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African health policy, systems and evidence ·
From the abstract: “A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan (August–October 2024), using a proportionally allocated stratified convenience sample of 311 undergraduate medical students from the third to sixth academic years (response rate 91.5%).”
From the abstract: “Delivery and referral registers from 50 health centres were reviewed retrospectively for 12 months (8 July 2019–7 June 2020).”
From the abstract: “This systematic review and meta-analysis therefore aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of fecal colonization with ESBL-PE among food handlers in Africa.”
From the abstract: “This study revealed that about two- thirds of people living with epilepsy were adherent to anti-seizure medications.”
From the abstract: “An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in urban slum and pastoralist areas of Ethiopian regions from November to December, 2023.”
From the abstract: “This study assessed RBC folate concentrations and dietary diversity among first-trimester pregnant women in Tigray.”
From the abstract: “This study employed a two-stage cluster sampling method, and 398 residents in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region were surveyed with structured questionnaires acting as the primary data collection tool.”
From the abstract: “This study assessed the trend in the level of under-five stunting across the different dimensions of the intersection of household wealth status (rich, average, or poor), type of place of residence (rural or urban), and gender of household heads (male or female) to identify households that were persistently most at risk of under-five stunting in Nigeria.”
From the abstract: “This review aimed to examine how technology facilitates gender-based violence and to explore its impact on women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.”
From the abstract: “This study used cross-sectional design and 13,183 ever-married women aged 15−49 years from the nationally representative Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) 2022−2023.”