Technology & Industry
Hepatitis B infection among hospital patients in Mogadishu
From the abstract: “This study assessed HBV prevalence, associated risk factors, and viral load among hospital patients in Mogadishu, Somalia.”
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Vaccination
Financing & Policy
Vitamin A and deworming coverage in 15 sub-Saharan African countries
From the abstract: “Weighted descriptive statistics and mixed-effects logistic regression assessed determinants at individual, household, community, and country levels, accounting for survey design and clustering.”
Technology & Industry
Digital interventions for childhood vaccination in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
From the abstract: “Included studies were assessed for risk of bias using RoB2 and ROBINS-I, and certainty of evidence was evaluated using the GRADE approach. 14 studies were included, comprising both randomised and non-randomised control trials.”
Technology & Industry
Health workers’ COVID-19 vaccine confidence and infection fears across countries
From the abstract: “This study aimed to assess the impact of emerging variants on healthcare workers’ (HCWs) fear related to SARS-CoV-2 new variant infection and to evaluate their confidence in the received vaccines.”
Technology & Industry
Scalp haircuts, keloids and bloodborne virus risks in South Africa
From the abstract: “When controlled for whether participants knowingly bleed during haircuts, HIV seropositivity was significantly more likely in those who regularly bleed, OR = 2.51 [95% CI 1.16–5.42], p = 0.02.”
Financing & Policy
Kenya’s Gavi transition: the timetable questions
The Ministry reported a longer co-financing transition and proposed further changes. An agreed extension and a requested framework carry different levels of certainty.