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Competency level assessment of healthcare practitioners in managing diabetes and diabetic eye disease in the district health system of Limpopo province, South Africa
Background: There are many gaps in the management of diabetes mellitus (DM) and diabetic eye disease in the district health …
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Artemether–lumefantrin treatment adherence among uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria patients, visiting public health facilities in AsgedeTsimbla district, Tigray, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has set a goal to eliminate malaria by 2030; Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is put as one of the cornerstone …
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Was the Maternal Health Cash Transfer Programme in Nigeria Sustainable and Cost-Effective?
Background: The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Maternal and Child Health (MCH) was introduced by the Nigerian government to …
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Helicobacter pullorum: A potential hurdle emerging pathogen for public health
Emerging zoonotic pathogens gain more attention due to the adverse effects on human and animal's health and productivity. One of …
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A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding malaria and bed nets on Bubaque Island, Guinea-Bissau
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a significant public health problem in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Government control measures include bed net distribution campaigns, …
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Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis attending public health institutions in Gede’o zone, South Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Depression is a common mental disorder among patients with tuberculosis and it is associated with a greater risk of …
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Morbidity management and surveillance of lymphatic filariasis disease and acute dermatolymphangioadenitis attacks using a mobile phone-based tool by community health volunteers in Ghana
Morbidity burden of lymphatic filariasis (LF) relies on the information from the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme where Community Health …
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Antimicrobial resistance in hospitalized surgical patients: a silently emerging public health concern in Benin
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections are related to high morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Because the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in …
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Preconception care practices in Nigeria: a descriptive qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Preconception care is a specialized care targeted at women of reproductive age before pregnancy to detect, treat or counsel …
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Assessment of immunization data quality of routine reports in Ho municipality of Volta region, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Immunization has been an important public health intervention for preventing and reducing child morbidity and mortality over the years …
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A Review of the Current Status of Peste des Petits Ruminants Epidemiology in Small Ruminants in Tanzania
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease of sheep and goats with high mortality. The disease …
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National-level effectiveness of ART to prevent early mother to child transmission of HIV in Namibia
BACKGROUND: Namibia introduced the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (MTCT) program in 2002 and lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) …
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RETRACTED: Erectile dysfunction drugs altered the activities of antioxidant enzymes, oxidative stress and the protein expressions of some cytochrome P450 isozymes involved in the steroidogenesis of steroid hormones
OBJECTIVES: Infertility is a global health problem with about 15 percent of couples involved. About half of the cases of …
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Exploring perspectives on antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study of health managers in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a significant public health concern with the establishment of antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals being increasingly obligatory. …
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Highlighting a population-based re-emergence of Syphilis infection and assessing associated risk factors among pregnant women in Cameroon: Evidence from the 2009, 2012 and 2017 national sentinel surveillance surveys of HIV and syphilis
BACKGROUND: Syphilis and HIV can be transmitted from pregnant women to their children and they remain a public health problem …
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Socio-economic behavioural indicators of falciparum malaria parasitaemia and moderate to severe anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Incidence of malaria and anaemia are of public health importance especially in pregnant women in endemic regions, due to …
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The awareness of neglected tropical diseases in a sample of medical and nursing students in Cairo University, Egypt: A cross-sectional study
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic diseases affecting 1.2 billion people worldwide, with more burden in the …
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Frequency of MTB and rifampicin resistance MTB using Xpert-MTB/RIF assay among adult presumptive tuberculosis patients in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to be a global health problem. Data on rifampicin resistance MTB using Xpert- MTB/RIF assay …
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Clustering of health risk behaviors among adolescents in Kilifi, Kenya, a rural Sub-Saharan African setting
BACKGROUND: Adolescents tend to experience heightened vulnerability to risky and reckless behavior. Adolescents living in rural settings may often experience …
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Combining the theory of change and realist evaluation approaches to elicit an initial program theory of the MomConnect program in South Africa
BACKGROUND: One of the Sustainable Development Goals is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per …