Ugarte, Maider Pagola Achilleos, Souzana Quattrocchi, Annalisa Gabel, John Kolokotroni, Ourania Constantinou, Constantina Nicolaou, Nicoletta Rodriguez-Llanes, Jose Manuel Huang, Qian Verstiuk, Olesia
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BackgroundUnderstanding the impact of the burden of COVID-19 is key to successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a larger investigation on COVID-19 mortality impact, this study aims to estimate the Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) in 17 countries and territories across the world (Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cyprus, F...
Jeza, Victor Tunje Mutuku, Francis Kaduka, Lydia Mwandawiro, Charles Masaku, Janet Okoyo, Collins Kanyi, Henry Kamau, Joyce Ng’ang’a, Zipporah Kihara, Jimmy Hussein
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BackgroundSchistosoma haematobium, soil transmitted helminthes (STH), and malaria lead to a double burden in pregnancy that eventually leads to poor immunity, increased susceptibility to other infections, and poor pregnancy outcomes. Many studies have been carried out on pre-school and school aged children but very little has been done among the at...
Tang, Shaoliang Yang, Tongling Ye, Chaoyu Liu, Meixian Gong, Ying Yao, Ling Xu, Yun Bai, Yamei
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BackgroundThere may be differences in gender and marital status in the impact of grandchild care on the depression of the Chinese older adults. This research explores the effect of grandchild care on the depression of Chinese older adults of different genders and marital status, and explores the mediating role of intergenerational support from chil...
Hakim, Avi J. Bolo, Alex Coy, Kelsey C. Achut, Victoria Katoro, Joel Caesar, Golda Lako, Richard Taban, Acaga Ismail Sleeman, Katrina Wesson, Jennifer
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BackgroundLittle is known about HIV in South Sudan and even less about HIV among female sex workers (FSW). We characterized progress towards UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets among female sex workers (FSW) and sexually exploited female adolescents in Juba and Nimule, South Sudan.MethodsWe conducted a biobehavioral survey of FSW and sexually exploited female ...
Ilboudo, Patrick G. Essoh, Téné-Alima Houngnihin, Roch A. Abdoulaye Alfa, Daleb Dick, Naomi Kaucley, Landry Satoulou-Maleyo, Alexis
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BackgroundLittle is known on the economic implications of multi-dose 13 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) introduction in expanded program on immunization (EPI). Based on evidence of PCV13’s reduced pressure on vaccine cold chain, Benin, a third world country in West Africa, introduced the multi-dose PCV13 starting in April 2018 in its ...
Chen, Lili Sun, Liang Zhang, Ronghua Liao, Ningbo Qi, Xiaojuan Chen, Jiang
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BackgroundFoodborne diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and a major public health problem worldwide. We aim to explore characteristics of foodborne disease outbreaks (FBDOs) in Zhejiang Province and to provide data support for foodborne disease prevention and control. To our knowledge, few such analyses have been published at the ...
Abdalmaleki, Elham Abdi, Zhaleh Isfahani, Sahand Riazi Safarpoor, Sara Haghdoost, Bahar Sazgarnejad, Saharnaz Ahmadnezhad, Elham
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BackgroundThe increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has some major implications on many countries to achieve universal health coverage. This study aimed to investigate the implementation of Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), which is used to assess the risk factors of NCDs among children and adolescents in the eas...
Challenger, Aimée Sumner, Petroc Bott, Lewis
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BackgroundCOVID-19 misinformation is a danger to public health. A range of formats are used by health campaigns to correct beliefs but data on their effectiveness is limited. We aimed to identify A) whether three commonly used myth-busting formats are effective for correcting COVID-19 myths, immediately and after a delay, and B) which is the most e...
Dupuis, Sarah Hennink, Monique Wendt, Amanda S. Waid, Jillian L. Kalam, Md Abul Gabrysch, Sabine Sinharoy, Sheela S.
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BackgroundWomen in rural Bangladesh face multiple, inter-related challenges including food insecurity, malnutrition, and low levels of empowerment. We aimed to investigate the pathway towards empowerment experienced by women participating in a three-year nutrition-sensitive homestead food production (HFP) program, which was evaluated through the Fo...
Sekizawa, Yoichi Hashimoto, Sora Denda, Kenzo Ochi, Sae So, Mirai
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BackgroundAlthough numerous studies have been published on the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, some possible predictors remain underexplored. In this study, we explored the associations of unwillingness and indecisiveness regarding COVID-19 vaccination with generalized trust, mental health conditions such as depression and generalized anx...
