“…BACKGROUND: Even though malaria is easily preventable and treatable, it continues to have a devastating impact on people’s health and livelihoods around the world. Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks have emerged in Central and West Africa. EVD diagnosis relies principally on RT-PCR testing with GeneXpert®, which has logistical and cost restrictions at the peripheral level of the health system. …”
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“…CONCLUSION: Adults living with HIV receiving HAART at Chitungwiza Central Hospital are highly active when compared to other studies done in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is also important to create interventions that promote physical activity considering what this population considers as perceived benefits and barriers to physical activity.…”
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“…OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to highlight various clinical support interventions to support midwifery students globally and propose a framework to guide mentorship training in South Africa. METHODS: This paper adopts a mixed methodology approach guided by the Arksey and O’Malley framework. …”
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“…This is the first study to explore the acceptability of emollients and massage as part of neonatal skin care in a low-resource setting in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that is representative of the majority of government health facilities in Uganda and many in SSA. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Latin America, Africa, and Asia have high incidences of syphilis. …”
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“…This is why the public and private sectors in Africa have invested immensely in the manufacture and distribution of veterinary drugs. …”
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“…Two reports used the Johns Hopkins model to compare POC with SOC for repeat early infant diagnosis testing in the first 6 months in sub-Saharan Africa (first report, simulation of 25 000 children) and Zambia (second report, simulation of 7500 children). …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Iran is amongst the first three countries in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where two-thirds of region’s new HIV infections are reported. …”
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“…METHODS: Stakeholders representing rural communities, government departments and non-governmental organisations engaged through a participatory action research (PAR) process in a rural sub-district in South Africa. Three reiterative cycles of evidence generation, analysis, action, and reflection were progressed. …”
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“…About 20 million infants are either under or not fully vaccinated, most of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa region. In Kenya, the coverage is even lower at 83% than the global average of 86%. …”
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“…Yet, limited studies have examined the impact of distance to cancer-diagnostic facilities on clinical breast screening behaviour among women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examined the influence of travel distance to a health facility on clinical breast screening behaviour in five SSA countries: Namibia, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, and Lesotho. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Nigeria hosts much of Africa’s morbidity and mortality from emergency medical conditions. …”
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“…Studies conducted in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suggest that there is an association between contextual factors and experience of intimate partner violence. …”
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“…These results support the initiation of similar mentorship programs in other institutions to expand their capacity in biomedical, social, and clinical research, especially in resource-limited settings, such as Sub-Saharan Africa. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-023-04369-z.…”
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“…RESULTS: A decrease in age-standardized DALY rates for HIV/AIDS occurred in 132 (71%) of 186 countries/territories from 2000 to 2019, of which 52 (39%) countries/territories achieved a decrease in DALYs of more than 50%, and 27 (52%) of the 52 were from sub-Saharan Africa. The concentration curves of the age-standardized DALY rates of HIV/AIDS were above the equality line from 2000 to 2019. …”
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“…HIV testing strategies to increase uptake of testing in Western and Central Africa remain inadequate. Hence, a high proportion of people living with HIV in this region do not know their status. …”
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“…METHODS: This prospective cohort study included pregnant women living with HIV (WLWH, n = 122) and not living with HIV (WNLWH, n = 250) that underwent repeated ultrasonography during pregnancy, and at delivery, to determine fetal growth parameters in Soweto, South Africa. The size and the velocity of fetal growth measures (i.e., head and abdominal circumference, biparietal diameter, and femur length) were calculated using the Superimposition by Translation and Rotation. …”
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“…Young women in sub-Saharan Africa have a high prevalence and incidence of both curable STIs and HIV. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION: Schistosomiasis poses a serious public health problem and a social challenge affecting over 240 million people, the majority of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends praziquantel (PZQ) drug treatment through regular mass drug administration (MDA) accompanied by social mobilisation and health education and sensitisation. …”
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