Improving access to quality health care for the poor: An analysis of different targeting mechanisms in Kenyas health sector
To achieve universal health coverage, the Government of Kenya (GoK) intends to implement social health protection schemes, which will include the subsidy of the poorest of society. Within this...

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Factors associated with Bacterial Vaginosis in Women of reproductive Age in rural Northeast Brazil: A Case Control Study
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common abnormal vaginal conditions in women of reproductive age and characterised by a loss of acid producing lactobacillus spp and overgrowth of anaerobic...

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Oral Health Care Seeking Behaviour among Primary School Teachers in Khartoum Middle Administrative unit-Khartoum state-Sudan (2015)
The aim of this study is to determine the oral health care seeking behaviour among Sudanese teachers in Khartoum Middle Administrative Unit, and also assessing their reported oral health status, oral...

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Determining the Effectiveness of the Pneumonia Case Management using the IMCI classification among hospitalized Malawian children: a secondary data analysis
Pneumonia continues to claim the lives of children in the African region. Interventions that address this problem have been made to reduce mortalities from this disease. This study sought to find the...

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Incremental value of GeneXpert over the standard of care test in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in a program setting
The global menace of Tuberculosis (TB) claims one life every 21 seconds; claiming 1.5 million lives and afflicting 9 million in 2013. Despite advances, direct Sputum smear microscopy (SSM) has...

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Enabling and impeding factors for implementing kangaroo mother care for low birthweight infants in low and middle income countries the user side. A realist review.
Kangaroo mother care was initiated in 1978 in Bogotà, Colombia in as an alternative care method for low birthweight or preterm neonates, where the baby is held skin-to-skin against the mother's...

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Sexual and reproductive health knowledge
Sexual and reproductive health knowledge is an important predictor of individual’s sexual behavior. However, little is known about this issue among Iranians. This study assesses sexual and...

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The Interpretation of HIV Health Messages by Children Living with HIV in Rural Tanzania: Implications for interventions to increase uptake of HIV education and services and achieving the “Three Zeros” among this group
Since anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV has become widely available in Tanzania and other low resource settings, many more children living with HIV (CLWH) are surviving into adolescence and...

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Cost-benefit analysis of hepatitis A vaccination in Thailand
Hepatitis A is one of the most spread infectious diseases worldwide. In developing countries like Thailand, hepatitis A can be a big burden for the public health system. Although the disease itself...

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Chronic Kidney disease as important diabetes mellitus complication in the Northeast of Thailand
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) amidst Thai adult T2DM patients is quite high. Uncontrolled DM and long-term hyperglycemia can play a role to initiate this renal vascular complication.

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