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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home-based postpartum care on neonatal mortality and exclusive breastfeeding practice in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Early postpartum facility discharge negatively impacts mothers’ proper and effective use postnatal care. Cognizant of these facts, home-based postnatal care practices have been promoted to complement facility-based care to reduce neonatal ...
Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Chalachew Bekele Shiferaw, Alemayehu Worku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crowding at Lake Chad : an integrated approach to demographic and health surveillance of mobile pastoralists and their animals [PDF]

, 2015
Despite substantial contribution to the economies of their countries, mobile pastoralists are marginalised in many aspects of their daily lives. Mobility complicates their access to schooling or health and veterinary services.
Jean-Richard, Vreni
core   +1 more source

The microbiome in human skin aging

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana, Cornelia Wiegand, Omid Omrani, Mario Fabri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Stroke and Associated Risk Factors in Sleman District of Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia

Stroke Research and Treatment, 2019
Background. Stroke remains one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among Indonesian populations. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of stroke and its associated risk factors in the Sleman District of Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia.
Ismail Setyopranoto, Halwan Fuad Bayuangga, Andre Stefanus Panggabean, Sarastiti Alifaningdyah, Lutfan Lazuardi, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Rusdy Ghazali Malueka   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Household surveys remain important sources of stillbirth data, but omission and misclassification are common. Classifying adverse pregnancy outcomes as stillbirths requires accurate reporting of vital status at birth and gestational age or ...
Hannah Blencowe, Matteo Bottecchia, Doris Kwesiga, Joseph Akuze, M. Moinuddin Haider, Edward Galiwango, Francis Dzabeng, Ane B. Fisker, Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Tryphena Nareeba, Susannah Woodd, Alexandra Beedle, Kimberly Peven, Simon Cousens, Peter Waiswa, Joy E. Lawn, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiometabolic disease risk and HIV status in rural South Africa : establishing a baseline [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundL To inform health care and training, resource and research priorities, it is essential to establish how non-communicable disease risk factors vary by HIV-status in high HIV burden areas; and whether long-term anti-retroviral therapy (ART ...
Houle, Brian, Tollman, Stephen, Tollman, Stephen,, Thorogood, Margaret, Clark, Samuel J., Clark, Samuel J, Angotti, Nicole, Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier, Menken, Jane, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa, Houle, Brian C, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W., Williams, Jill   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Preoperative circulating tumor cells integrated with imaging analysis for prognostic evaluation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood before surgery may help predict outcomes in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Here, we show when combined with tumor size and lymph node involvement from routine imaging, CTC status identifies high‐risk patients with poorer survival—offering a simple, minimally invasive tool ...
Susanne Flach, Gizem Abaci, Tom Huberty, Axel Lechner, Lukas Käsmann, Jens Ricke, Sophia Stöcklein, Martin Canis, Philipp Baumeister, Marianna Alunni‐Fabbroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal mapping and detection of mortality cluster due to cardiovascular disease with Bayesian hierarchical framework using integrated nested Laplace approximation: A discussion of suitable statistic applications in Kersa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Geospatial Health, 2018
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally and the number one cause of death globally. Over 75% of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries.
Melkamu Dedefo, Henry Mwambi, Sileshi Fanta, Nega Assefa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cohort Profile: The Kaloleni/Rabai Community Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2019
Why was the cohort set up?In many resource-constrained settings, availability of reli-able vital statistics and health information is limited bylack of proper system for civil registration and health infor-mation. This is further limited by the fact that the majorityof population health events, such as births, morbidity andmortality, occur ...
Ngugi, Anthony, Odhiambo, Rachel, Agoi, Felix, Lakhani, Amyn, Orwa, James, Obure, Jerim, Mang’ong’o, David, Luchters, Stanley, Munywoki, Catherine, Omar, Anisa, Temmerman, Marleen   +10 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: evidence from rural South Africa [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> Childhood vaccination coverage can be estimated from a range of sources. This study aims to validate vaccination data from a longitudinal population-based demographic surveillance system (DSS) against data from a ...
Barnighausen, T., Ndirangu James, James Ndirangu, Marie-Louise Newell, Ndirangu, J., Bärnighausen Till, Bland Ruth, Bland, R., Ruth Bland, Till Bärnighausen, Newell Marie-Louise, Newell, M.-L.   +11 more
core   +2 more sources