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HIV testing in a South African Emergency Department: A missed opportunity
BACKGROUND: South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world, with 19% of the global number of people living …
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Biomolecular study of human thymidylate synthase conformer-selective inhibitors: New chemotherapeutic approach
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a well-validated target for the therapy of adult cancers. Propane-1,3-diphosphonic acid (PDPA) has significant inhibitory properties …
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Investigation of the seasonal microbiome of Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes in Mali
The poorly understood mechanisms of dry season persistence of Anopheles spp. mosquitoes through the dry season in Africa remain a …
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Risk of heavy metal ingestion from the consumption of two commercially valuable species of fish from the fresh and coastal waters of Ghana
BACKGROUND: The need to evaluate the human health safety of fishery resources remain urgent in the mist of the ever-increasing …
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A qualitative study on the experiences and perspectives of public sector patients in Cape Town in managing the workload of demands of HIV and type 2 diabetes multimorbidity
BACKGROUND: Current South African health policy for chronic disease management proposes integration of chronic services for better outcomes for chronic …
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Listening to the community: Using formative research to strengthen maternity waiting homes in Zambia
BACKGROUND: The WHO recommends maternity waiting homes (MWH) as one intervention to improve maternal and newborn health. However, persistent structural, …
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The double burden of disease and the challenge of health access: Evidence from Access, Bottlenecks, Cost and Equity facility survey in Ghana
Despite the double burden of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases in Africa, health care expenditure disproportionately favours infectious diseases. In …
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Multidisease testing for HIV and TB using the GeneXpert platform: A feasibility study in rural Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: HIV Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis technologies in many high burden settings are restricted to centralized laboratory testing, …
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First aid knowledge, attitude, practice, and associated factors among kindergarten teachers of Lideta sub-city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Injuries are very common and can occur at any point of time in a day. Unintended injuries in kindergarten …
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Magnitude of glycemic control and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACK GROUND: Diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world and about 80% of diabetic cases live in …
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Prevalence and determinants of self-medication practice among selected households in Addis Ababa community
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Self-medication (SM) is one part of self-care which is known to contribute to primary health care. If …
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Factors influencing long-term medication non-adherence among diabetes and hypertensive patients in Ghana: A qualitative investigation
BACKGROUND: Evidence remains limited on why diabetes and hypertensive patients admitted to long-term drug therapy miss doses or discontinue medication …
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Determinants of late antenatal care presentation in rural and peri-urban communities in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: To investigate and compare determinates for delayed first presentation to antenatal care (ANC) services. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was …
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Prescribing patterns and associated factors of antibiotic prescription in primary health care facilities of Kumbo East and Kumbo West Health Districts, North West Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Inappropriate use of antibiotics is a global public health challenge and has been associated with antibiotic resistance. WHO reports …
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Whom to treat? Factors associated with chemotherapy recommendations and outcomes among patients with NHL at the Uganda Cancer Institute
INTRODUCTION: Cancer treatment options in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce despite an increasing burden of disease. Identification of those cancer patients …
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Exploratory palynological studies at the Tell el-Daba'a-Avaris archaeological site
A palynological study of samples collected from the Tell el-Daba'a (Avaris) archaeological site, the capital of the Hyksos located in …
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Healthcare resource use and costs of managing children and adults with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency at a tertiary referral centre in the United Kingdom
OBJECTIVE: To estimate clinical progression and resource utilisation together with the associated costs of managing children and adults with LAL …
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Field evaluation of the safety, acceptability, and feasibility of early infant male circumcision using the AccuCirc device
BACKGROUND: As countries scale up adult voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention, they are looking ahead to long …
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Electroretinographic evidence suggesting that the type 2 diabetic retinopathy of the sand rat Psammomys obesus is comparable to that of humans
PURPOSE: Type 2 diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of acquired blindness in adults. The aim of this work was …
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Assessing changes in HIV-related legal and policy environments: Lessons learned from a multi-country evaluation
INTRODUCTION: There is growing recognition in the health community that the legal environment-including laws, policies, and related procedures-impacts vulnerability to …