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“Antibiotics Can Work as a Contraceptive:” Contraceptive Knowledge and Use Among University Students in Calabar, Nigeria

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2021
Introduction: Many sexually active youths who wish to delay pregnancy are not using any form of modern contraceptives. In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 1 in 5 sexually active youth do not use contraceptives.
Ibitola Asaolu, Nidal Kram, Christopher Ajala, Ememobong Aquaisua, Akinsola Asaolu, Kylie Kato-Lagumbay, Alice Abuh, Moses Bernand, John Ehiri   +8 more
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Profile: Nanoro Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012
The Nanoro Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), located in the rural centre of Burkina Faso, was established in 2009 by the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro with the aim of providing a core framework for clinical trials and also to support the Burkina Faso health authorities in generating epidemiological data that can contribute to the ...
Karim, Derra, Eli, Rouamba, Adama, Kazienga, Sayouba, Ouedraogo, Marc C, Tahita, Hermann, Sorgho, Innocent, Valea, Halidou, Tinto   +7 more
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Neonatal and child mortality data in retrospective population-based surveys compared with prospective demographic surveillance: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Global mortality estimates remain heavily dependent on household surveys in low- and middle-income countries, where most under-five deaths occur.
Tryphena Nareeba, Francis Dzabeng, Nurul Alam, Gashaw A. Biks, Sanne M. Thysen, Joseph Akuze, Hannah Blencowe, Stephane Helleringer, Joy E. Lawn, Kaiser Mahmud, Temesgen Azemeraw Yitayew, Ane B. Fisker, and the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +12 more
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Profile: The Niakhar Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2013
The Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Niakhar, a rural area of Senegal, is located 135 km east of Dakar. The HDSS was established in 1962 by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) of Senegal to face the shortcomings of the civil registration system and provide demographic indicators.
/Delaunay, Valérie, /Douillot, Laetitia, Diallo, A., Dione, D., /Trape, Jean-François, /Mediannikov, Oleg, Raoult, Didier, /Sokhna, Cheikh   +7 more
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Profile: The Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012
The Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Karonga HDSS) in northern Malawi currently has a population of more than 35 000 individuals under continuous demographic surveillance since completion of a baseline census (2002-2004). The surveillance system collects data on vital events and migration for individuals and for households.
Crampin, Amelia C., Dube, Albert, Mboma, Sebastian, Price, Alison, Chihana, Menard, Jahn, Andreas, Baschieri, Angela, Molesworth, Anna, Mwaiyeghele, Elnaeus, Branson, Keith, Floyd, Sian, McGrath, Nuala, Fine, Paul E.M., French, Neil, Glynn, Judith R., Zaba, Basia   +15 more
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Prevalence and determinants of modern contraceptive utilization among rural lactating mothers: findings from the primary health care project in two northwest Ethiopian districts

BMC Women's Health, 2020
Background Contraceptive utilization is a guarantee to avert unwanted pregnancies. In Ethiopia however, more than half of the rural women have shorter birth intervals. Consequently, 17 and 8% of the births have been either mistimed (wanted at later date)
Terefe Derso, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Mezgebu Yitayal, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Kassahun Alemu, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Endalkachew Dellie, Telake Azale, Bisrat Misganaw, Adane Kebede, Destaw Fetene, Tsegaye Gebremdhin, Asmamaw Atnafu   +13 more
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Profile: The Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012
The Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ouaga HDSS), located in five neighbourhoods at the northern periphery of the capital of Burkina Faso, was established in 2008. Data on vital events (births, deaths, unions, migration events) are collected during household visits that have taken place every 10 months. The areas were selected to
Rossier, C., Soura, A., Baya, B., Compaore, G., Dabire, B., dos Santos, Stéphanie, Duthe, G., Gnoumou, B., Kobiane, J., Kouanda, S., Lankoande, B., Legrand, T., Mbacke, C., Millogo, R., Mondain, N., Montgomery, M., Nikiema, A., Ouili, I., Pison, G., Randall, S., Sangli, G., Schoumaker, B., Zourkaleini, Y.   +22 more
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Barriers and enablers to reporting pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Risks of neonatal death, stillbirth and miscarriage are highest in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where data has most gaps and estimates rely on household surveys, dependent on women reporting these events.
Doris Kwesiga, Charlotte Tawiah, Md Ali Imam, Adane Kebede Tesega, Tryphena Nareeba, Yeetey A K Enuameh, Gashaw A. Biks, Grace Manu, Alexandra Beedle, Nafisa Delwar, Ane B. Fisker, Peter Waiswa, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +14 more
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Electronic data collection in a multi-site population-based survey: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Electronic data collection is increasingly used for household surveys, but factors influencing design and implementation have not been widely studied.
Sanne M. Thysen, Charlotte Tawiah, Hannah Blencowe, Grace Manu, Joseph Akuze, M. Moinuddin Haider, Nurul Alam, Temesgen Azemeraw Yitayew, Angela Baschieri, Gashaw A. Biks, Francis Dzabeng, Ane B. Fisker, Md. Ali Imam, Justiniano S. D. Martins, Davis Natukwatsa, Joy E. Lawn, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +17 more
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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Nahuche Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Northern Nigeria (Nahuche HDSS) [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2014
The Nahuche Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) study site, established in 2009 with 137 823 individuals is located in Zamfara State, north western Nigeria. North-West Nigeria is a region with one of the worst maternal and child health indicators in Nigeria.
Olatunji, Alabi, Henry V, Doctor, Abdulazeez, Jumare, Nasiru, Sahabi, Ahmad, Abdulwahab, Sally E, Findley, Sani D, Abubakar   +6 more
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