Healthy eating and physical activity: Analysing Soweto’s young adults’ perspectives with an intersectionality lens
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are taking a toll on Africa's youth at younger ages than in other regions. …
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Tools for assessing child and adolescent stunting: Lookup tables, growth charts and a novel appropriate-technology “MEIRU” wallchart ‐ a diagnostic accuracy study
Stunting affects 149 million children worldwide and is a form of chronic malnutrition defined by low height-for-age. Surveys and intervention …
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Mortality rate and associated factors among patients co-infected with drug resistant tuberculosis/HIV at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, a retrospective cohort study
Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)/HIV co-infection remains a growing threat to public health and threatens global TB and HIV prevention and …
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A machine learning approach to explore individual risk factors for tuberculosis treatment non-adherence in Mukono district
Despite the availability and implementation of well-known efficacious interventions for tuberculosis treatment by the Ministry of Health, Uganda (MoH), treatment …
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Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine readiness and hesitancy among adults in sub-Saharan Africa
There is very limited data on the extent and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults living in sub-Saharan Africa …
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Historical visit attendance as predictor of treatment interruption in South African HIV patients: Extension of a validated machine learning model
Retention of antiretroviral (ART) patients is a priority for achieving HIV epidemic control in South Africa. While machine-learning methods are …
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Clinical epidemiology of COVID-19 among hospitalized children in rural western Kenya
The epidemiology of pediatric COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of fecal-oral transmission in SARS-CoV-2 are poorly understood. Among …
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Ethical and methodological reflections: Digital storytelling of self-care with students during the COVID-19 pandemic at a South African University
The enforcement of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic restrictions disrupted the traditional face-to-face qualitative data collection in public health. …