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First evidence of the presence of genotype-1 of Japanese encephalitis virus in Culex gelidus in Indonesia
BACKGROUND: Japanese encephalitis has become a public health threat in Indonesia. Three genotypes have been recorded in Indonesia, i.e. genotype …
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus and HIV Infection Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinic in Western Ethiopia
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infection remain a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. The HCV and …
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The role of price and convenience in use of oral rehydration salts to treat child diarrhea: A cluster randomized trial in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Over half a million children die each year of diarrheal illness, although nearly all deaths could be prevented with …
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The prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug use among injured patients presenting to the emergency department of a national hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Alcohol and illicit drugs have been found to be major contributing factors leading to severe injuries in a variety …
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Maternal HIV infection and preeclampsia increased risk of low birth weight among newborns delivered at University of Gondar specialized referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Globally, more than 20 million infants are born with low birth weight. The risk of neonatal mortality among low …
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Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development
Ghana is exhibiting impressive economic gains that may compare with the growth rates expected in India or China. With economic …
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Pathways to diabetic care at hospitals in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Prompt access to appropriate treatment reduces early onset of complications to chronic illnesses. Our objective was to document the …
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Healthcare workers knowledge and diagnostic practices: a need for dengue and chikungunya training in Moshi Municipality, Kilimanjaro Tanzania
OBJECTIVE: Dengue and chikungunya virus diseases are becoming an increasingly important global health threats and are continuously expanding their geographical …
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Dietary and non-dietary determinants of linear growth status of infants and young children in Ethiopia: Hierarchical regression analysis
INTRODUCTION: Childhood growth faltering remains a major public health problem in developing countries. We aimed to identify the distal, underlying, …
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Role of public-private partnerships in achieving UNAIDS HIV treatment targets
BACKGROUND: Despite progress towards achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals, barriers persist in laboratory systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) restricting scale up …
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Exploring the sorting of patients in community health centres across Gauteng Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Primary health care worldwide faces large numbers of patients daily. Poor waiting times, low patient satisfaction and staff burnout …
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Urinary incontinence and its relation to delivery circumstances: A population-based study from rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence (UI), the different UI subtypes and the association between …
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A description of community-based participatory research of hypertension awareness, prevention and treatment in a district of Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is an important worldwide public health challenge because of its high prevalence and concomitant risks of cardiovascular and …
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Spatiotemporal characterisation and risk factor analysis of malaria outbreak in Cabo Verde in 2017
Cabo Verde is a country that has been in the pre-elimination stage of malaria since the year 2000. The country …
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Primary health care workers’ understanding and skills related to cervical cancer prevention in Sango PHC centre in south-western Nigeria: a qualitative study
AIM: The study explored the knowledge and service delivery skills of primary health care (PHC) workers to conduct cervical cancer …
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Healthcare-associated infections: bacteriological characterization of the hospital surfaces in the University Hospital of Abomey-Calavi/so-ava in South Benin (West Africa)
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections have become a public health problem, creating a new burden on medical care in hospitals. The emergence …
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Seroprevalence of syphilis and its risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of syphilis among pregnant women …
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Mechanisms for lyssavirus persistence in non-synanthropic bats in Europe: insights from a modeling study
Bats are natural reservoirs of the largest proportion of viral zoonoses among mammals, thus understanding the conditions for pathogen persistence …
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Malaria knowledge and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of Adis Zemen Hospital, North-western Ethiopia, 2018
INTRODUCTION: In Ethiopia, the burden of malaria during pregnancy remains a public health problem. Having a good malaria knowledge leads …
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Access to and use of preventive intermittent treatment for Malaria during pregnancy: A qualitative study in the Chókwè district, Southern Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a significant health problem in Mozambique, particularly in the case of pregnant women and children less than …