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Conventional early infant diagnosis in Lesotho from specimen collection to results usage to manage patients: Where are the bottlenecks?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-10)Introduction: Early infant diagnosis is an important step in identifying children infected with HIV during the perinatal period or in utero. Multiple factors contribute to delayed antiretroviral treatment initiation for ... -
“The cord is the child”: meanings and practices related to umbilical cord care in Central Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-04)Background: Infections account for a quarter of all newborn deaths and the umbilical cord has been identified as a major route of newborn infections. Objective: To explore the meanings and practices related to the umbilical ... -
Correlated physical and mental health composite scores for the RAND-36 and RAND-12 health surveys: can we keep them simple?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-03)Background: The RAND-36 and RAND-12 (equivalent to versions 1 of the SF-36 Health Survey and SF-12 Health Survey, respectively) are widely used measures of health-related quality of life. However, there are diverging views ... -
Correlates of peer violence among 13-to-15-year-olds in Gampaha district schools in Sri Lanka: Findings from a comparison between violent and non-violent adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Violence among adolescents in schools is a relatively new research area in South Asian countries. Limited knowledge about factors associated with peer violence hinders the design of prevention programs. This study was ... -
Correlations between chest-CT and laboratory parameters in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: A single-center study from Italy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)To investigate the relationship between damaged lung assessed by chest computed tomography (CT) scan and laboratory biochemical parameters with the aim of finding other diagnostic tools. Patients who underwent chest CT ... -
Corticosteroid use and risk of orofacial clefts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06)Background: Maternal use of corticosteroids during early pregnancy has been inconsistently associated with orofacial clefts in the offspring. A previous report from the National Birth Defect Prevention Study (NBDPS), using ... -
COSMOS-improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: Protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-15)Background: Nursing home patients have complex mental and physical health problems, disabilities and social needs, combined with widespread prescription of psychotropic drugs. Preservation of their quality of life is an ... -
Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Cervical Precancerous Lesion Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Background: Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). About 90% of all cervical cancer mortality occurs in LMICs. WHO recommends the use of thermal ... -
Cost and cost-effectiveness of treating smear-positive tuberculosis by health extension workers in Ethiopia: an ancillary cost-effectiveness analysis of community randomized trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-02-17)Background: Evidence for policy- and decision-making related to the cost of delivering tuberculosis (TB) control is lacking in Ethiopia. We aimed to determine the cost and cost-effectiveness of involving health extension ... -
Cost estimates of HIV care and treatment with and without anti-retroviral therapy at Arba Minch Hospital in southern Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-04-13)Background: Little is known about the costs of HIV care in Ethiopia. Objective: To estimate the average per person year (PPY) cost of care for HIV patients with and without anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in a district ... -
Cost of childhood cancer treatment in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-02)Background: Despite the recent interest in expanding pediatric oncology units in Ethiopia, reflected in the National Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Control Plan (NCACCP), little is known about the cost of running a pediatric ... -
Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-06-29)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for 6 months is the recommended form of infant feeding. Support of mothers through individual peer counselling has been proved to be effective in increasing exclusive breastfeeding ... -
Cost-analysis of COVID-19 sample collection, diagnosis, and contact tracing in low resource setting: The case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Ethiopia has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through a combination of interventions, including non-pharmaceutical interventions, quarantine, testing, isolation, contact tracing, and clinical management. ... -
Cost-benefit and extended cost-effectiveness analysis of a comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention program in Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12-19)Background: Early marriages, pregnancies and births are the major cause of school drop-out among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Birth complications are also one of the leading causes of death among adolescent ... -
A cost-effectiveness analysis of maternal and neonatal health interventions in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-18)Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan African countries contributing to the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths. Coverage of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) interventions has remained very low in Ethiopia. We ... -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of population-based tobacco control strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-02)Background: Tobacco consumption contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. The prevalence of smoking is estimated to be increasing in many low-income countries, including Tanzania, especially among women ... -
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Surgical Repair for Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia.
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Cost-effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy at a district hospital in southern Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-07-17)Background: As the resource implications of expanding anti-retroviral therapy (ART) are likely to be large, there is a need to explore its cost-effectiveness. So far, there is no such information available from Ethiopia. ... -
Cost-effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine compared with artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated malaria in children at a district hospital in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-15)Background: Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DhP) is highly recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. This study aims to compare the costs, health benefits and cost-effectiveness of DhP and artemether-lumefantrine ... -
Cost-effectiveness of facility-based, stand-alone and mobile-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Globally, there is a consensus to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, and one of the strategies to achieve this target is that 90% of people living with HIV should know their HIV status. Even if there is strong ...