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The burden and management strategies of hypertensive crisis in adult patients presenting to emergency departments of district and regional hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa
BackgroundHypertensive crisis is among the causes of morbidity and mortality in adult patients with hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to...
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A tool to define and measure maternal healthcare acceptability at a selected health sub-district in South Africa
BackgroundThere are many factors during pregnancy and labor that influence women’s acceptability of maternal healthcare. Nevertheless, the concept of...
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Understanding maternal Ethnomedical Folklore in Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study of herbal remedies for managing Postpartum hemorrhage, inducing uterine contractions and abortion in Najjembe sub-county, Buikwe district
AbstractPregnant women in rural Uganda largely rely on medicinal plants for inducing labor, treating postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), and inducing...
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Obstacles and facilitators to communicating with children about their parents’ mental illness: a qualitative study in a sub-district of Mpumalanga, South Africa
BackgroundGiven that common mental disorders are one of the leading causes of disease burden worldwide, it is likely that many children are growing...
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The impact of professional midwives and mentoring on the quality and availability of maternity care in government sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods observational study
BackgroundThis study compared government sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh without globally standard midwives, with those with recently introduced...
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Cutaneous anthrax outbreak associated with handling dead animals, Rhino Camp sub-county: Arua District, Uganda, January–May 2018
BackgroundOn 18 January 2018 a 40 year old man presented with skin lesions at Rhino Camp Health Centre. A skin lesion swab was collected on 20...
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Surgical ambulance referrals in sub-Saharan Africa – financial costs and co** strategies at district hospitals in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia
BackgroundAn estimated nine out of ten persons in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are unable to access timely, safe and affordable surgery. District...
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Nearly one in three children is suffering from sub-optimal feeding practice in Gibe District, Hadiya zone, South Ethiopia
BackgroundAlthough infant and young child feeding practices play an important role, children in Ethiopia suffer from poor infant and young child...
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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
BackgroundThere 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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Seasonal and District Level Geo-Spatial Variations in Stillbirth Rates in India: An Analysis of Secondary Data
Stillbirth is a major public health problem across the world as well as in India. The programmatic interventions to tackle stillbirth require...
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Schistosomiasis control in Senegal: results from community data analysis for optimizing preventive chemotherapy intervention with praziquantel
BackgroundOver the past two decades, preventive chemotherapy (PC) with praziquantel (PZQ) is the major strategy for controlling schistosomiasis in...
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Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana
BackgroundGlobal efforts to scale-up malaria control interventions are gaining steam. These include the use of Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets, Indoor...
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Why is there a gap in self-rated health among people with hypertension in Zambia? A decomposition of determinants and rural‒urban differences
BackgroundHypertension affects over one billion people globally and is one of the leading causes of premature death. Low- and middle-income...
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Exposure to Brucella spp. in Humans and Cows in a High Milk-Producing Area of Bangladesh
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease, caused by some species within the Brucella genus. The primary and secondary objectives of this cross-sectional...
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Ethnomedicinal plants used for malaria treatment in Rukungiri District, Western Uganda
BackgroundMalaria remains a major global health challenge and a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, limited...
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The Impact of Drought on HIV Care in Rural South Africa: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
This analysis investigates the relationship between drought and antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence and retention in HIV care in the Hlabisa...
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Dietary intake and socio-economic predictors of inadequate energy and nutrient intake among women of childbearing age in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda
BackgroundKaramoja sub-region is the most food insecure part of Eastern Africa. The poor status of food security in the sub-region is reflected in...
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“A comparative analysis of risk factors of malaria” case study Gisagara and Bugesera District of Rwanda. RDHS 2014/2015. A retrospective study
BackgroundMalaria is a public health concern worldwide. A figure of 3.2 billion people is at risk of malaria a report of World Health Organization in...
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Malaria outbreak facilitated by increased mosquito breeding sites near houses and cessation of indoor residual spraying, Kole district, Uganda, January-June 2019
BackgroundIn June 2019, surveillance data from the Uganda’s District Health Information System revealed an outbreak of malaria in Kole District....
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The role of provincial health administration in supporting district health management teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo: eliciting an initial programme theory of a realist evaluation
BackgroundIn 2006, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed a strategy to strengthen the health system by develo**...
