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Measles containing vaccine coverage and factors associated with its uptake among children aged 24–59 months in Cherangany Sub County, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya
INTRODUCTION: Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease whose elimination depends on the measles-containing vaccine (MCV) coverage of ≥95% in the population. …
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Predictors of HIV testing among youth aged 15–24 years in The Gambia
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, an estimated 38.0 million people lived with the human immunodeficiency virus in 2019, and 3.4 million young people …
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Incidence and predictors of severe acute malnutrition mortality in children aged 6–59 months admitted at Pawe general hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is defined as a weight-for-height < -3z scores of the median WHO growth standards, or …
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The basic reproduction number of COVID-19 across Africa
The pandemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) took the world by surprise. Following the first outbreak …
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Programme death ligand 1 expressions as a surrogate for determining immunotherapy in cervical carcinoma patients
BACKGROUND: The programme death ligand1 and its receptor (PD-1/PD-L1) interaction is a target for blockage by immunotherapy that uses the …
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Persistence of Schistosoma haematobium transmission among school children and its implication for the control of urogenital schistosomiasis in Lindi, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Despite twelve rounds of school-based preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis in endemic areas of Tanzania such as Mtama district, Lindi: …
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Risk factors for postpartum haemorrhage in the Northern Province of Rwanda: A case control study
BACKGROUND: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) remains a major global burden contributing to high maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Assessment of PPH …
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Antimicrobial stewardship: Attitudes and practices of healthcare providers in selected health facilities in Uganda
Though antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes are the cornerstone of Uganda's national action plan (NAP) on antimicrobial resistance, there is limited …
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Predictors of maternal and newborn health service utilization across the continuum of care in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis
BACKGROUND: The continuum of care for maternal and newborn health is a systematic approach for delivery of an integrated effective …
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Prevalence of post-partum anemia and associated factors among women attending public primary health care facilities: An institutional based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Severe post-partum anemia is an important cause of maternal deaths and severe morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, little …
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women’s alcohol use, mental health, and experiences of intimate partner violence in Wakiso, Uganda
INTRODUCTION: Uganda confirmed its first COVID-19 case in March 2020, leading to country-wide closures and a stay-at-home order. Infectious disease …
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Acceptance rate and risk perception towards the COVID-19 vaccine in Botswana
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 disease burden continues to be high worldwide and vaccines continue to be developed to help combat the …
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Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and aerobic vaginitis and their associated risk factors among pregnant women from northern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and aerobic vaginitis (AV) and their associated risk factors …
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Risk perceptions and behaviors of actors in the wild animal value chain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which contains the greatest area of the second largest rainforest on Earth, people …
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Growing up in the Betsileo landscape: Children’s wild edible plants knowledge in Madagascar
Understanding local knowledge about wild edible plants (WEP) is essential for assessing plant services, reducing the risks of knowledge extinction, …
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Effect of integrated reproductive health lesson materials in a problem-based pedagogy on soft skills for safe sexual behaviour among adolescents: A school-based randomized controlled trial in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Adolescents are currently becoming sexually active before their 18th birthday during which they have to battle with unsafe sexual …
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Low birth weight and associated factors among HIV positive and negative mothers delivered in northwest Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia,2020 a comparative crossectional study
BACKGROUND: Even though pregnancy does not affect HIV infection progression, HIV affects the pregnancy outcome. Maternal HIV infection has many …
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Predictors of time to death among cervical cancer patients at Tikur Anbesa specialized hospital from 2014 to 2019: A survival analysis
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) is the 4th most prevalent cancer among females globally. In Ethiopia, around 7,095 new CC cases …
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Treatment outcomes of patients with MDR-TB and its determinants at referral hospitals in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: There is limited empirical evidence in Ethiopia on the determinants of treatment outcomes of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) …
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Bacterial profile, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and associated factors of community-acquired pneumonia among adult patients in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Community-acquired pneumonia is associated with higher morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality in adults. Likewise, antimicrobial resistance has increased in recent …