Policies, financing, research and health-system developments.
From the abstract: “This study explored stakeholders’ perspectives on implementing a Family Practice Model to strengthen primary care and advance UHC at a University Hospital in Ghana.”
From the abstract: “Codon bias in S. aureus was shown to vary between gene, and to be a source of genetic variation between isolates; CAI and in vitro protein expression were positively correlated.”
From the abstract: “Root and tuber crops (RTCs) provide 354 kcal/capita/day across sub-Saharan Africa (17.7% of dietary energy from major crop categories), and several countries derive over 40% of crop calories from cassava, yam, sweet potato, taro, and cocoyam.”
From the abstract: “An institutional-based cross-sectional study that included 317 HIV-infected women of a reproductive age group attending antiretroviral therapy was conducted in Nekemte town employing a systematic random sampling technique.”
From the abstract: “A retrospective study was conducted among pediatric patients diagnosed with intussusception at a comprehensive referral hospital between September 2020 and August 2024.”
From the abstract: “We evaluated mortality among molecular test-negative presumptive TB adult PLHIV in a population with widespread antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage, comparing those empirically treated and not treated for TB.”
From the abstract: “The study aimed to determine the relationship between hypovitaminosis D and uterine leiomyoma among women of reproductive age attending Jinja, Lira and Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda.”
From the abstract: “We conducted a retrospective cohort study between August and December 2023.”
From the abstract: “In this study, we investigated the prevalence and abundance of the mercury resistance gene merA in human feces, retail chicken meat, and environmental water samples collected from Japan, Vietnam, and Ghana.”
From the abstract: “To address these challenges, a two-year field experiment (2021/22–2022/23) was conducted in Jabithenan District to evaluate the impact of liquid bio-slurry (LBS) and nitrogen (N) fertilizer combinations on soil chemical properties and hot pepper yield.”