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Policy makers’ perspective on the provision of maternal health services via mobile health clinics in Tanzania—Findings from key informant interviews
OBJECTIVE: To explore the operational feasibility of using mobile health clinics to reach the chronically underserved population with maternal and …
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Rapid, field-deployable method for collecting and preserving plant metabolome for biochemical and functional characterization
Study of plant metabolome is a growing field of science that catalogs vast biochemical and functional diversity of phytochemicals. However, …
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Associations between erythrocyte polymorphisms and risks of uncomplicated and severe malaria in Ugandan children: A case control study
BACKGROUND: Evidence for association between sickle cell and alpha thalassemia trait and severe malaria is compelling. However, for these polymorphisms …
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Association of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition with prostate and breast health disparities
African Americans (AA) have higher death rates due to prostate and breast cancer as compared to Caucasian Americans (CA), and …
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Population-level HIV incidence estimates using a combination of synthetic cohort and recency biomarker approaches in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
INTRODUCTION: There is a notable absence of consensus on how to generate estimates of population-level incidence. Incidence is a considerably …
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Differential associations of cardio-metabolic diseases by population group, gender and adiposity in South Africa
AIMS: To describe the distribution and examine the associations of diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia across and within population groups, gender …
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Molecular epidemiology and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from university students and the local community in Eastern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest the burden of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Ethiopia may be greater in university students relative to …
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Influence of supply-side factors on voluntary medical male circumcision costs in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia
BACKGROUND: In this study, we described facility-level voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) unit cost, examined unit cost variation across facilities, …
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Absence of spatial genetic structure in common dentex (Dentex dentex Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea as evidenced by nuclear and mitochondrial molecular markers
The common dentex, Dentex dentex, is a fish species which inhabits marine environments in the Mediterranean and Northeast Atlantic regions. …
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Hybridization in bottlenose dolphins—A case study of Tursiops aduncus × T. truncatus hybrids and successful backcross hybridization events
The bottlenose dolphin, genus Tursiops is one of the best studied of all the Cetacea with a minimum of two …
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The multi‐ethnic global lung initiative 2012 (GLI-2012) norms reflect contemporary adult's Algerian spirometry
BACKGROUND: The validation of the multi-ethnic GLI-2012 spirometric norms has been debated in several countries. However, its applicability in Algeria …
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Timing of adverse events among voluntary medical male circumcision clients: Implications from routine service delivery in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Timing of routine follow-up visits after adult male circumcision (MC) differs by country and method. Most men do not …
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Social space and alcohol use initiation among youth in northern Tanzania
INTRODUCTION: Alcohol use is a key risk factor for disease worldwide. Consumption of alcohol is increasing in sub Saharan Africa, …
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Assessing the performance of only HRP2 and HRP2 with pLDH based rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of malaria in middle Ghana, Africa
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits have been useful tools to screen for the presence of infection with malaria parasites. …
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Cost-effectiveness of a combination strategy to enhance the HIV care continuum in Swaziland: Link4Health
INTRODUCTION: Link4Health, a cluster-RCT, demonstrated the effectiveness of a combination strategy targeting barriers at various HIV continuum steps on linkage …
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Efficiency of HIV services in Nigeria: Determinants of unit cost variation of HIV counseling and testing and prevention of mother-to-child transmission interventions
BACKGROUND: Like most countries with a substantial HIV burden, Nigeria continues to face challenges in reaching coverage targets of HIV …
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Aetiology of viral hepatitis among jaundiced patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis continues to play significant role in causing morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from the few …
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Community and individual sense of trust and psychological distress among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders present significant health challenges in populations in sub Saharan Africa especially in deprived urban poor contexts. …
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Long-lasting insecticidal net use and asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia among household members of laboratory-confirmed malaria patients attending selected health facilities in Abuja, Nigeria, 2016: A cross-sectional survey
INTRODUCTION: In Nigeria, malaria remains a major burden. There is the presupposition that household members could have common exposure to …
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Utilization of dried blood spot specimens can expedite nationwide surveillance of HIV drug resistance in resource-limited settings
INTRODUCTION: Surveillance of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) is crucial to ensuring the continued success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs. With …