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Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors and the risk of metabolic syndrome in taxi drivers: A focus on street food
Background: In South Africa, similar to other populous countries, the taxi industry is an important form of transportation that contributes …
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Impact of mobile health on maternal and child health service utilization and continuum of care in Northern Ghana
Maternal and child mortality are of public health concern. Most of these deaths occur in rural communities of developing countries. …
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Healthcare-seeking behavior for respiratory illnesses in Kenya: implications for burden of disease estimation
BACKGROUND: Understanding healthcare-seeking patterns for respiratory illness can help improve estimation of disease burden and target public health interventions to …
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Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality
The movement to decolonize global health challenges clinicians and researchers of sub-disciplines, like global neurosurgery, to redefine their field. As …
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Incidence and patterns of adverse drug reactions among adult patients hospitalized in the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital: A prospective observational follow-up study
BACKGROUND: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) have continued to be a public health challenge with significant clinical and healthcare costs. However, …
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Increased uptake of tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) among people living with HIV following the 100-days accelerated campaign: A retrospective review of routinely collected data at six urban public health facilities in Uganda
Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) effectively decreases rates of developing active tuberculosis disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are …
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Community-orientated primary health care: Exploring the interface between community health worker programmes, the health system and communities in South Africa
Due to insufficient number of health workers and the evidence of the benefits of community health workers (CHWs), CHWs are …
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Usutu virus: An emerging flavivirus with potential threat to public health in Africa: Nigeria as a case study
) which belong to the Japanese encephalitis virus complex. Culex mosquitoes have been implicated in the transmission of this pathogen. …
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Genotype heterogeneity of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Ethiopia
Cervical cancer is a vaccine-preventable sexually transmitted disease. In the year 2020, there were an estimated 604,000 new cases and …
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Unmet need for family planning and associated factors among adolescent girls and young women in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Unmet need for family planning among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) is a common cause of the low …
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From vaccine to visa apartheid, how anti-Blackness persists in global health
Global health evolved from colonial medicine and hence deeply rooted in the white supremacy mindset [1].Anti-Blackness is an inescapable consequence.Definitions …
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Incidence and determinants of nosocomial infection among hospital admitted adult chronic disease patients in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North–West Ethiopia, 2016–2020
Background: Nosocomial infections are major public health problem which affects more than 100 million patients each year globally. This leads …
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Key ethical issues encountered during COVID-19 research: a thematic analysis of perspectives from South African research ethics committees
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant challenges to research ethics committees (RECs) in balancing urgency of review of COVID-19 research …
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Organizational commitment and associated factors among health professionals working in public hospitals of southwestern Oromia, Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION: Organizational commitment refers to the extent to which employees identify with and are involved with a given organization. It …
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Clinical and economic burden of healthcare-associated infections: A prospective cohort study
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have become a serious public health problem. Despite the fact that implementing evidence-based infection control strategies …
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Understanding Multimorbidity of Older Adults in Niger State North Central Nigeria.
Background: Multimorbidity is defined as the co-occurrence of at least two chronic diseases in the same person. With advancing epidemiological …
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward Hepatitis B virus infection among Healthcare Providers working at sixty Public and Private Hospitals in Khartoum State Sudan 2023 v1
Introduction: Hepatitis B infection is a major public health problem worldwide, according to the WHO (World Health Organization) statistics in …
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Magnitude and predictors of pre-referral treatment by Community Health Workers practicing in Rural South Western Uganda: A cross sectional study
Abstract Background Pre-referral treatment is critical for management of childhood illnesses. Under iCCM strategy, community health workers (CHWs) give pre-referral …
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Indigenous Herbal Medicine Use and its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women attending antenatal care at Public Health Facilities in Dire Dawa Administration, EasternEthiopia, 2022
Abstract Background: Indigenous herbal medicine use during pregnancy is a common phenomenon worldwide, particularly in low resource countries like Ethiopia, …
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Qualitative assessment of infant sleep practices and other risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Lusaka, Zambia
Abstract Background: There is very little information on the beliefs and perceptions of mothers about SIDS and its related risk …