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African health policy, systems and evidence ·
From the abstract: “The participants demonstrated high biomedical knowledge and perceived hypertension as a severe condition, strongly linked to occupational stress.”
From the abstract: “This study sought to describe the feasibility and testing outcomes of task-shared implementation of the AHD POC diagnostic tests utilizing LHW and professional health care workers (HCW).”
From the abstract: “This study presents an interpretable ensemble machine learning framework for predicting CVD risk via structured electronic medical record (EMR) data from public hospitals in Addis Ababa.”
From the abstract: “This study utilized secondary data from the Agricultural Sample Surveys conducted annually by the Central Statistical Agency (2004/05–2018/19) to assess feeding practices, examine regional variations, and analyze long-term trends.”
From the abstract: “This study aims to assess and compare sex hormone profiles among adult tuberculosis-positive patients and tuberculosis-negative individuals and to identify associated factors.”
From the abstract: “The objective of this study was to assess the household costs, catastrophic out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditure, impoverishment and coping mechanisms used to pay for surgical care in a predominantly rural area of Ethiopia.”
From the abstract: “This study assessed malaria seroprevalence and associated risk factors among residents of three towns in Ethiopia: Adama, Metehara, and Awash Sebat Kilo to better characterize transmission dynamics and identify context-specific vulnerabilities.”
From the abstract: “The study examines the effect of monetary policy and trade openness on economic growth in the ECOWAS countries.”
From the abstract: “This study aimed to design a mobile gaming application (app) to promote ART adherence among ALHIV in Eswatini.”
From the abstract: “Using the 2021 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) and a sample of 10,820 women of reproductive age, we employ a bivariate probit framework supplemented by propensity score matching (PSM) to examine the robustness of the findings.”