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  • Making every baby count - an urgent reproductive health priority as sub-Saharan Africa continues to witness a high incidence of stillbirths 
    Murewanhema, Grant; Moyo, Enos; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa (African Journal of Reproductive Health Women's Health and Action Research Centre, 2023-12)
    The expected culmination of a positive pregnancy experience is a healthy mother and a bouncing live baby. Unfortunately, globally an estimated 2 million babies are still born every year, with the largest incidence of ...
  • Making existing technology safer in healthcare 
    Newton, Richard C.; Mytton, Oliver T.; Aggarwal, Rajesh; Runciman, William B.; Free, Michael; Fahlgren, Bjorn; Akiyama, Masanori; Farlow, Barbara; Yaron, Sara; Locke, Gerad; Whittaker, Stuart (BMJ, 2010-04)
    BACKGROUND: Technology, equipment and medical devices are vital for effective healthcare throughout the world but are associated with risks. These risks include device failure, inappropriate use, insufficient user-training ...
  • Malaria in children under-five : a comparison of risk factors in lakeshore and highland areas, Zomba district, Malawi 
    Hajison, Precious L.; Feresu, Shingairai A.; Mwakikunga, Bonex W. (Public Library of Science, 2018-11-12)
    BACKGROUND : In Malawi, children under the age of five living in different geographical areas may experience different malaria risk factors. We compare the risk factors of malaria experienced by children under the ...
  • Malaria in patients with sickle cell anaemia: burden, risk factors and outcome at the Laquintinie hospital, Cameroon 
    Eleonore, Ngo Linwa Esther; Cumber, Samuel Nambile; Charlotte, Eposse Ekoube; Lucas, Esuh Esong; Edgar, Mandeng Ma Linwa; Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu; Geh, Meh Martin; Ngenge, Budzi Michael; Bede, Fala; Fomukong, Nzozone Henry; Kamga, Henri Lucien Fouammo; Mbanya, Dora (BioMed Central, 2020-01-14)
    BACKGROUND : It is believed that the current prevalence of malaria in endemic areas reflects selection for the carrier form of sickle cell trait through a survival advantage. Malaria has been incriminated as a great cause ...
  • Malaria research and its influence on antimalarial drug policy in Malawi : a case study 
    Mwendera, Chikondi; De Jager, Christiaan; Longwe, Herbert; Phiri, Kamija; Hongoro, Charles; Mutero, Clifford Maina (BioMed Central, 2016-06-01)
    BACKGROUND : In 1993, Malawi changed its first-line anti-malarial treatment for uncomplicated malaria from chloroquine to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), and in 2007, it changed from SP to lumefantrine-artemether. The ...
  • Malaria research in Malawi from 1984 to 2016 : a literature review and bibliometric analysis 
    Mwendera, Chikondi; De Jager, Christiaan; Longwe, Herbert; Hongoro, Charles; Mutero, Clifford Maina; Phiri, Kamija S. (BioMed Central, 2017-06-12)
    BACKGROUND : Malaria research can play a vital role in addressing the malaria burden in Malawi. An organized approach in addressing malaria in Malawi started in 1984 by the establishment of the first National Malaria ...
  • Malaria vectors and vector surveillance in Limpopo Province (South Africa) : 1927 to 2018 
    Braack, L.E.O.; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Kruger, Taneshka; Dahan-Moss, Yael; Gilbert, Allison; Kaiser, Maria; Oliver, Shuné V.; Cornel, Anthony J.; Lee, Yoosook; Norris, Douglas E.; Brooke, Basil; Coetzee, Maureen; De Jager, Christiaan (MDPI Publishing, 2020-06-09)
    Despite the annual implementation of a robust and extensive indoor residual spraying programme against malaria vectors in Limpopo Province (South Africa), significant transmission continues and is a serious impediment ...
  • Management of face presentation, face and lip edema in a primary healthcare facility case report, Mbengwi, Cameroon 
    Fomukong, Nzozone Henry; Edwin, Ngouagna; Edgar, Mandeng Ma Linwa; Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude; Ijang, Yunga Patience; Bede, Fala; Shirinde, Joyce; Cumber, Samuel Nambile (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2019-08)
    Face presentation is a rare unanticipated obstetric event characterized by a longitudinal lie and full extension of the foetal head on the neck with the occiput against the upper back . Face presentation occurs in ...
  • The management of infectious diseases in comorbidity with tuberculosis 
    Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Imran, Mohd; Muvunyi, Claude Mambo (MDPI, 2022-10-07)
    Tuberculosis (TB) infection is instigated by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Before COVID-19, TB was the main cause of infectious disease deaths worldwide. MTB has infected about one-fourth of the global ...
  • Manufacturing doubt about endocrine disrupter science : a rebuttal of industry-sponsored critical comments on the UNEP/WHO report “State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012” 
    Bergman, Åke; Becher, Georg; Blumberg, Bruce; Bjerregaard, Poul; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Brandt, Ingvar; Casey, Stephanie C.; Frouin, Heloise; Giudice, Linda C.; Heindel, Jerrold J.; Iguchi, Taisen; Jobling, Susan; Kidd, Karen A.; Kortenkamp, Andreas; Lind, P. Monica; Muir, Derek; Ochieng, Roseline; Ropstad, Erik; Ross, Peter S.; Skakkebaek, Niels Erik; Toppari, Jorma; Vandenberg, Laura N.; Woodruff, Tracey J.; Zoeller, R. Thomas (Elsevier, 2015-12)
    We present a detailed response to the critique of “State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012” (UNEP/WHO, 2013) by financial stakeholders, authored by Lamb et al. (2014). Lamb et al.'s claim that UNEP/WHO ...
  • Mapping age‑ and sex‑specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub‑Saharan Africa, 2000–2018 
    Serfes, Audrey L.; Cork, Michael A.; Yang, Mingyou; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abhilash, E.S.; Adabi, Maryam; Adebayo, Oladimeji M.; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adeyinka, Daniel Adedayo; Afzal, Saira; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Ahmadi, Keivan; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Akalu, Yonas; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Akunna, Chisom Joyqueenet; Alahdab, Fares; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour; Alanzi, Turki M.; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Alhassan, Robert Kaba; Alipour, Vahid; Almasi‑Hashiani, Amir; Alvis‑Guzman, Nelson; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Amini, Saeed; Amugsi, Dickson A.; Ancuceanu, Robert; Anvari, Davood; Yaw Appiah, Seth Christopher; Arabloo, Jalal; Aremu, Olatunde; Asemahagn, Mulusew A.; Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari; Awedew, Atalel Fentahun; Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala; Ayanore, Martin Amogre; Aynalem, Yared Asmare; Azari, Samad; Azene, Zelalem Nigussie; Darshan, B.B.; Babalola, Tesleem Kayode; Baig, Atif Amin; Banach, Maciej; Barnighausen, Till Winfried; Bell, Arielle Wilder; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth; Bhardwaj, Nikha; Bhardwaj, Pankaj; Bhattacharyya, Krittika; Bijani, Ali; Bitew, Zebenay Workneh; Bohlouli, Somayeh; Bolarinwa, Obasanjo Afolabi; Boloor, Archith; Bozicevic, Ivana; Butt, Zahid A.; Cardenas, Rosario; Carvalho, Felix; Charan, Jaykaran; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir; Chu, Dinh‑Toi; Cowden, Richard G.; Dahlawi, Saad M.A.; Damiani, Giovanni; Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Das Neves, Jose; Weaver, Nicole Davis; De Leo, Diego; De Neve, Jan‑Walter; Deribe, Kebede; Deuba, Keshab; Dharmaratne, Samath; Dianatinasab, Mostafa; Diaz, Daniel; Didarloo, Alireza; Djalalinia, Shirin; Dorostkar, Fariba; Dubljanin, Eleonora; Duko, Bereket; El Tantawi, Maha; El‑Jaafary, Shaimaa I.; Eshrati, Babak; Eskandarieh, Sharareh; Eyawo, Oghenowede; Ezeonwumelu, Ifeanyi Jude; Ezzikouri, Sayeh; Farzadfar, Farshad; Fattahi, Nazir; Fauk, Nelsensius Klau; Fernandes, Eduarda; Filip, Irina; Fischer, Florian; Foigt, Nataliya A.; Foroutan, Masoud; Fukumoto, Takeshi; Gad, Mohamed M.; Gaidhane, Abhay Motiramji; Gebregiorgis, Birhan Gebresillassie; Gebremedhin, Ketema Bizuwork; Getacher, Lemma; Ghadiri, Keyghobad; Ghashghaee, Ahmad; Golechha, Mahaveer; Mohialdeen Gubari, Mohammed Ibrahim; Gugnani, Harish Chander; Guimaraes, Rafael Alves; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Haj‑Mirzaian, Arvin; Hamidi, Samer; Hashi, Abdiwahab; Hassanipour, Soheil; Hassankhani, Hadi; Hayat, Khezar; Herteliu, Claudiu; Ho, Hung Chak; Holla, Ramesh; Hosseini, Mostafa; Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi; Hwang, Bing‑Fang; Ibitoye, Segun Emmanuel; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Ilic, Irena M.; Ilic, Milena D.; Islam, Rakibul M.; Iwu, Chidozie Declan; Jakovljevic, Mihajlo; Jha, Ravi Prakash; Ji, John S.; Johnson, Kimberly B.; Joseph, Nitin; Joshua, Vasna; Joukar, Farahnaz; Jozwiak, Jacek Jerzy; Kalankesh, Leila R.; Kalhor, Rohollah; Kamyari, Naser; Kanchan, Tanuj; Matin, Behzad Karami; Karimi, Salah Eddin; Kayode, Gbenga A.; Karyani, Ali Kazemi; Keramati, Maryam; Khan, Ejaz Ahmad; Khan, Gulfaraz; Khan, Md Nuruzzaman; Khatab, Khaled; Khubchandani, Jagdish; Kim, Yun Jin; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Kopec, Jacek A.; Kosen, Soewarta; Laxminarayana, Sindhura Lakshmi Koulmane; Koyanagi, Ai; rishan, Kewal K; Defo, Barthelemy Kuate; Kugbey, Nuworza; Kulkarni, Vaman; Kumar, Manasi; Kumar, Nithin; Kusuma, Dian; La Vecchia, Carlo; Lal, Dharmesh Kumar; Landires, Ivan; Larson, Heidi Jane; Lasrado, Savita; Paul H. Lee; Li, Shanshan; Liu, Xuefeng; Maleki, Afshin; Malik, Preeti; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Martins‑Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio; Mendoza, Walter; Menezes, Ritesh G.; Mengesha, Endalkachew Worku; Meretoja, Tuomo J.; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Mirica, Andreea; Moazen, Babak; Mohamad, Osama; Mohammad, Yousef; Mohammadian‑ Hafshejani, Abdollah; Mohammadpourhodki, Reza; Mohammed, Salahuddin; Mohammed, Shafiu; Mokdad, Ali H.; Moradi, Masoud; Moraga, Paula; Mubarik, Sumaira; Mulu, Getaneh Baye B.; Mwanri, Lillian; Nagarajan, Ahamarshan Jayaraman; Naimzada, Mukhammad David; Naveed, Muhammad; Nazari, Javad; Ndejjo, Rawlance; Negoi, Ionut; Ngalesoni, Frida N.; Nguefack‑Tsague, Georges; Ngunjiri, Josephine W.; Nguyen, Cuong Tat; Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi; Nnaji, Chukwudi A.; Noubiap, Jean Jacques; Nunez‑Samudio, Virginia; Nwatah, Vincent Ebuka; Oancea, Bogdan; Odukoya, Oluwakemi Ololade; Olagunju, Andrew T.; Olakunde, Babayemi Oluwaseun; Olusanya, Bolajoko Olubukunola; Olusanya, Jacob Olusegun; Bali, Ahmed Omar; Onwujekwe, Obinna E.; Orisakwe, Orish Ebere; Otstavnov, Nikita; Otstavnov, Stanislav S.; Owolabi, Mayowa O.; Mahesh, P.A.; Padubidri, Jagadish Rao; Pana, Adrian; Pandey, Ashok; Pandi‑Perumal, Seithikurippu R.; Kan, Fatemeh Pashazadeh; Patton, George C.; Pawar, Shrikant; Peprah, Emmanuel K.; Postma, Maarten J.; Preotescu, Liliana; Syed, Zahiruddin Quazi; Rabiee, Navid; Radfar, Amir; Rafiei, Alireza; Rahim, Fakher; Rahimi‑Movaghar, Vafa; Rahmani, Amir Masoud; Ramezanzadeh, Kiana; Rana, Juwel; Ranabhat, Chhabi Lal; Rao, Sowmya J.; Rawaf, David Laith; Rawaf, Salman; Rawassizadeh, Reza; Regassa, Lemma Demissie; Rezaei, Nima; Rezapour, Aziz; Riaz, Mavra A.; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Ross, Jennifer M.; Rubagotti, Enrico; Rumisha, Susan Fred; Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi; Sagar, Rajesh; Sahiledengle, Biniyam; Sahu, Maitreyi; Salem, Marwa Rashad; Kafil, Hossein Samadi; Samy, Abdallah M.; Sartorius, Benn; Sathian, Brijesh; Seidu, Abdul‑Aziz; Shaheen, Amira A.; Shaikh, Masood Ali; Shamsizadeh, Morteza; Shiferaw, Wondimeneh Shibabaw; Shin, Jae Il; Shrestha, Roman; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Skryabin, Valentin Yurievich; Skryabina, Anna Aleksandrovna; Soltani, Shahin; Sufiyan, Mu’awiyyah Babale; Tabuchi, Takahiro; Tadesse, Eyayou Girma; Taveira, Nuno; Tesfay, Fisaha Haile; Thapar, Rekha; Tovani‑Palone, Marcos Roberto; Tsegaye, Gebiyaw Wudie; Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Villafane, Jorge Hugo; Violante, Francesco S.; Vo, Bay; Vu, Giang Thu; Wado, Yohannes Dibaba; Waheed, Yasir; Wamai, Richard G.; Wang, Yanzhong; Ward, Paul; Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana; Wilson, Katherine; Yaya, Sanni; Yip, Paul; Yonemoto, Naohiro; Yu, Chuanhua; Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich; Zhang, Yunquan; Zhang, Zhi‑Jiang; Hay, Simon I.; Dwyer‑Lindgren, Laura; Local Burden of Disease sub-Saharan Africa HIV Prevalence (BMC, 2022)
    BACKGROUND : Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is still among the leading causes of disease burden and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the world is not on track to ...
  • Mapping evidence of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support by health workers in sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Osei, Ernest; Kuupiel, Desmond; Vezi, Portia Nelisiwe; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (BMC, 2021-01)
    BACKGROUND: The rapid growth of mobile technology has given rise to the development of mobile health (mHealth) applications aimed at treating and preventing a wide range of health conditions. However, evidence on the ...
  • Mapping evidence of self-sampling to diagnose sexually transmitted infections in women : a scoping review 
    Jaya, Ziningi Nobuhle; Mapanga, Witness; Van Niekerk, Brian; Dlangalala, Thobeka Nomzamo; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Dzobo, Mathias; Mulqueeny, Delarise; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (MDPI, 2022-07-26)
    BACKGROUND : Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major global healthcare burden, disproportionately affecting women. Self-sampling interventions for diagnostic purposes have the potential to improve STI healthcare ...
  • Mapping evidence on the acceptability of human papillomavirus self-sampling for cervical cancer screening among women in sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Dzobo, Mathias; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Maluleke, Kuhlula; Jaya, Ziningi Nobuhle; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-04)
    OBJECTIVES : The objective of this scoping review was to map evidence on the acceptability of self-sampling for human papillomavirus testing (HPVSS) for cervical cancer screening among women in the sub-Saharan Africa ...
  • Mapping evidence on the burden of breast, cervical, and prostate cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Musekiwa, Alfred; Moyo, Maureen; Mohammed, Mohanad; Matsena-Zingoni, Zvifadzo; Twabi, Halima Sumayya; Batidzira, Jesca Mercy; Singini, Geoffrey Chiyuzga; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Mchunu, Nobuhle; Nevhungoni, Portia; Silinda, Patricia; Ekwomadu, Theodora; Maposa, Innocent (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-16)
    BACKGROUND : Cancer remains a major public health problem, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the provision of health care is poor. This scoping review mapped evidence in the literature regarding the burden of ...
  • Maternal blood levels of toxic and essential elements and birth outcomes in Argentina : the EMASAR study 
    Xu, Shanshan; Hansen, Solrunn; Sripada, Kam; Aarsland, Torbjorn; Horvat, Milena; Mazej, Darja; Alvarez, Marisa Viviana; Odland, Jon Oyvind (MDPI, 2022-03-18)
    Pregnant women’s levels of toxic and essential minerals have been linked to birth outcomes yet have not been adequately investigated in South America. In Argentina, n = 696 maternal whole blood samples from Ushuaia (n = ...
  • Maternal characteristics and birth outcomes resulting from births before arrival at health facilities in Nkangala District, South Africa 
    Khupakonke, Sikhulile; Beke, Andy; Amoko, Donald H.A. (BioMed Central, 2017-12-02)
    BACKGROUND : Risks of severe, avoidable maternal and neonatal complications at birth are increased if the birth occurs before arrival at the health facility and in the absence of skilled birth attendants. Birth Before ...
  • Maternal exposure to DDT, DDE, and pyrethroid insecticides for malaria vector control and hypospadias in the VHEMBE birth cohort study, Limpopo, South Africa 
    Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Acerini, Carlo L.; Chevrier, Jonathan; Rauch, Stephen A.; Crause, Madelein; Obida, Muvhulawa; Eskenazi, Brenda (Elsevier, 2022-11)
    Hypospadias is the ectopic opening of the urethra on the penis or scrotum. Exposure to estrogenic and/or anti-androgenic chemicals in utero may play an etiologic role. DDT and the pyrethroids cypermethrin and deltamethrin, ...
  • Maternal exposure to pyrethroid insecticides during pregnancy and respiratory allergy symptoms among children participating in the Venda Health Examination of Mothers, Babies and their Environment (VHEMBE) 
    Elsiwi, Basant; Eskenazi, Brenda; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Obida, Muvhulawa; Kim, Joanne; Moodie, Erica E.M.; Mann, Koren K.; Chevrier, Jonathan (Elsevier, 2024-02)
    BACKGROUND : Pyrethroid insecticides use for indoor residual spraying (IRS) in malaria-endemic areas results in high levels of exposure to local populations. Pyrethroids may cause asthma and respiratory allergies but ...
  • Maternal factors contributing to low birth weight deliveries in Tshwane District, South Africa 
    Tshotetsi, Lumbani; Dzikiti, Loveness Nyaradzo; Hajison, Precious; Feresu, Shingairai (Public Library of Science, 2019-03)
    BACKGROUND : Low birth weight continues to be a main cause of child morbidity and mortality. Low birth weight can cause complications in adult life, and is therefore a public health concern. In this study, we determined ...