Dental anxiety among children of age between 5 to 10 years visiting a teaching dental hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan
The assessment of dental anxiety among children will aid in dealing with management issues related to dental treatment. There is no study available relating to Pakistan on dental anxiety in children.

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THE UNHCR Anaemia Prevention, Control and Reduction Strategic Plan 2008-2010 for Refugees: Lessons learned from Bangladesh and Nepal (A literature review)
Refugees are commonly affected by micronutrient deficiencies especially iron and vitamin A. In the year 2008, UNHCR developed and began implementation of an Anaemia Control,Prevention and Reduction...

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Identifying Barriers Affecting Health Care Seeking Behavior of Mothers in Oecusse district, Timor-Leste
This study aims to investigate the factors which affect the health care seeking behaviour of mothers in Oecusse District, Timor-Leste, in terms of maternal health and obstetric care, focusing on...

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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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Anaesthesia in Complex Emergencies
Providing patients with safe, timely, and adequate anaesthesia care during emergency-­and disaster relief operations is challenging for medical personnel. Many of the skills needed are not part of a...

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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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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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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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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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Community based health insurance and health equity fund a comparative analysis of approaches to reach universal health coverage for the poor and the informal sector in Cambodia with focus on Kampot, Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces
This study is to achieve universal access to health care is the aim of many low income countries. Ensuring access to needed health services for all requires the development of pre-payment and risk...

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