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Contribution of child health interventions to under-five mortality decline in Ghana: A modeling study using lives saved and missed opportunity tools
BACKGROUND: Increased coverage of interventions have been advocated to reduce under-five mortality. However, Ghana failed to achieve the Millennium Development …
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The magnitude of anemia and preventive practices in mothers with children under five years of age in Dodi Papase, Volta region of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Socio-demographic factors influence the magnitude of anemia in endemic areas. The purpose of this study is to establish the …
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Prognostic values of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular events in South African health promotion
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are increasing at an alarming rate among the South African population. This study aimed to determine …
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Duration of inter-pregnancy interval and its predictors among pregnant women in urban South Ethiopia: Cox gamma shared frailty modeling
BACKGROUND: Short inter-pregnancy interval is a public health concern because it results in adverse perinatal outcomes such as postpartum hemorrhage, …
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The meaning of fatherhood to men in relationships with female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda: The struggle to model the traditional parameters of fatherhood and masculinity
Many women who engage in sex work in sub-Saharan Africa become pregnant, often unintentionally. There is limited attention paid to …
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Influence of intrauterine factors on birth weight and on child linear growth in rural Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the influence of intrauterine fetal factors on childhood growth in low-income countries. The objective of …
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A practical evaluation of correlation filter-based object trackers with new features
Visual object tracking is a critical problem in the field of computer vision. The visual object tracker methods can be …
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Does previous circumcision and wealth index influence women’s attitude to discontinue the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) in Ethiopia?
INTRODUCTION: understanding women's attitudes towards female genital mutilation is an important step towards eliminating this practice. We used the 2016 …
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Chlorhexidine cord care after a national scale-up as a newborn survival strategy: A survey in four regions of Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION: Chlorhexidine cord care is an effective intervention to reduce neonatal infection and death in resource constrained settings. The Federal …
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Magnitude of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug resistance and associated factors among presumptive tuberculosis patients at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) remains one of the most significant causes of death and a major public health problem …
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Perception of risk regarding the use of COVID-19 vaccine among pregnant women in Motta town and Hulet Eji Enese district, northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is a common practice in developing countries like Ethiopia. Despite there being a rumor from …
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A prospective follow-up study on how long newborns are fasting in Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, 2020
BACKGROUND: At birth, continuous flow of nutrients to the fetus in utero interrupted due to cut of the route /umbilical …
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Diversity, distribution and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania, North-West Africa
Detailed knowledge about biodiversity distribution is critical for monitoring the biological effects of global change processes. Biodiversity knowledge gaps hamper …
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Dietary self-care and associated factors among diabetic patients in Jimma University Medical Centre, South West Ethiopia; A path analysis
BACKGROUND: Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a chronic metabolic disorder that caused about 4.2 million deaths and at least 760 billion dollars' …
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Evaluating the efficacy of Mazao Tickoff (Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE 7) in controlling natural tick infestations on cattle in coastal Kenya: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Ticks and tick-borne diseases cause substantial economic losses to the livestock industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Mazao Tickoff is a novel …
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Prevalence and determinants of peripheral arterial disease in children with nephrotic syndrome
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is the least studied complication of nephrotic syndrome (NS). Risk factors which predispose children with NS …
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Intestinal helminthiasis survey with emphasis on schistosomiasis in Koga irrigation scheme environs, northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Distribution of schistosomiasis is more focal due to spatial heterogeneities in intermediate host snail dynamics and water contact behavior …
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Safe abortion service utilization and associated factors among insecurely housed women who experienced abortion in southwest Ethiopia, 2021: A community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Insecurely housed women are more vulnerable to physical and mental health issues than the general population, making access to …
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Glycated haemoglobin and fasting plasma glucose tests in the screening of outpatients for diabetes and abnormal glucose regulation in Uganda: A diagnostic accuracy study
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To understand the utility of glycated haemoglobin (HBA1C) in screening for diabetes and Abnormal Glucose Regulation (AGR) …
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Statistical inference for a constant-stress partially accelerated life tests based on progressively hybrid censored samples from inverted Kumaraswamy distribution
In this article, we investigate the problem of point and interval estimations under constant-stress partially accelerated life tests. The lifetime …