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Thermal acclimation of photosynthetic activity and RuBisCO content in two hybrid poplar clones
The mechanistic bases of thermal acclimation of net photosynthetic rate (An) are still difficult to discern, and the data sets …
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Management of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the FAST-MI Tunisia Registry
BACKGROUND: The FAST-MI Tunisia registry was set up by the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery to assess the …
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Perceptions of chest pain and healthcare seeking behavior for chest pain in northern Tanzania: A community-based survey
BACKGROUND: Little is known about community perceptions of chest pain and healthcare seeking behavior for chest pain in sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Sensitivity and specificity of computer vision classification of eyelid photographs for programmatic trachoma assessment
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Trachoma programs base treatment decisions on the community prevalence of the clinical signs of trachoma, assessed by direct examination …
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Adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy among child contacts in Rwanda: A mixed-methods study
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for six months for child contacts without tuberculosis (TB), who …
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Prevalence and distribution of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes among HIV infected women in Lomé, Togo
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease worldwide, and it particularly affects people living with human …
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Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess the doctors and nurses knowledge of acute oxygen therapy
BACKGROUND: Prescription and administration of oxygen in emergencies by healthcare providers are reported to be inappropriate in most settings. There …
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Cost of implementing a community-based primary health care strengthening program: The case of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program in northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: The absence of implementation cost data constrains deliberations on consigning resources to community-based health programs. This paper analyses the …
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Community health workers trained to conduct verbal autopsies provide better mortality measures than existing surveillance: Results from a cross-sectional study in rural western Uganda
BACKGROUND: In much of sub-Saharan Africa, health facilities serve as the primary source of routine vital statistics. These passive surveillance …
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Factors influencing performance of community-based health volunteers’ activities in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: An increasing demand for health care services and getting health care closer to doorsteps of communities has made health …
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Assessment of a storage system to deliver uninterrupted therapeutic oxygen during power outages in resource-limited settings
Access to therapeutic oxygen remains a challenge in the effort to reduce pneumonia mortality among children in low- and middle-income …
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Dietary habits, body image, and health service access related to cardiovascular diseases in rural Zambia: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa, including Zambia, where cardiovascular diseases …
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TB-diabetes co-morbidity in Ghana: The importance of Mycobacterium africanum infection
BACKGROUND: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) but little is known on TB-Diabetes Mellitus (TBDM) …
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Financial risk protection at the bedside: How Ethiopian physicians try to minimize out-of-pocket health expenditures
BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket health expenditures can pose major financial risks, create access-barriers and drive patients and families into poverty. Little is …
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Determination of lead levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood at birth at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos
BACKGROUND: Lead toxicity is a cause of intellectual disability in children and majority of affected children live in developing countries. …
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Vaccination timeliness among newborns and infants in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: We characterize the risk factors for delayed polio dose 1, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) dose 1, pentavalent dose 1, and measles …
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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and associated factors among HIV positive educators: Findings from the 2015/6 survey of Health of Educators in Public Schools in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: In many sub-Saharan African countries, confronting the dual epidemic of HIV and NCDs is a public health priority especially …
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Poor supply chain management and stock-outs of point-of-care diagnostic tests in Upper East Region’s primary healthcare clinics, Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Several supply chain components are important to sustain point-of-care (POC) testing services in rural settings. To evaluate the availability …
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Creative arts in psychotherapy for traumatized children in South Africa: An evaluation study
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility and effect of a 10-session creative arts in psychotherapy group programme on posttraumatic stress symptoms, …
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Development of a psycho-social intervention for reducing psychological distress among parents of children with intellectual disabilities in Malawi
BACKGROUND: The burden of intellectual disabilities in low and middle income countries (LMIC) is high and is associated with parental …