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Morality, self-control, age, type of offence and sentence length as predictors of psychopathy amongst female incarcerated offenders in South Africa
There has been an increase in female incarcerated offenders nationally and internationally. Despite this trend, literature and research on female …
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Morocco’s population contact matrices: A crowd dynamics-based approach using aggregated literature data
Estimation of contact patterns is often based on questionnaires and time-use data. The results obtained using these methods have been …
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Correction: A new framework based on features modeling and ensemble learning to predict query performance
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Intention to leave and associated factors among health professionals working at public hospitals in East Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The most important element of health systems for meeting the population's healthcare demands is the workforce. The main issue …
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Determinants of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion among adolescent women in Ethiopia: Evidence from multilevel mixed-effects decomposition analysis of 2000–2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data
BACKGROUND: Adolescents are highly at risk of unintended pregnancy due to physiological, sexual, social and psychological growth. The pregnancy may …
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Causes of death among women of reproductive age during the war in Tigray, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In resource-limited countries with weak healthcare systems, women of reproductive age are particularly vulnerable during times of conflict. In …
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Use of tobacco and other illicit drugs among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda: A result of low parental attention?
INTRODUCTION: Although the use of illicit drugs is common among young people, limited data exists on the use of illicit …
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A community-based mentoring scheme for pregnant and parenting adolescents in Sierra Leone: Protocol for a hybrid pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Sierra Leone has a very high maternal mortality rate, and this burden falls heavily on adolescents, a particularly vulnerable …
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Two new Later Stone Age sites from the Final Pleistocene in the Falémé Valley, eastern Senegal
The understanding of cultural dynamics at work at the end of the Final Pleistocene in West Africa suffers from a …
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Perceived self-efficacy to teach comprehensive abortion care among nursing and midwifery faculty in higher learning institutions in Rwanda: A mixed method study
INTRODUCTION: Comprehensive abortion care is an emerging intervention being integrated into nursing and midwifery curricula. Yet, no studies have been …
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Predictors of loss to follow up among adults on antiretroviral therapy before and after the start of treat-all strategy in public health facilities of Hawassa city, Ethiopia: A Competing risk regression
BACKGROUND: Treat-all strategies improved patient outcomes, despite higher rates of loss to follow-up compared to the pre-treat era. Patients in …
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Validating the implementation of an indicator reporting policies and laws on free public maternal health-related services in the era of universal health coverage: A multi-country cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The concept of universal health coverage (UHC) encompasses both access to essential health services and freedom from financial harm. …
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The prevalence and determinants of blood pressure control among hypertension patients in eastern Zimbabwe: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), also known as hypertension, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Lowering the …
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Importation trends in antibiotics for veterinary use in Rwanda: A retrospective study between 2019 and 2021
Estimating antibiotic consumption in animals is fundamental to guiding decision-making and research on controlling the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant …
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Drug therapy problems and contributing factors among patients with epilepsy
BACKGROUND: Although antiseizure medications play a crucial role in the management of epilepsy, their benefit can be compromised due to …
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Utilisation of mobile phone interventions to improve the delivery of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol
INTRODUCTION: There has been significant progress in maternal health outcomes in the sub-Saharan African region since the early 1990s, in …
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De novo transcriptomic analysis of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa) revealed an insight into its potential drought tolerance
BACKGROUND: Doum palms (Hyphaene compressa) perform a crucial starring role in the lives of Kenya's arid and semi-arid people for …
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Antibiotic overuse, poor antimicrobial stewardship, and low specificity of syndromic case management in a cross section of men with urethral discharge syndrome in Kampala, Uganda
OBJECTIVE: High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) combined with poor antimicrobial stewardship are drivers of STI antimicrobial resistance (AMR) …
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Acceptability and feasibility of long-term, real-time electronic adherence monitoring of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among young women in Kenya: A mixed methods study
Real-time electronic adherence monitoring involves "smart" pill boxes that record and monitor openings as a proxy for pill taking and …
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Aetiological agents of pneumonia among HIV and non-HIV infected children in Ghana: A case-control study
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children, however, the microbial aetiology of pneumonia is not well elucidated in …