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About African Population Health Research Center Gateways

WEBAbout this Gateway. Africa Population Health Research Center (APHRC) is committed to generating an Africa-led and Africa-owned body of evidence to inform decision-making …

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Barriers and facilitators to health Open Research Africa

WEBIntroduction. In 2005, the World Health Assembly called for universal health coverage and defined it as securing access to adequate health care for all at an …

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Community-structures that facilitate Open Research Africa

WEBCommunity engagement and its roles in health research. The term community can be defined as a group of people that interact and support each other, …

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Integrating environmental health and Open Research Africa

WEBGrant information: Funding for the workshop including travel for presenters, panelists, and poster presenters was provided by the National Institute of Environmental …

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A mapping of health education institutions Open Research Africa

WEB1 School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa 2 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 3 …

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Research priorities in maternal and neonatal Open Research Africa

WEBIntroduction. The deceleration in average annual rates of reduction of maternal mortality 1 and neonatal mortality indicators 2 signal a need to do more to …

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Community engagement and feedback of results Open …

WEB1 Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana 2 West African Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, …

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Counselling and knowledge on iron and Open Research Africa

WEBAnaemia in pregnancy is a leading cause of global burden of disease 2 with iron deficiency anaemia being responsible for more than half of the cases. The global …

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A survey on knowledge, attitude, and Open Research Africa

WEBStudy design. The study consisted of a cross-sectional survey of clinicians and pharmacists from public hospitals in three counties in Kenya – Kiambu, Nakuru, and …

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Public hospitals’ finance management Open Research Africa

WEBIntroduction. Decentralization, defined as the transfer of power or authority on decision making and resource management, from the central government or body to the …

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Ethical challenges in community engagement Open Research …

WEBIntroduction. When the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global health pandemic (Sohrabi et al., 2020; WHO, 2020) …

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The nexus between improved water supply Open Research Africa

WEBThe sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced the highest annual urban population growth rate (more than 3.5%) in the world 1. However, the growth of urban …

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The nexus between improved water supply Open Research Africa

WEBIntroduction. Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is growing at 4% annually, with the population living in urban areas projected to double by 2050 1.This …

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Environmental and biological monitoring in Open Research Africa

WEBThis report is an overview of requests for biological and environmental monitoring of hazardous chemicals, submitted to the National Institute for Occupational …

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High infectious disease burden as a basis Open Research Africa

WEBBackground. The 2019 novel human coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is one of seven coronaviruses that …

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“We shall have gone to a higher Open Research Africa

WEBBackground: It is not clear whether village health teams (VHTs) can be empowered to participate in interventions to prevent and control hypertension and …

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Dog health and demographic surveillance Open Research Africa

WEBStudy area. The dog-HDSS is set in western Kenya within a linked human health and animal health syndromic surveillance study following > 1500 households in …

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Rising substance use disorders in Malawi: Open Research Africa

WEBMental and substance use disorders are a leading cause of disease burden in Africa. In 2010, they accounted for 19% of total disease burden in terms of disability …

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Microbiological assessment of sachet water Open Research Africa

WEBSachet water microbiological quality. One branded sachet water with the most patronage was collected in triplicate from each of the 41 communities. Twenty-four …

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