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Evaluating fidelity of community health worker roles in malaria prevention and control programs in Livingstone District, Zambia-A bottleneck analysis
BACKGROUND: Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing …
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“Establishing the criterion validity of the interRAI Check-Up Self-Report instrument”
BACKGROUND: Low and middle-income countries have growing older populations and could benefit from the use of multi-domain geriatric assessments in …
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Systems-level barriers to treatment in a cervical cancer prevention program in Kenya: Several observational studies
OBJECTIVE: To identify health systems-level barriers to treatment for women who screened positive for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) in a …
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Treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition and predictors of recovery in under-five children treated within outpatient therapeutic programs in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background Severe acute malnutrition affects around 17 million under-five children in the world, of which the highest burden is …
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Using community health workers for facility and community based TB case finding: An evaluation in central Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Mozambique has one of the highest incidence rates of both TB and HIV in the world and an estimated …
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Good death: An exploratory study on perceptions and attitudes of patients, relatives, and healthcare providers, in northern Tanzania
IMPORTANCE: In the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, there are no advance care planning (ACP) protocols being used to document patient …
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Patient and health system delay among TB patients in Ethiopia: Nationwide mixed method cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Effective tuberculosis (TB) control is the end result of improved health seeking by the community and timely provision of …
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Suicidal behavior risks during adolescent pregnancy in a low-resource setting: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Suicide is one of the most common causes of death among female adolescents. A greater risk is seen among …
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The Investigation Of The Effect Of Hyperglycaemic Changes On Psychophysical Measurements Of Visual Function In Pseudophakic People Living With Diabetes Mellitus.
Abstract Background Phakic people living with diabetes mellitus (PDM) have been known to complain of transient subjective visual disturbances, however …
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Experiences of Community Health Nurse Specialists in the Tuberculosis Burden Setting
South Africa is one of the countries with the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden. The World Health Organization (WHO) statistics gave …
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Unlocking community capabilities for addressing social norms/practices: behavioural change intervention study to improve birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in rural Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is attributed to combination of contextual factors that cause delay in seeking care, leading to poor utilization …
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Does training of Health Extension Workers reduce scabies load in district health facilities in rural Ethiopia?
INTRODUCTION: In 2017, Ethiopia included scabies management within the responsibility of health extension workers. In Kamba (the intervention district) workers …
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Home-Based Intervention for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Among Children Younger Than 5 Years in the West Region of Cameroon: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
BACKGROUND: Although malaria is preventable and curable, 1 child dies of this disease every 2 minutes in Africa. Home-based management …
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“I cannot say no when a pregnant woman needs my support to get to the health centre”: involvement of community health workers in Rwanda’s maternal health
BACKGROUND: In Rwanda, maternal community health workers (M-CHWs) are involved in the country's overall health system. In maternal health, their …
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Access to and use of health and social services among people who inject drugs in two urban areas of Mozambique, 2014: qualitative results from a formative assessment
BACKGROUND: Prior to 2014, data about health seeking behaviors or service uptake for People who inject drugs (PWID) in Mozambique …
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Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana
BACKGROUND: There is growing interest in the use of reliable evidence for health decision-making among low-and middle-income countries. Ghana has …
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The effectiveness of peer and community health worker-led self-management support programs for improving diabetes health-related outcomes in adults in low- and-middle-income countries: a systematic review
OBJECTIVE: Community-based peer and community health worker-led diabetes self-management programs (COMP-DSMP) can benefit diabetes care, but the supporting evidence has …
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Infection Control of Spatial Disseminated Multi-Antibiotics Resistant And Phylo-Diverse Staphylococcus Aureus Pathotypes
Abstract Focal dissemination of multi-antibiotic resistant (MAR) Staphylococci pathotypes regulated by agr functionalities was investigated and evaluated for infection control. …
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Reaching hard-to-reach men through home-based couple HIV testing among pregnant women and their male partners in western Kenya: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Globally only 79% of adults living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) know their status and men in sub-Saharan Africa …
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Frequency, risk factors, and complications of induced abortion in ten districts of Madagascar: results from a cross-sectional household survey
BACKGROUND: Madagascar has restrictive abortion laws with no explicit exception to preserve the woman's life. This study aimed to estimate …