Prevalence and risk factors of malaria among children in southern highland Rwanda
Increased control has produced remarkable reductions of malaria in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda. In the southern highlands, near the district capital of Butare (altitude, 1,768...

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Predicted implications of using percentage weight gain as single discharge criterion in management of acute malnutrition in rural southern Ethiopia
Community--‐based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)uses mid--‐upper arm circumference (MUAC) to screen and admit children with non--‐edematous acute malnutrition. A weight...

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A Cross Sectional Study to evaluate and compare the Quality Indicators of Care of Type 2 Diabetic patients from two different clinics at the University Hospital Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico in 2012
In Mexico Diabetes is the leading cause of mortality, it is a serious problem of public health and causes a high economic burden for the society, diabetes, is the leading cause of amputations...

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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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Overcoming barriers to Inclusive Education for Children with a Disability in rural Nigeria
The main objective of the study were to identify if there is a significant difference in the view on Inclusive Education between teachers in schools where it is being implemented and those in schools...

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Evaluation of a children´s palliative care outreach programme for Burkitt Lymphoma patients in a rural area in the Northwest Region of Cameroon: Does it meet their needs?
Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) is the most common childhood cancer in tropical Africa. Survival rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are below 40% due to a lack of resources. Palliative care (PC) is the...

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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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Nutritional status in children attending a clinic in rural Papua New Guinea
Malnutrition is the underlying cause for morbidity and mortality in young children in developing countries (WHO, 2000). More than 50% of the 12 million deaths in children under 5 years of age are...

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The Afar -Ethiopian Pastoralists -Access to safe water and health care
The Afar living in Boromudaitu woredai, Ethiopia are semi-nomadic (transhumant) pastoralists managing livestock as the basis of subsistence. The nomadic lifestyle in the hot and dry climate of the...

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Effectiveness and impact of malaria control interventions on the malaria burden in Nigeria over 9 years period (2000 to 2008): a retrospective study
Malaria is a major health problem in Nigeria accounting for most of the hospital admission across all ages. Plasmodiunm falciparum is the major malaria parasite causing malaria in the country. The...

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