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Impact of passenger engagement through road safety bus stickers in public service vehicles on road traffic crashes in Zambia: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) are the third highest cause of death in Zambia, claiming about 2000 lives annually, with pedestrians and cyclists being the most vulnerable. Human error accounts for 87.3% of RTCs. Minibus and big bus public service
Sydney Chauwa Phiri, Marta R. Prescott, Margaret L. Prust, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Chuncky C. Kanchele, Prudence Haimbe, Hilda Shakwelele, Sandra Mudhune   +7 more
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Accessible Knowledge—Knowledge on Accessibility [PDF]

Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2015
Although serious efforts are made internationally and nationally, it is a slow process to make our physical environment accessible. In the actual design process, architects play a major role. But what kinds of knowledge– including research-based knowledge – do practicing architects make use of when designing accessible environments?
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Challenges in Estimating Vaccine Coverage in Refugee and Displaced Populations: Results From Household Surveys in Jordan and Lebanon

Vaccines, 2017
Ensuring the sustained immunization of displaced persons is a key objective in humanitarian emergencies. Typically, humanitarian actors measure coverage of single vaccines following an immunization campaign; few measure routine coverage of all vaccines ...
Timothy Roberton, William Weiss, The Jordan Health Access Study Team, The Lebanon Health Access Study Team, Shannon Doocy   +4 more
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Factors associated with the decline of malaria in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region between 2013 and 2017

Scientific Reports, 2021
The burden of malaria in Myanmar has declined rapidly in recent years; cases decreased from 333,871 in 2013 to 85,019 in 2017 (75% decrease). Decline of malaria in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar reflects this trend with an 86% decrease in cases over ...
Sarah Gallalee, Abigail V. Ward, Moe Moe Aye, Nang Khaing Zar Aung, Julia C. Dunn, Stephen Lavenberg, Christopher Lourenço, Jillian Dunning, Aung Thi, Arnaud Le Menach, Myat Min Tun   +10 more
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Decreasing incidence of pregnancy among HIV-positive adolescents in a large HIV treatment program in western Kenya between 2005 and 2017: a retrospective cohort study

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for pregnancy among HIV-positive adolescents in a large HIV treatment program in western Kenya.
Heather C. Millar, Alfred K. Keter, Beverly S. Musick, Edith Apondi, Juddy Wachira, Katherine R. MacDonald, Rachel F. Spitzer, Paula Braitstein   +7 more
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The Indycamp : Demonstrating Access to Land and Access to Justice [PDF]

, 2017
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Combe, Malcolm M
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Rapid introduction of oral antivirals for COVID-19: implementation of a test and treat program in four African countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Introduction: Despite availability of approved oral antivirals like nirmatrelvir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 in high-income countries since 2021, access to these drugs remains largely unavailable across the African continent.
Martin Martin-Odoom, Bridget Griffith, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Caroline Boeke, Yamikani Gumulira, Nervine Hamza, Pax Axell Karamage, Norman Lufesi, Alexander Martin-Odoom, Nyuma Mbewe, Mwaba Mulenga, Rodrigue Albert Ndayishimiye, Joseph Oliver-Commey, Laine Thomas, Cameron Wolfe   +14 more
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Towards a metadata scheme for the description of materials – the description of microstructures

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2016
The property of any material is essentially determined by its microstructure. Numerical models are increasingly the focus of modern engineering as helpful tools for tailoring and optimization of custom-designed microstructures by suitable processing and ...
Georg J. Schmitz, Bernd Böttger, Markus Apel, Janin Eiken, Gottfried Laschet, Ralph Altenfeld, Ralf Berger, Guillaume Boussinot, Alexandre Viardin   +8 more
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Phase field assisted analysis of a solidification based metal refinement process

Materials Theory, 2022
Ultra pure metals have various applications, e. g. as electrical conductors. Crystallization from the melt, e. g. via zone melting, using the segregation of impurities at the solidification front is the basic mechanism behind different technical ...
A. Viardin, B. Böttger, M. Apel
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Correction to: Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria

Implementation Science, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Aaron M. Woolsey, Ryan A. Simmons, Meley Woldeghebriel, Yunji Zhou, Oluwatosin Ogunsola, Sarah Laing, Tayo Olaleye, Joseph Kipkoech, Bomar Mendez Rojas, Indrani Saran, Mercy Odhiambo, Josephine Malinga, George Ambani, Emmah Kimachas, Chizoba Fashanu, Owens Wiwa, Diana Menya, Jeremiah Laktabai, Theodoor Visser, Elizabeth L. Turner, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara   +20 more
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