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Maternal mortality and distance to facility-based obstetric care in rural southern Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional census data in 226 000 households

Claudia Hanson, Jonathan Cox, Godfrey Mbaruku, et al. (2015) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2015; 385: e387–95. Open Access

WHO Guidelines for Malaria- 14 March 2023

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The conditionality of this recommendation is largely driven by the current higher unit cost of pyrethroid-PBO ITNs compared to pyrethroid-only LLINs and therefore the uncertainty of their cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, as PBO is less wash-resistant than pyrethroids, its bioavailability declines ... more

Factors Associated with HIV Infection among Educated Malawians: Analysis of the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey

Chapotera, Gertrude, Vinitha Jayachandran, and John Phuka ICF International (2016) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 127

Household transmission investigation protocol for 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The household transmission investigation is a case-ascertained prospective study of all identified household contacts of a laboratory confirmed 2019-nCoV infection (see 2.2 Study population). It is intended to provide rapid and early information on the clinical, epidemiological and virological ... more

Cardiovascular risk in Mozambique: who should be treated for hypertension?

Damasceno, A; Padrão P; Silva-Matos, C; et al (2014) C1

This study aimed to estimate the proportion of Mozambicans eligible for pharmacological treatment for hypertension according to single risk factor and total cardiovascular risk approaches. It concluded that a total of 19.8% of 40–64-year-olds would be eligible for pharmacological treatment of hype ... more

Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana

Joslin Dogbe, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Anthony Edusei et al. (2016) CC

BioMed Central; BMC International Health and Human Rights (2016) 16:20; DOI 10.1186/s12914-016-0094-y

First Bangladesh National Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey 2010-2011

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate-General of Health Services, Mycobacterial Disease Control, National Tuberculosis Control Programme (2013) C_WHO

HIV testing behaviour and HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Ukraine: findings from an Integrated Bio-Behavioural Survey, 2013–2014

A. Tokar; I. Sazonova; S. Mishra BMJ Journals (2019) CC

Tokar A, et al. Sex Transm Infect 2019;95:193–200. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053684

Public knowledge of cardiovascular disease and response to acute cardiac events in three municipalities in Brazil

Bartlett, E. S.; Flor, L.S.; Souto Medeiros, D. et al. Open Heart (2020) CC

Objective: To conduct a landscape assessment of public knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors and acute myocardial infarction symptoms, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness and training in three underserved communities in Brazil. Metho ... more

Research Review: Changes in the prevalence and symptom severity of child post-traumatic stress disorder in the year following trauma – a meta-analytic study

Hiller, R.M., Meiser-Stedman, R., Fearon, P., Lobo, S., McKinnon, A., Fraser, A. & Halligan, S.L. (2016) CC

Background: Understanding the natural course of child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has significant implications for the identification of, and intervention for, at-risk youth. We used a meta-analytic approach to examine longitudinal changes in youth PTSD prevalence and symptom ... more

Three models of community mental health services In low-income countries

A. Cohen, J. Eaton, B. Radtke, et al. (2011) CC

International Journal of Mental Health Systems December 2011, 5:3 Community mental health programs in low-income countries face a number of challenges. Using a case study methodology developed for this purpose, it is possible to compare programs and begin to assess the effectiveness of diverse serv ... more

Methadone maintenance treatment and mortality in people with criminal convictions: A population-based retrospective cohort study from Canada

A. Russolillo; A. Moniruzzaman; J. M. Somers PLOS Medicine (2018) CC

Research Article PLOS Medicine | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002625 July 31, 2018 / 1-19

Profiles of Peripheral CD4+T Cells Count during Antiretroviral Treatment in Senegalese Adults Infected by HIV: Impact of Therapeutic Associations

Niang M. S., R. Derwiche, B. Mbengue Journal of Immunology, Infection & Inflammatory Diseases (2017) CC

Thirty-three years after its discovery, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), responsible for the AIDS pandemic, remains a major public health problem despite advanced researches providing better diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The virus targets especially CD4+ T cells, leading to deficiency of ... more

Uptake of HIV testing in Burkina Faso: an assessment of individual and community level determinants

Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F., K. Jean, M. Maheu-Giroux BMC Public Health (2017) C2

Previous studies have highlighted a range of individual determinants associated with HIV testing but few have assessed the role of contextual factors. The objective of this paper is to examine the influence of both individual and community-level determinants of HIV testing uptake in Burkina Faso.

Epidemiology of Substance Use among University Students in Sudan

T. Osman; C.Victor; A. Abdulmoneim; et al. Hindawi (2016) CC

Research Article Journal of Addiction Volume 2016, Article ID 2476164, 8 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2476164 Sudan Medical and Scientific Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan Received 26 November 2015; Accepted 27 January 2016

Non Communicable Diseases Risk Factors: STEPS Survey Nepal 2013

Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal; Nepal Health Research Council; WHO (2013) C_WHO

Evaluating the impact of a community–based parent training programme for children with Cerebral Palsy in Ghana

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; University of Malawi , et al. CBM (2017)

Apart Together survey

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Preliminary overview of refugees and migrants self-reported impact of COVID-19 The study surveyed over 30,000 refugees and migrants living in 170 countries. Many of the respondents had fled war or dire economic conditions in their home country only to be faced with the additional challenges posed b ... more

Headache disorders and public ill-health in India: prevalence estimates in Karnataka State

G. B Kulkarni; G. N. Rao; G. Gururaj; et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain; BMC (2015) CC

Kulkarni et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain (2015) 16:67 DOI 10.1186/s10194-015-0549-x