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Community’s extent of use and approval of extended pharmacy services in community pharmacies in Southwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The emergence of chronic diseases as major causes of disability and death has necessitated the introduction of new strategies …
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Abundance, density, and social structure of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in a human-modified landscape in southwestern Gabon
Population monitoring is critical to effective conservation, but forest living taxa can be difficult to directly observe. This has been …
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A mixed methods investigation of implementation barriers and facilitators to a daily mobile phone sexual risk assessment for young women in Soweto, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemiology in South Africa reveals stark age and gender disparities, with young women being the most vulnerable …
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Longitudinal changes in the nasopharyngeal resistome of South African infants using shotgun metagenomic sequencing
INTRODUCTION: Nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is a global public health concern. Antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) genes carried by the resident …
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Urban-rural disparity in sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviors of HIV-positive adolescent girls and young women and their perspectives on their male sexual partners: A cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe
We conducted a cross sectional survey in Zimbabwe to describe urban-rural disparity in socio-demographic characteristics and sexual behaviors of HIV-positive …
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Long-term outcomes of survivors of neonatal insults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: The Millennium Developmental Goals ensured a significant reduction in childhood mortality. However, this reduction simultaneously raised concerns about the …
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Predictors of perinatal death in the presence of missing data: A birth registry-based study in northern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: More than five million perinatal deaths occur each year globally. Despite efforts put forward during the millennium development goals …
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"I think this is the only challenge… the stigma” Stakeholder perceptions about barriers to Antenatal care (ANC) and Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) uptake in Kano state, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Despite the progress made so far in reducing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), Nigeria still contributes significantly to the global burden …
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Therapeutic turnaround times for common laboratory tests in a tertiary hospital in Kenya
Access to efficient laboratory services is critical to patient care.Turnaround Time (TAT) is one of the most important measures when …
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HIV prevalence and TB in migrant miners communities of origin in Gaza Province, Mozambique: The need for increasing awareness and knowledge
BACKGROUND: As part of ongoing efforts to generate evidence needed on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) to inform policies and programs …
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Design of a new multiplex PCR assay for rice pathogenic bacteria detection and its application to infer disease incidence and detect co-infection in rice fields in Burkina Faso
Crop diseases are responsible for considerable yield losses worldwide and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. To implement efficient disease control measures, …
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A Late Holocene community burial area: Evidence of diverse mortuary practices in the Western Cape, South Africa
Over several decades, human skeletal remains from at least twelve individuals (males, females, children and infants) were recovered from a …
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Predictors of optimal breastfeeding practices in Worabe town, Silte zone, South Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Studies in sub-Saharan Africa indicated the overall prevalence of optimal breast feeding ranged between a lowest of 17.63% in …
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Understanding the healthcare provider response to sexual violence in Ghana: A situational analysis
OBJECTIVES: Gender-based violence is a global public health crisis, which has health, social, and economic impacts on survivors. In Ghana, …
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Management of hospital-acquired infections among patients hospitalized at Zewditu memorial hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A prospective cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) are acquired when the patient is hospitalized for more than 48 hours. In Ethiopia data are …
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Biophysical analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-Hsp90 organising protein (PfHop) reveals a monomer that is characterised by folded segments connected by flexible linkers
Plasmodium falciparum causes the most lethal form of malaria. The cooperation of heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 and 90 is …
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Treatment outcomes of multi drug resistant and rifampicin resistant Tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: A cohort analysis of patients initiated on treatment during 2010 to 2015
BACKGROUND: Zimbabwe is one of the thirty countries globally with a high burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) or rifampicin-resistant TB …
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Essential newborn care practices and determinants amongst mothers of infants aged 0—6 months in refugee settlements, Adjumani district, west Nile, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Despite recent improvements in child survival, neonatal mortality remains high in most developing countries. Countries affected by humanitarian emergencies …
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Prevalence of tuberculosis in Rwanda: Results of the first nationwide survey in 2012 yielded important lessons for TB control
BACKGROUND: Rwanda conducted a national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey to determine the magnitude of TB in the country and determine …
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Immature remains and the first partial skeleton of a juvenile Homo naledi, a late Middle Pleistocene hominin from South Africa
Immature remains are critical for understanding maturational processes in hominin species as well as for interpreting changes in ontogenetic development …