Grasso, Michael A Hamunime, Ndapewa Maher, Andrew D Cockburn, David Williams, Dan B Taffa, Negussie Hong, Steven Y Jackson, Keisha Wolkon, Adam Low, Andrea
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AIDS care
In household-based surveys that include rapid HIV testing services (HTS), passive referral systems that give HIV-positive participants information about how and where to access ART but minimal follow-up support from survey staff may result in suboptimal linkage. In the 2017 Namibia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (NAMPHIA), we piloted a syst...
Geda, Yonas E. Krell-Roesch, Janina Fisseha, Yaphet Tefera, Aida Beyero, Teferra Rosenbaum, Deborah Szabo, Thomas G. Araya, Mesfin Hayes, Steven C.
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Frontiers in Public Health
A worsening trend of critical shortages in senior health care workers across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa has been documented for decades. This is especially the case in Ethiopia that has severe shortage of mental health professionals. Consistent with the WHO recommended approach of task sharing for mental health c...
Dinkulu, Serge Kilangalanga, Ngoy Janvier Mukwanseke, Edith Lutete, Longo Flavien Hopkins, Adrian Guthoff, Rudolf Friedrich Stahnke, Thomas
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International Journal of Ophthalmology
AIM To assess the retinal function in patients with dense cataracts in resource poor settings in Kinshasa, DR Congo. METHODS In a tertiary eye care center, the Purkinje entoptic test was performed as part of the ophthalmological examination in 98 eyes in patients with cataract, using a penlight. Totally 92 cataract patients including 86 patients su...
Fanta, Korinan Daba, Fekadu Bekele Asefa, Elsah Tegene Melaku, Tsegaye Chelkeba, Legese Fekadu, Ginenus Gudina, Esayas Kebede
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background: Despite the fact that the burden, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have been studied widely in developed countries, limited data are available from sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the clinical characteristics, treatment, and 30-day mortality of patients with ACS ad...
Chemaga Nkonpawa, Christelle Ama Moor, Vicky Jocelyne Tankeu, Aurel T Momo, Audrey Synthia Wafeu, Guy Sadeu Amazia, Falmata Nkeck, Jan Rene Manases, Tasha Dohbit Sama, Julius Choukem, Simeon Pierre
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Journal of Inflammation Research
Background Studies report high levels of inflammatory markers in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), reflecting chronic low-grade inflammation. This inflammation is thought to be associated with insulin resistance. We aim to evaluate inflammatory markers [high sensitivity C reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin 6] and insulin resistance i...
Charumbira, Maria Y. Berner, Karina Louw, Quinette A.
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Primary Health Care Research & Development
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of physiotherapists in four selected regions of sub-Saharan Africa regarding health system challenges impacting the integration of physiotherapy-led falls prevention services in the primary care of persons living with HIV (PLWH). Background: Falls may pose a significant problem among younge...
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Since 1980, seed business law (patent law vis-à-vis agrobiotechnology, PVP law and seed laws) has been mainstreamed in the global South. Observers maintain that seed business law can lead to dispossession of farmers. I analyse legislation, statistics and case studies (Senegal, Burkina Faso), and argue that in African LDCs, dispossession primarily t...
hoek, jamon van den friedrich, hannah k.
Satellite-based broad-scale (i.e., global and continental) human settlement data are essential for diverse applications spanning climate hazard mitigation, sustainable development monitoring, spatial epidemiology and demographic modeling. Many human settlement products report exceptional detection accuracies above 85%, but there is a substantial bl...
Balehegn, Mulubrhan Kebreab, Ermias Tolera, Adugna Hunt, Sarah Erickson, Polly Crane, Todd A Adesogan, Adegbola T
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Animal Frontiers: The Review Magazine of Animal Agriculture
ibrahim, esther shupel rufin, philippe nill, leon kamali, bahareh nendel, claas hostert, patrick
Reliable crop type maps from satellite data are an essential prerequisite for quantifying crop growth, health, and yields. However, such maps do not exist for most parts of Africa, where smallholder farming is the dominant system. Prevalent cloud cover, small farm sizes, and mixed cropping systems pose substantial challenges when creating crop type...
