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    Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food availability and affordability: an interrupted time series analysis in Ghana

    In Africa, approx. 675 million people were at risk of food insecurity. COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have exacerbated this situation, by damaging populations’ access to and affordability of foods. This study ...

    Yoshito Kawakatsu, Ohene Damptey, John Sitor, Ruth Situma in BMC Public Health (2024)

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    Correction to: The prevalence of hypertension and its distribution by sociodemographic factors in Central Mozambique: a cross sectional study

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Mika Matsuzaki, Kenneth Sherr, Orvalho Augusto, Yoshito Kawakatsu in BMC Public Health (2020)

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    The prevalence of hypertension and its distribution by sociodemographic factors in Central Mozambique: a cross sectional study

    Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and its prevalence has been rising in low- and middle-income countries. The current study describes HTN prevalence in central Mozambique, ...

    Mika Matsuzaki, Kenneth Sherr, Orvalho Augusto, Yoshito Kawakatsu in BMC Public Health (2020)

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    Community unit performance: factors associated with childhood diarrhea and appropriate treatment in Nyanza Province, Kenya

    The government of Kenya launched its community health strategy in 2006 to improve certain aspects of its community health program. Under the strategy, community units (CUs) were established as level one of the...

    Yoshito Kawakatsu, Junichi Tanaka, Kazuya Ogawa, Kenneth Ogendo in BMC Public Health (2017)