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Ethiopian Journal of Reproductive Health; 16 (3), 2024

BACKGROUND: Effective postpartum contraception is crucial for maternal health and birth spacing. Postnatal care (PNC) visits represent a pivotal opportunity to encourage its use. Despite this, postpartum contraceptive uptake remains low in Ethiopia. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis seeks to...

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Ethiop. Med. j; 61 (2), 2023

Introduction: Widal agglutination test is a serologic investigation that is used to diagnose typhoidfever. This is an easy, fairly inexpensive, and readily available test it'ith questionable reliability. The test performance differs from setting to setting depending on the technique used and otherfactors...

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J. Public Health Africa (Online); 14 (11), 2023

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI), also referred to as nosocomial infections, is defined as an infection acquired in a hospital setting. This infection is considered a HAI if it was not present or incubating at the time of admission. This includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing af...

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Afr. j. reprod. health; 26 (6), 2022

HPV prevalence in Nigeria has been challenging to quantify given regional population heterogeneity and differences in diagnostic methodology. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 studies, each of which summarized HPV prevalence in women residing in six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. T...

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