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Monitoring the transition to new antiretroviral treatment regimens through an enhanced data system in Kenya
BACKGROUND: While the scale-up of HIV services has improved national health management information systems (HMIS), there remain challenges in using …
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Incidence of prostate cancer in Eritrea: Data from the National Health Laboratory, Orotta Referral Hospital and Sembel Hospital 2011-2018
INTRODUCTION: Up-to-date statistics on prostate cancer incidence and causative risk factors are essential for the primary prevention of this disease. …
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Community based reference interval of selected clinical chemistry parameters among apparently healthy Adolescents in Mekelle City, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Locally established clinical laboratory reference intervals (RIs) are required to interpret laboratory test results for screening, diagnosis and prognosis. …
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Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, 2008–2010
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is more difficult to diagnose and treat compared with drug-susceptible TB. Young children are at greater risk …
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Injection and sexual risk among people who use or inject drugs in Kampala, Uganda: An exploratory qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have seen rapid increases in injection drug use since 2008. In Uganda, the Global …
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Polymorphisms and drug resistance analysis of HIV-1 isolates from patients on first line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South-eastern Nigeria
Acquisition of resistance mutations by HIV-1 isolates causes treatment failure among infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study determined …
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Association of early viral lower respiratory infections and subsequent development of atopy, a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
INTRODUCTION: Existing evidence on the relationship between childhood lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and the subsequent atopy development is controversial. …
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Anxiety: An overlooked confounder in the characterisation of chronic stress-related conditions?
Although anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent of psychiatric disorders, childhood trauma-related studies seldom consider anxiety proneness as distinct …
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“The thing is, kids don’t grow the same”: Parent perspectives on preschoolers’ weight and size in Soweto, South Africa
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is high among preschool age (3-5 years) children in South Africa, and children in …
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Sexual behaviour, changes in sexual behaviour and associated factors among women at high risk of HIV participating in feasibility studies for prevention trials in Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Risk reduction towards safer behaviour is promoted after enrolment in HIV prevention trials. We evaluated sexual behaviour, changes in …
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Back to basics: Gaps in baseline data call for revisiting an environmental education program in the SAVA region, Madagascar
Environmental education programs are critically important for raising awareness about global and local environmental concerns, by providing the knowledge, tools, …
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Prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among key populations in Togo, 2017
OBJECTIVES: Mental health is a largely neglected issue among in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially among key populations at risk for HIV. …
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A theoretical framework for Landsat data modeling based on the matrix variate mean-mixture of normal model
This paper introduces a new family of matrix variate distributions based on the mean-mixture of normal (MMN) models. The properties …
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The geographic distribution of priority population groups for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Women of reproductive age living with HIV (WRLHIV), HIV-positive pregnant women, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are key …
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Assessment of availability, awareness and perception of stakeholders regarding preschool vision screening in Kumasi, Ghana: An exploratory study
BACKGROUND: Regardless of the importance of preschool vision screening (PSVS), there is limited data on the current state of these …
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Parental and child-level predictors of HIV testing uptake, seropositivity and treatment initiation among children and adolescents in Cameroon
BACKGROUND: There is a growing body of evidence positioning targeted provider-initiated testing and counselling (tPITC, also known as index case …
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Physicians’ satisfaction with clinical laboratory services at public hospitals in Ethiopia: A national survey
INTRODUCTION: Physician is a central figure in the client list of clinical laboratory. Monitoring physicians' satisfaction with laboratory service is …
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Small-area variation of cardiovascular diseases and select risk factors and their association to household and area poverty in South Africa: Capturing emerging trends in South Africa to better target local level interventions
BACKGROUND: Of the total 56 million deaths worldwide during 2012, 38 million (68%) were due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly …
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Identification of additional /novel QTL associated with resistance to cassava green mite in a biparental mapping population
Cassava green mite [CGM, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar)] is the most destructive dry-season pest in most cassava production areas. The pest …
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Lessons learned from using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to assess sexual risk behaviors among Kenyan young adults living in urban slum settlements: A process evaluation
BACKGROUND: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a peer-referral sampling methodology used to estimate characteristics of underserved groups that cannot be randomly …