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Magnitude of central obesity and associated factors among adult patients attending public health facilities in Adama town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2022
BACKGROUND: Central obesity is excessive accumulation of fat around the abdomen, which is associated with the risk of coronary heart …
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Demographic dividend-favorable policy environment in two pre-dividend African nations: review of national policies and prospects for policy amendments in Nigeria and Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In collaboration with local partners, we reviewed 18 national policy documents across two sub-Saharan African countries identified as pre-dividend …
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Community based multi-disease health screening as an opportunity for early detection of HIV cases and linking them to care
BACKGROUND: The 95-95-95 UNAIDS global strategy was adapted to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The target is based on …
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Risk perception of Ebola virus disease and COVID-19 among transport drivers living in Ugandan border districts
Background: Cross-border movements between districts bordering Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are common due to the interdependence …
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Examination of water quality at the household level and its association with diarrhea among young children in Ghana: Results from UNICEF-MICS6 survey
Ghana has made significant progress in expanding water services, but microbial contamination of water is still a major public health …
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Impact of a recognition package as an incentive to strengthen the motivation, performance, and retention of village health teams in Uganda: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
INTRODUCTION: Uganda's community health worker (CHW), or village health team (VHT), program faces significant challenges with poor retention and insufficient …
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Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward
BACKGROUND: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and often fatal illness that affects humans and has significant public health …
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Promptness of health-seeking behaviour among children under five years with fever in Malawi: evidence from the 2017 Malawi Malaria Indicator Survey
Background Fever in malaria-endemic countries may be caused by malaria. Malaria infection is a major public health problem with substantial …
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Prevalence and predictors of chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes (CKDu) in Western Kenya’s “sugar belt”: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Epidemics of chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes (CKDu) among young male agricultural workers have been observed in many …
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Between suffering and coping: burnout in female medical doctors in South Africa
Burnout is described as emotional and physical exhaustion, reduced accomplishment, together with an outlook of inadequacy and cynicism related to …
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Evaluating the performance of different Bayesian count models in modelling childhood vaccine uptake among children aged 12–23 months in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Choosing appropriate models for count health outcomes remains a challenge to public health researchers and the validity of the …
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Improving community health worker treatment for malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in Uganda through inSCALE community and mHealth innovations: A cluster randomised controlled trial
The inSCALE cluster randomised controlled trial in Uganda evaluated two interventions, mHealth and Village Health Clubs (VHCs) which aimed to …
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Local contextual factors of child stunting found via shared values of stakeholder groups: an exploratory case study in Kaffrine, Senegal
OBJECTIVE: This work aims to demonstrate an original approach to identify links between locally situated shared values and contextual factors …
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Household food insecurity, low maternal social support and maternal common mental disorders in East Mamprusi Municipality, Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Both household food insecurity and maternal common mental disorders are public health concerns in Ghana but studies on them, …
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Ethical challenges and dilemmas in the rationing of health commodities and provision of high-risk clinical services during COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: the experiences of frontline health workers
BACKGROUND: Ethical reasoning and sensitivity are always important in public health, but it is especially important in the sensitive and …
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Cultural considerations and beliefs surrounding preterm birth in Kenya and South Africa
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth (PTB) is a global health epidemic, sub-Saharan Africa is severely impacted due to its limited healthcare resources. …
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Whole genome analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Ghana
Introduction Gonorrhoea is a major public health concern. With the global emergence and spread of resistance to last-line antibiotic treatment …
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Women's voices: the lived experience of HIV-positive women in the postpartum period at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital, Ethiopia: a phenomenological study
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy and the postpartum period are incredibly challenging for women living with the Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) due …
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Whose knowledge counts? Involving communities in intervention and trial design using community conversations
BACKGROUND: Current debates in Global Health call for expanding methodologies to allow typically silenced voices to contribute to processes of …
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Quality of life and its associated factors among women diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse in Gynecology outpatient department Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples region public referral hospitals, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Pelvic organ prolapse is an important public health issue that influences millions of women's lives; through limitations on physical, …