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Quality of inpatient test-and-treat malaria case-management in public and private hospitals in Kano State, Nigeria

Malaria Journal
Background Compliance with evidence-based treatment guidelines, supported by quality-assured parasitological diagnosis, is the mainstay of malaria case-management in Nigeria.
Dawit Getachew, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Emmanuel Shekarau, Babangida Musa, Abdullahi Yusuf, Safiyanu Haruna, Oladipo O. Oladosu, Olusola Oresanya, Kolawole Maxwell, Dejan Zurovac   +9 more
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Mild structure, low pressure: how might we increase young people’s social connection in the COVID-19-era

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
This study aimed to understand how COVID-19 affected social connection, barriers to connection, and generated ideas for creating pro-connection activities and spaces.
Megan S. C. Lim, Angela C. Davis, Callan Rowe, Caitlin H. Douglass   +3 more
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Costing analysis of a Queensland community corrections hepatitis C screening program

BMC Health Services Research
Background People involved with the criminal justice system typically have lower healthcare engagement and higher risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection than the general population. Interventions run at community corrections centres have the potential
Kelly Maynard, Farah Houdroge, Rachael Thompson, Anna L. Hawkes, Alisa Pedrana, Jacqueline A. Richmond, Nick Scott   +6 more
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Understanding Long COVID Among Young People in Victoria, Australia: Prevalence, Impact, and Associated Factors

Public Health Challenges
Introduction Long COVID is a significant public health concern. This study aimed to identify the prevalence, impact, and factors associated with long COVID among young people in Victoria, Australia.
Robin Engelberts, Caitlin H. Douglass, Ana Orozco, Sarah Eddy, Anna Lee Wilkinson, Aimée Altermatt, Suzanne van denToren, Megan S. C. Lim   +7 more
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Health equity for young Black sexually minoritized men through their eyes: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health
Background Young Black sexually minoritized men (YBSMM) are a key population for Ending the HIV Epidemic though their care engagement is limited due to inequities shaped by social determinants of health.
Jordan Victorian, Mayra Malagon, Alicia Dawdani, Marie Grace Giramahoro, John A. Schneider, Alida Bouris, Jade Pagkas-Bather   +6 more
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THE ELIMINATION OF THE MOSQUITO. [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1905
I am quite sure that the members of the American Medical Association are familiar with the general literature regarding mosquitoes, and that a detailed account of the different varieties of these insects, their anatomy, method of development and the physiologic reason why they transmit disease is unnecessary.
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Genotype Complexity Modulates Antimalarial Susceptibility in vitro

Infection and Drug Resistance
Chinedu Ogbonnia Egwu,1,2,* Olusola Ajibaye,1,3,* Fatoumata Bojang,1 Haddijatou Mbye,1 Vincent Ntui Ntui-Njock,1 Ndey Fatou Drammeh,1 Eniyou Cheryll Oriero,1 Alfred Amambua-Ngwa1,* 1Disease Control and Elimination, Medical ...
Egwu CO, Ajibaye O, Bojang F, Mbye H, Ntui-Njock VN, Drammeh NF, Oriero EC, Amambua-Ngwa A   +7 more
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A framework for identifying cost efficiencies in malaria routine data quality audits: methodology and application in Zambia

Malaria Journal
Background Routine data quality audits (RDQA) are a critical activity conducted by many country malaria programs to assess the reliability of reported malaria data, but it requires significant human and financial resources.
An Nguyen, Prudence Malama, Christopher Lungu, Mercy Mwanza, Dingase Phiri, Kafula Silumbe, Japhet Chiwaula, Michael Hainsworth, Smita Das, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer   +9 more
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The use of spatial and genetic tools to assess Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Lusaka, Zambia between 2011 and 2015

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Zambia has set itself the ambitious target of eliminating malaria by 2021. To continue tracking transmission to zero, new interventions, tools and approaches are required.
Daniel J. Bridges, Sandra Chishimba, Mulenga Mwenda, Anna M. Winters, Erik Slawsky, Brenda Mambwe, Conceptor Mulube, Kelly M. Searle, Aves Hakalima, Roy Mwenechanya, David A. Larsen   +10 more
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Patients’ experience of accessing hepatitis C treatment through the Myanmar national hepatitis C treatment program: a qualitative evaluation

BMC Health Services Research
Background Globally, 56.8 million people are living with hepatitis C and over three-quarters of those reside in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Barriers and enablers to hepatitis C care among people who inject drugs in high-income countries are ...
Bridget Draper, Win Lei Yee, Anna Bowring, Win Naing, Khin Pyone Kyi, Hla Htay, Jessica Howell, Margaret Hellard, Alisa Pedrana   +8 more
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