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Level of shared decision making and associated factors among patients with mental illness in Northwest Ethiopia: Explanatory sequential mixed method study
BACKGROUND: Shared decision-making is a patient-centered and a recovery-oriented mental health system in which consumers are encouraged to actively engage …
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Recurrence of post-term pregnancy and associated factors among women who delivered at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in northern Tanzania: A retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Post-term pregnancy is a health problem of clinical importance and; tends to recur in subsequent pregnancies. Maternal age, height, …
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Prevalence, spatial distribution and determinants of infant mortality in Ethiopia: Findings from the 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
INTRODUCTION: Infant mortality declined globally in the last three decades. However, it is still a major public health concern in …
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Diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and culture assays to detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis using OMNIgene-sputum processed stool among adult TB presumptive patients in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Stool is a potential sample for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in patients with difficulty in expectorating. However, high mycobacterial …
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Social and self-stigma during COVID-19 pandemic: Egyptians’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: Social stigma associated with infectious diseases existed throughout the history of pandemics due to fears of contagion and death. …
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Allometric equation for Raphia laurentii De Wild, the commonest palm in the central Congo peatlands
The world's largest tropical peatland lies in the central Congo Basin. Raphia laurentii De Wild, the most abundant palm in …
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Community-based empowerment program to delay marriage: Results from the More Than Brides Alliance intervention in India, Malawi, Mali and Niger
The More Than Brides Alliance (MTBA) implemented an intervention in India, Malawi, Mali and Niger from 2017 to 2020. The …
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Association of ABO and RhD blood groups with the risk of HIV infection
Naturally occurring antibodies against ABO antigens present in human sera have been shown to neutralize ABO-expressing HIV in vitro. We …
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Magnitude of optimal access to ANC and its predictors in Ethiopia: Multilevel mixed effect analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Optimal access to ANC, such as the first ANC visit at first trimester, four or more ANC visits, and …
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Rotavirus infections and their genotype distribution in Rwanda before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccination
Rotavirus vaccination has reduced mortality and hospital admissions due to rotavirus diarrhoea, but its effect on rotavirus infections and the …
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Offline text-independent writer identification using a codebook with structural features
Understanding handwritten documents is a vital and challenging problem that attracts many researchers in the fields of forensic and authentication …
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Active management of the third stage of labour in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Post-partum haemorrhage occurs in over 10% of all births and is the leading cause of maternal mortality, accounting for …
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Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda
Although social support from fathers is associated with improved child feeding practices, evidence on feasible, acceptable, and effective ways to …
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Perspectives about social support among unmarried pregnant university students in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Pregnant young women in an academic environment are susceptible to stressors associated with unintended pregnancy and academic demands of …
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Psychometric assessment of HIV stigma in patients attending a tertiary facility: An initial validation of the Berger HIV stigma scale in a Ghanaian perspective
BACKGROUND: HIV-related stigma and discrimination are major challenges to people living with HIV (PLWHIV) and are due to misconceptions. Due …
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“If I don’t take my treatment, I will die and who will take care of my child?”: An investigation into an inclusive community-led approach to addressing the barriers to HIV treatment adherence by postpartum women living with HIV
INTRODUCTION: Initiatives to support adherence to HIV treatment in South Africa are often centred on service delivery thereby avoiding key …
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Transforming RNA-Seq gene expression to track cancer progression in the multi-stage early to advanced-stage cancer development
BACKGROUND: Cancer progression can be tracked by gene expression changes that occur throughout early-stage to advanced-stage cancer development. The accumulated …
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Development of a promising antigenic cocktail for the global detection of Babesia caballi in horse by ELISA
In this study, we designed novel truncated Babesia caballi (B. caballi) recombinant proteins from the previously used B. caballi proteins; …
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Adherence of health workers to guidelines for screening and management of cryptococcal meningitis in Uganda
INTRODUCTION: Health workers' failure to adhere to guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a …
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Cisplatin-associated ototoxicity amongst cervical cancer patients: A prospective cohort study in south Africa
BACKGROUND: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy using weekly cisplatin remains standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. While cisplatin …