A Public Health Approach to Landmine Injury and Death (Cambodia)
Landmine research in General has focused so far mainly on identification of affected areas, determination of square meters of land cleared and collection of casualty data......

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Evaluation of a Sexual and Reproductive Health Preventive Intervention for Youth in Rural Zambia: a Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Bumi Bwesu Youth Centre
Sub-Saharan Africa bears the highest burden of HIV worldwide. Youth aged 15 to 24 are a unique and vulnerable group, at high risk of acquiring HIV/STI’s. Girls face the additional danger of...

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Investigation of Low Birth Weight (LBW) incidence and its risk factors in rural community of Bangladesh: A case control study
Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the main causes of neonatal mortality. This research is to investigate incidence of low birth weight and to identify its risk factors and to examine association of...

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Policy of free healthcare for children under six in Vietnam: assessment of its non-usage during hospitalization for diarrhea in Ho Chi Minh City
In Vietnam, the policy of free healthcare for children under six years of age (FCCU6) has encountered implementation difficulties since its inception and out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditures for...

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Retention in PMTC – Factors Influencing Retention in Care in PMTCT Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa; A Systematic Literature Review
Only in 2010 approximately 370 000 children got newly infected with HIV worldwide - 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% through vertical transmission during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding.

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Best practices & alternative integrated community based model in delivering primary health care service for Chittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh
The objective of the study was to develop an alternative integrated community based model for the delivering of PHC services according to need and the priority of rural communities of the CHT.

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Is cytology screening for cervical cancer an option in sub-saharan africa? The specific case of swaziland
To evaluate the feasibility and affordability of cytological scrrening for cervical cancer in Swaziland, with the support of literature evidence and of an assessment in the field.

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Prevalence of Helminth Infection in the Kilombero Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO), Ifakara, Tanzania
Helminth co-infection with HIV is very common in areas of epidemiological overlap, such as in Sub-Saharan Africa. Co-infection with helminths might lead to faster progression of HIV. We aimed to...

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Decision Making among Women Seeking Induced Abortion Services in Ranchi District, Jharkhand, India
This study explored the decision making process among 107 married women who have experienced induced abortion in the tribal state of Jharkhand in India. The study is based on a secondary analysis of...

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Focus on staff care Assessing safety and security support of expatriate field staff in Switzerland based humanitarian organizations
The aim of this descriptive study is to identify the current practices of staff care for expatriate field staff in humanitarian organisations based in Switzerland and to propose improvement...

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