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The role of private health facilities in the provision of malaria case management and prevention services in four zones of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
19 December 2011
Degu Jerene, Gashu Fentie, Mulu Teka, Shoa Girma, Sheleme Chibsa, Hiwot Teka, Richard Reithinger
Summary: Little is known about the contribution of the private health sector in managing malaria cases and contributing to malaria prevention and control efforts in Ethiopia. We assessed 102 private h...
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Approaching the community about screening children for a multicentre malaria vaccine trial
19 December 2011
T.A. Lang, J. Gould, L. von Seidlein, J.P. Lusingu, S. Mshamu, S. Ismael, E. Liheluka, D. Kamuya, D. Mwachiro, A. Olotu, P. Njuguna, P. Bejon, V. Marsh, C. Molyneux
Abstract: Community sensitisation, as a component of community engagement, plays an important role in strengthening the ethics of community-based trials in developing countries and is fundamental to t...
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The effects of standardised protocols of obstetric and neonatal care on perinatal and early neonatal mortality at a rural hospital in Tanzania
12 December 2011
Carsten Krüger, Mauri Niemi, Hans Espeland, Naftali Naman, Isaack Malleyeck
Summary: The care of pregnant women and neonates in peripheral hospitals in many developing countries is in a critical state. Through a retrospective analysis we assessed the effects of the introducti...
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Comparing key informants to health workers in identifying children in need of surgical eye care services
11 November 2011
Fortunate Shija, Sylvia Shirima, Susan Lewallen, Paul Courtright
Summary: The objective of the study was to compare the productivity of key informants (KIs) and dedicated health workers (HWs) in identifying children with surgical eye care needs. In two regions of T...
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Nomadic Fulani communities manage malaria on the move
11 November 2011
O.B. Akogun, A.O. Adesina, S. Njobdi, O. Ogundahunsi
Abstract: As in other public health efforts, the current promotion of insecticide-treated net (ITN) usage and prompt treatment of malaria has left the nomadic populations behind. The hypothesis that n...
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