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  1. Engagement with community adolescent treatment supporters (CATS) improves adherence, psychosocial well-being, linkage and retention in care among adolescents living with HIV. However, there is an urgent need f...

    Authors: Nicola Willis, Amos Milanzi, Mather Mawodzeke, Chengetai Dziwa, Alice Armstrong, Innocent Yekeye, Phangisile Mtshali and Victoria James
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:117
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  2. Breast and cervical cancers constitute the most common cancers among women in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, cervical cancer accounts for more than a third of all cancers among women of African descent. Canc...

    Authors: Lovemore Makurirofa, Priscilla Mangwiro, Victoria James, Amos Milanzi, Junior Mavu, Michael Nyamuranga and Sydney Kamtauni
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:109
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  3. Breast cancer and cervical cancer are the two leading cancers among women in Ethiopia. This study investigated knowledge and attitudes related to these two types of cancer among women in 4 zones of Ethiopia. T...

    Authors: Bekele Chaka, Abdul-Rauf Sayed, Bridgette Goeieman and Sarah Rayne
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1072
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  4. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in Kenya. However, only 3% of women are routinely screened. This study aimed to assess women’s knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer and cervical...

    Authors: Murithi Gatumo, Susan Gacheri, Abdul-Rauf Sayed and Andrew Scheibe
    Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:745
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  5. Access to improved sanitation facilities is critical to the health and well-being of individuals and communities. However, globally, over 2.5 billion people live without access to safe sanitation facilities an...

    Authors: David Etsey Akpakli, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Jonas Kofi Akpakli, Vida Kukula and Margaret Gyapong
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:473
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  6. The aim of this study was to determine nasal carriage, risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care-workers of Adigrat and Wukro hospitals...

    Authors: Haftom Legese, Atsebaha Gebrekidan Kahsay, Amlisha Kahsay, Tadele Araya, Gebre Adhanom, Saravanan Muthupandian and Araya Gebreyesus
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:250
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  8. Although cervical cancer is a preventable disease, it remains a leading cause of death among women in developing countries. In this unmatched case control design, 55 cases and 109 controls were included. The m...

    Authors: Roza Teshome Kassa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:145
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  9. A rising frequency of colorectal carcinoma has been noted in recent years in Pakistan. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate clinicopathologic features of colorectal carcinoma in our population so that pr...

    Authors: Atif Ali Hashmi, Shumaila Kanwal Hashmi, Navaira Ali, Komal Thara, Rabia Ali, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Naveen Faridi and Amir Khan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2018 11:52
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  10. Though iron deficiency is known to be a major risk factor of anaemia, the association of G6PD deficiency and malaria with anaemia still remains unclear. Hence, a cross-sectional study involving 95 pregnant wom...

    Authors: Godwill Azeh Engwa, Marcellus Unaegbu, Marian N. Unachukwu, Mary-Gloria C. Njoku, Kingsley N. Agbafor, Wilfred Fon Mbacham and Anthony Okoh
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2017 10:721
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  11. Focused antenatal care became the recommended type of antenatal care following the publication of a World Health Organization trial on antenatal care where it was discovered that the traditional antenatal care...

    Authors: Gebreamlak Gidey, Birhane Hailu, Kidane Nigus, Tesfay Hailu, Woldegebriel G/her and Hadgu Gerensea
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2017 10:608
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