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Decentralizing oxygen availability and use at primary care level for children under-five with severe pneumonia, at 12 Health Centers in Ethiopia: a pre-post non-experimental study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children worldwide, accounting for 15% of all deaths in children under the age of five. Hypoxemia is a major cause of death in patients suffering from pneumonia.
Habtamu Seyoum Tolla, Dinkineh Bikila Woyessa, Rahel Belete Balkew, Yigeremu Abebe Asemere, Zinabie Feleke Fekadu, Alemayehu Berhanu Belete, Martha Gartley, Audrey Battu, Felix Lam, Alebel Yaregal Desale   +9 more
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Changes in the availability of medical oxygen and its clinical practice in Ethiopia during a national scale-up program: a time series design from thirty-two public hospitals

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Oxygen therapy is a lifesaving treatment, however, in Ethiopia, oxygen is not readily available in many healthcare facilities. In 2015, the Federal Ministry of Health launched a national roadmap to increase access to oxygen. This study aims to
Habtamu Seyoum Tolla, Yigeremu Abebe Asemere, Alebel Yaregal Desale, Dinkineh Bikila Woyessa, Zinabie Feleke Fekadu, Alemayehu Berhanu Belete, Audrey Battu, Felix Lam   +7 more
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Cervical cancer screening outcomes in public health facilities in three states in Nigeria

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Cervical cancer continues to generate a significant burden of disease and death in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Lack of awareness and poor access to early screening and pre-cancer treatment contribute to the high mortality.
Olufunmilayo Lawson, Lola Ameyan, Zainab Tukur, Sophia Dunu, Matilda Kerry, Oluwapelumi Ololade Okuyemi, Zainab Yusuf, Olufunke Fasawe, Owens Wiwa, Katharine Schilling Hebert, Jessica Trenc Joseph, Uchechukwu Emmanuel Nwokwu, Okpikpi Okpako, Christopher Ifeanyi Chime   +13 more
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The AIFA time-to-reimbursement: a comparison between the last two committees from 2015 to 2020

Global & Regional Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Objective. To compare the time-to-reimbursement of the last two committees of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), respectively appointed in 2015 and in 2018. Methods.
Paola Raimondo, Giorgio Casilli, Martina Isernia, Dario Lidonnici, Roberto Ravasio, Virginia Ronco, Elena Lanati   +6 more
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Malaria surveillance and case management in remote and indigenous communities of Panama: results from a community-based health worker pilot

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Panama is one of eight countries in Mesoamerica that aims to eliminate malaria by 2022. Malaria is concentrated in indigenous and remote regions like Guna Yala, a politically autonomous region where access to health services is limited and ...
Darlene Bhavnani, Bernardo García Espinosa, Madeline Baird, Nicholas Presley, Arnaud Le Menach, Christina Bradley, Marcela Outten, Oscar González   +7 more
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Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in Nigeria

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Nearly 90,000 under-five children die from diarrhoea annually in Nigeria. Over 90% of the deaths can be prevented with oral rehydration salt (ORS) and zinc treatment but coverage nationally was less than 34% for ORS and 3% for zinc with wide ...
Tiwadayo Braimoh, Isaac Danat, Mohammed Abubakar, Obinna Ajeroh, Melinda Stanley, Owens Wiwa, Marta Rose Prescott, Felix Lam   +7 more
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Operational demonstration and process evaluation of non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) introduction to the public health system of Northern Province, Zambia

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background A disproportionate burden of maternal deaths occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and obstetric hemorrhage (OH) is a leading cause of excess mortality. In Zambia, most of maternal deaths are directly caused by OH.
Naomi Medina-Jaudes, Andy E. Carmone, Margaret L. Prust, Lupenshyo Ngosa, Oluwaseun Aladesanmi, Morrison Zulu, Andrew Storey, Beauty Muntanga, Caren Chizuni, Angel Mwiche, Hilda Shakwelele, Aniset Kamanga   +11 more
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Cloud-Based ICME Software Training

Education Sciences, 2020
Hands-on type training of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) is characterized by assisted application and combination of multiple simulation software tools and data.
Lukas Koschmieder, Ralph Altenfeld, Janin Eiken, Bernd Böttger, Georg J. Schmitz   +4 more
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Key factors associated with malaria infection among patients seeking care through the public sector in endemic townships of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Ayeyarwady Region in Myanmar has made significant progress towards malaria elimination, with cases decreasing from 12,312 in 2015 to 122 in 2019.
Jillian Dunning, Nang Khaing Zar Aung, Abigail Ward, Moe Moe Aye, Christopher Lourenço, Sarah Gallalee, Stephen Lavenberg, Arnaud Le Menach, Myat Min Tun, Aung Thi   +9 more
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A self-amplifying RNA vaccine against COVID-19 with long-term room-temperature stability

npj Vaccines, 2022
mRNA vaccines were the first to be authorized for use against SARS-CoV-2 and have since demonstrated high efficacy against serious illness and death. However, limitations in these vaccines have been recognized due to their requirement for cold storage ...
Emily A. Voigt, Alana Gerhardt, Derek Hanson, Madeleine F. Jennewein, Peter Battisti, Sierra Reed, Jasneet Singh, Raodoh Mohamath, Julie Bakken, Samuel Beaver, Christopher Press, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Christopher J. Paddon, Christopher B. Fox, Corey Casper   +14 more
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