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The complexity of scaling up an mHealth intervention: the case of SMS for Life in Tanzania from a health systems integration perspective
BACKGROUND: SMS for Life was one of the earliest large-scale implementations of mHealth innovations worldwide. Its goal was to increase …
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Improvement of SCD morbimortality in children: experience in a remote area of an African country
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a public health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While reference sickle cell …
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Epidemiological surveillance of H9N2 avian influenza virus infection among chickens in farms and backyards in Egypt 2015-2016
BACKGROUND AND AIM: LPAI H9N2 infection among the poultry population in Egypt constitutes an additional risk factor in the poultry …
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Prevalence of human respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza and adenoviruses in East Africa Community partner states of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2007–2020)
BACKGROUND: Viruses are responsible for a large proportion of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs). Human influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory-syncytial-virus, and adenoviruses …
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Serology, infection, and clinical trachoma as tools in prevalence surveys for re-emergence of trachoma in a formerly hyperendemic district
BACKGROUND: To eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, countries must achieve a district-level prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) <5% …
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An examination of the barriers to and benefits from collaborative couple contraceptive use in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Supportive male involvement is strongly correlated with contraceptive use. In Rwanda, where the contraceptive prevalence rate among married women …
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Unmet need for family planning and associated factors among married women attending anti-retroviral treatment clinics in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Unmet need for family planning is a measure of the gap between women's contraceptive behavior and their fertility desires. …
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Assessment of the core and support functions of the integrated disease surveillance and response system in Zanzibar, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Disease surveillance is a cornerstone of outbreak detection and control. Evaluation of a disease surveillance system is important to …
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Determinants of short birth interval among women in South Gondar, Ethiopia: community-based unmatched case-control study
BACKGROUND: The effect of short birth interval on socio-economic, negative maternal and child health outcomes remains common in developing countries. …
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Counseling at all contacts for postpartum contraceptive use: can paper-based tools help community health workers improve continuity of care? A qualitative study from Ethiopia
Background: Globally, there has been a resurgence of interest in postpartum family planning (PPFP) to advance reproductive health outcomes. Few …
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Quality of Life after Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Combined with Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Compared with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization alone
AIM: The aim of this study was to assess quality of life (QoL) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …
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Youths’ perceptions of community health workers’ delivery of family planning services: a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study in Nakaseke District, Uganda
BACKGROUND: High rates of unintended adolescent pregnancy are a significant health problem in Uganda. To improve access to family planning …
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Understanding forgotten exposures towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3: a cross‐sectional study on herbal medicine use during pregnancy or delivery in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In most of the sub-Sahara African countries, use of herbal medications is widely practiced during pregnancy or delivery for …
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Sustained high blood pressure and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Tanzanian adolescents
Estimates for prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) among adolescents in Africa vary widely and few studies, if any, have …
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Missed opportunities in tuberculosis investigation and associated factors at public health facilities in Uganda
BACKGROUND: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is high in Uganda; yet, TB case detection is low. The population-based survey on …
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Demand for Taenia solium Cysticercosis Vaccine: Lessons and Insights From the Pig Production and Trading Nodes of the Uganda Pig Value Chain
Taenia solium cysticercosis disease remains a key challenge to the pig sector in low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, …
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“I have never seen something like that”: Discrepancies between lived experiences and the global health concept of child marriage in northern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The concept of 'child marriage' in global health distinguishes ostensibly harmful from healthy ages to marry at a universally-applied …
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Promoting Healthy Ageing in South Africa Through Vaccination of the Elderly
The World Health Organization estimates that globally, the proportion of people aged ≥60 years will more than double by the …
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The current state of anesthesia safety in a third world country: a cross-sectional survey among anesthesia providers in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Improving patient safety during anesthesia and surgery becomes a major global public health issue due to the increasing in …
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HIV voluntary counseling and testing uptake and associated factors among Ethiopian youths: evidence from the 2016 EDHS using multilevel modeling
BACKGROUND: Existing evidence showed that Human Immunodeficiency Virus counselling and testing uptake among Ethiopian youths is low, and factors contributing …