Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection of intestinal helminths and malarial parasites: an objective quality control approach for routine microscopy
Microscopy plays a prominent role in parasitology for malaria diagnosis and detection of intestinal helminths infections. Each protocol and technique has its difficulties and limitations, and the...

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Incidence of Illness and Household Health Seeking Behaviour in Kenya
This study examines the incidence of illness, its determinants and household health seeking behaviour in Kenya –a Sub-Saharan Africa country with high disease morbidity and mortality. For the purpose...

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Feasibility of establishing relationships between cardiovascular disease mortality rates and iodine deficiency indicators in Latin American countries
Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have been recognized strongly in the 20th century as global problems with large populations at risk. Current evidence suggests...

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Task shifting to non-physician clinicians for integrated management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Cameroon : a programme assessment at two years
This study is to examine the effectiveness of integrating care for arterial hypertension and diabetes type 2 by task shifting to non-physician clinician (NPC) facilities in eight rural health...

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Predicting factors of early mortality among severely malnourished children admitted at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu City, Philippines.
Severe malnutrition continues to claim lives of many innocent children despite of the availability of WHO guideline that could reduce case fatality rate to as low as below five percent (5%). The CFR...

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Predictors of Disclosure of a Positive HIV Serostatus to Sexual Partners – A Systematic Review
Heterosexual intercourse accounts for 85% of HIV-1 transmission. In fact, most of these heterosexual transmissions have occurred within stable partnership, i.e., from an HIV-infected person to the...

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Sociocultural Determinants for "Violence against Women and Girls" in the context of Natural Disasters with special emphasis on Bangladesh
This paper investigates on how gender differentiations are affecting women and girls health outcomes in general and especially in natural disasters with regard to sociocultural aspects. A view will...

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Influence of hepatitis B co-infection on the response to antiretroviral therapy after 12 month
Hepatitis B (HBV) co-infection is a common problem in the management of HIV patient receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). The majority of studies show that in HIV infected individuals under ART...

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Prevalence and factors influencing cigarette smoking among medical and nonmedical university students in Tbilisi, Georgia: a cross-sectional study
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Huge share of today’s smokers come to newly independent countries of Soviet Union, due to its unregulated anti-tobacco laws and...

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The prevalence of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the city of Telavi, Georgia:across-sectional study.
COPD, which is defined as an airflow limitation is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, health expenditures of which have been rising sharply. The major risk factors of COPD are...

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