Knowledge and Dispensing Practices of Anti-malarial Drugs in Myanmar
The occurrence of artemisinin resistance in Greater Mekong Sub-region countries including Myanmar is a great problem in connection with the malaria situation in the world. Irrational use of...

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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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Cholera and Vitamin A - Deficiency, supplementation of Vitamin A and the effect on Cholera in children under five years of age A critical literature review
Cholera is an acute gastrointestinal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae. About 1.4 billion people world-wide are at risk and approximately 2.8 million cholera cases occur each year. Children under...

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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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Interaction between first and second line: an analysis from patient provider perspective – focus on patients of Sub-Saharan African origin
The main objective of this study is to critically reflect on the role of specialist and general practitioners in HIV care offered to patients of Sub-Saharan African origin living in Belgium.

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Effect of parasitic infections on the immune modulation and clinical parameters in HIV-1 infected patients in KUMASI, GHANA
Pathogenic parasite infections have been implicated in chronic diarrhoea, anaemia, malnutrition and excessive immunological perturbation. These clinical and immunological disturbances have been...

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Pattern of Congenital Heart Disease in Children presented to a Paediatric Echocardiography Clinic in the Lake Zone of Tanzania
This study is to provide knowledge about the relative frequencies, pattern and stage of CHD at time of initial diagnosis in children in the Lake Zone of Tanzania as presented to a Paediatric...

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Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation of Skilled birth attendance and Emergency obstetric care; a proposed basic framework for Pakistan
Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide. Maternal mortality Ratio (MMR) is the indicator with widest disparity between the developed and developing world, with 99 %...

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An Interrupted Time-Series Study to Determine Whether Health Centre Intrapartum Care Contributes to Stillbirth, Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction in Leyte Gulf and Golden Harvest Inter-Local Health Zones in Leyte Province, the Philippines
The MDGs are expected to achieve in 2 years and many studies were carried out for the purpose. The recent studies showed the significance of stillbirths to the MDG4&5 indicators owing to its...

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A critical analysis of HIV/AIDS policy development in South Africa from 1990-2012 How do South African policies reflect respective WHO recommendations? Using availability of antiretroviral treatment (ART) and ART coverage as an indicator of improvement
South Africa lies in the epicentre of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and carries one sixth of the worldwide HIV/AIDS burden, equaling 5.6 million infected South Africans in 2011. Since the emergence of...

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