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Consumer awareness and production practices of farmers on antimicrobial residues in chicken eggs and Chinese cabbage in Dodoma, Central Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial residues (ABs) in foods contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance, which is becoming a major public health …
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Barriers and facilitators of weight management: Perspectives of the urban poor in Accra, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Obesity is rising in sub-Saharan Africa and globally, and is a highly significant public health problem that needs urgent …
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Effect of amaranth leaf meal on performance, meat, and bone characteristics of Ross 308 broiler chickens
This study aimed to determine the effect of amaranth leaf meal (ALM) inclusion levels on the productivity of Ross 308 …
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Perception towards preeclampsia and perceived barriers to early health-seeking among pregnant women in selected Hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia is one of the top maternal morbidity and mortality that disproportionately affects pregnant women in low and middle-income …
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Assessing the diagnostic performance of a novel RT-PCR fluorescence method for the detection of human plasmodium species
BACKGROUND: Malaria elimination effort is hampered not only by the lack of effective medication but also due to the lack …
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Magnitude of patient satisfaction and its associated factors at the outpatient psychiatry service of Dilla university referral hospital, Southern Ethiopia, Dilla, 2020
BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction is a subjective attitudinal response of a client to a health institution's services and a pillar of …
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Evaluation of the fluorescent-thin layer chromatography (f-TLC) for the diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer is a tissue necrosis infection caused by an environmental mycobacterium called Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU). The disease is …
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Observed trends and projections of temperature and precipitation in the Olifants River Catchment in South Africa
Among the projected effects of climate change, water resources are at the center of the matrix. Certainly, the southern African …
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Prediction of drug resistance by Sanger sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated from multidrug resistant tuberculosis suspect patients in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia is one of the high multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden countries. However, phenotypic drug susceptibility testing can take several …
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Integrating herbivore assemblages and woody plant cover in an African savanna to reveal how herbivores respond to ecosystem management
African savannas are experiencing anthropogenically-induced stressors that are accelerating the increase of woody vegetation cover. To combat this, land managers …
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Analysis of low resource setting referral pathways to improve coordination and evidence-based services for maternal and child health in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In low-resource settings, patient referral to a hospital is an essential part of the primary health care system. However, …
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Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya
Pre-slaughter handling of pigs has been documented to affect the quality of meat though no studies have investigated this relationship …
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Symptomatic dry eye disease and associated factors among postgraduate students in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Symptomatic dry eye disease is a growing public health challenge especially among those who are visual display unit (VDU) …
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The potential role of serum expression profile of long non coding RNAs, Cox2 and HOTAIR as novel diagnostic biomarkers in systemic lupus erythematosus
BACKGROUND: The role of the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is mostly unknown, …
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A mixed methods study of community-based health insurance enrollment trends and underlying challenges in two districts of northeast Ethiopia: A proxy for its sustainability
BACKGROUND: The term "community-based health insurance" refers to a broad range of nonprofit, prepaid health financing models designed to meet …
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Towards a DNA barcode library for Madagascar’s threatened ichthyofauna
In order to improve the molecular resources available for conservation management of Madagascar's threatened ichthyofauna, we elaborated a curated database …
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Prevalence of visual impairment due to refractive error among children and adolescents in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
INTRODUCTION: Globally, the prevalence of refractive error was 12%, and visual impairment due to refractive error was 2.1%. In sub-Saharan …
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Longitudinal path analysis for the directional association of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder with their comorbidities and associated factors among postpartum women in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-lagged autoregressive modelling study
INTRODUCTION: Vulnerability for depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms due to perceived traumatic birth increase during the postpartum period. …
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Experiences and challenges of parents caring for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A qualitative study in Dar es salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral childhood disorder. Children with ADHD are difficult to handle due …
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Measuring socioeconomic inequalities in prenatal HIV test service uptake for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in East Africa: A decomposition analysis
BACKGROUND: Despite efforts made towards the elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission, socioeconomic inequality in prenatal HIV test uptake in East …