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An exploratory qualitative study of caregivers' knowledge, perceptions and practices related to hospital hygiene in rural Niger

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021
S U M M A R Y: Background: The risk of healthcare-associated infections is exacerbated by poor hygiene practices in health care facilities and can contribute to increased patient morbidity and mortality.
Caroline Marquer, Ousmane Guindo, Issa Mahamadou, Elodie Job, Susan M. Rattigan, Céline Langendorf, Rebecca F. Grais, Sheila Isanaka   +7 more
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Identifying Effective Factors on Promoting Health and Hygiene Education in Secondary Schools of Sistan and Baluchistan Province: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

Journal of Community Health Research, 2023
Background: This was a qualitative study with the aim of specifying effective factors regarding the improvement of health and hygiene education in secondary schools of education and training in Zahedan city in Sistan and Baluchistan province.
Mohamadamin Jahantigh, Reza Khamarniaei, Maryam Jahantigh Haghighi, Farnaz Jahantigh   +3 more
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Menstrual hygiene management practices and determinants among schoolgirls in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The urgency of tackling bottlenecks - Water and sanitation services

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) service provision and improving schoolgirls' hygienic practices in schools are among the major challenges for low and middle income countries, including Ethiopia, in meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development ...
Abayneh Melaku, Taffere Addis, Bezatu Mengistie, Girum Gebremeskel Kanno, Metadel Adane, Mary Kelly-Quinn, Sisay Ketema, Teklu Hailu, Dinaol Bedada, Argaw Ambelu   +9 more
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PERSONAL HYGIENE PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH SUKU LAUT DUANO DI KECAMATAN KUNDUR KABUPATEN KARIMUN

Jurnal Ilmu dan Teknologi Kesehatan Terpadu, 2021
Personal hygiene for school-age children is a public health problem that still needs attention, including for the Suku Laut Duano children. The lack of implementation of personal hygiene in children can increase the risk of infection.
Hendra D Sitanggang, Wardatunnajwa Linnobi, Indra Martias   +2 more
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Phenotypic and haplotypic profiles of insecticide resistance in populations of Aedes aegypti larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) from central Lao PDR

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Aedes aegypti, which is widely distributed in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), is the primary vector of arboviral diseases. Chemical insecticides have been intensively used to eliminate mosquito-borne diseases, resulting in the ...
Takaki Shimono, Seiji Kanda, Pheophet Lamaningao, Yuki Murakami, Andrew Waleluma Darcy, Nobuyuki Mishima, Somchit Inthavongsack, Odai Soprasert, Thonelakhanh Xaypangna, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +9 more
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Hematobium schistosomiasis control for health management of labor force generation at Nkhotakota and Lilongwe in the Republic of Malawi—assumed to be related to occupational risk

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background In Malawi, hematobium schistosomiasis is highly endemic. According to previous studies, countermeasures have been conducted mainly in school-aged children.
Nobuyuki Mishima, Samuel K. Jemu, Tomoaki Kuroda, Koichiro Tabuchi, Andrew W. Darcy, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Mari Miyake, Seiji Kanda, Susan Ng’ambi, Yoshihiro Komai, Hirofumi Maeba, Hiroyuki Amano, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +13 more
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Knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among medical students to prevent associated infections

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2023
Background: Hands are a major route for cross-transmission of microorganisms and health care-associated infections [HCAI], and are considered a crucial step in preventing HCAI.
Himabindu Kakarla, Pradeep Gudipati, Jaya Krishna Akula, Sravya Vuppalapati, Teja Sree Mulpuru   +4 more
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Promotion of hand hygiene strengthening initiative in a Nigerian teaching hospital: implication for improved patient safety in low-income health facilities

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Background: Health care-associated infection remains a significant hazard for hospitalized patients. Hand hygiene is a fundamental action for ensuring patient safety.
Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Chinwendu Daniel Ndukwe, Patrick Gold Oyibo, Kingsley Onuoha Nwakpu, Richard Chukwuka Nnabu, Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier   +5 more
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Multiple arboviral infections during a DENV-2 outbreak in Solomon Islands

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
Background Solomon Islands, a country made up of tropical islands, has suffered cyclic dengue fever (DF) outbreaks in the past three decades. An outbreak of dengue-like illness (DLI) that occurred in April 2016 prompted this study, which aimed to ...
Andrew Waleluma Darcy, Seiji Kanda, Tenneth Dalipanda, Cynthia Joshua, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Nobuyuki Mishima, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +7 more
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A study on oral hygiene among students of a secondary school in Harinavi, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2019
Context: It is needless to state that health and hygiene go hand in hand and of the various categories of hygiene, oral hygiene has a colossal contribution to positive health for any individual.
Jayeeta Burman, Aparajita Dasgupta, Rajarshi Banerjee, Sembagamuthu Sembiah, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Bobby Paul   +5 more
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