Health and Wellbeing: Recent submissions
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Health Systems’ Preparedness to Provide Post-abortion Care: Assessment of Health Facilities in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria
(National Library of MedicineBMC Health Service Research, 2022)Background: In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, access to abortion is legally restricted, which partly contributes to high incidence of unsafe abortion. This may result in unsafe abortion-related complications that demand ... -
Genetic Associations With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Link to Atherosclerosis With Sex-Specific Effects in Sub-Saharan Africans.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Atherosclerosis precedes the onset of clinical manifestations of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We used carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) to investigate genetic susceptibility to atherosclerosis in 7894 unrelated ... -
Impacts of Multisectoral Cash Plus Programs After Four Years in an Urban Informal Settlement: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K) Randomized Trial.
(National Library of MedicinePLOS ONE, 2022)Background: The vast majority of adolescent births occur in low- and middle-income countries and are associated with negative outcomes for both the mother and her child. A multitude of risk factors may explain why few ... -
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries for Adults 70 Years and Older: Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study
(National Library of MedicineThe BMJ, 2022)Objectives: To use data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) to estimate mortality and disability trends for the population aged ?70 and evaluate patterns in causes of death, ... -
Health Services Availability and Readiness Moderate Cash Transfer Impacts on Health Insurance Enrolment: Evidence From the LEAP 1000 Cash Transfer Program in Ghana
(National Library of MedicineBMC Health Service Research, 2022)Background: Expanding health insurance coverage is a priority under Sustainable Development Goal 3. To address the intersection between poverty and health and remove cost barriers, the government of Ghana established the ... -
Trends and Challenges in Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) Research in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2023)Purpose of the review: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health remains a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has been hailed as a key strategy to inform young ... -
Support, Networks, and Relationships: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Mentorship Programme for Early Career Women Researchers in Sexual and Reproductive
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2023)Low research output among women researchers in health research has been linked to inadequate mentorship opportunities for early career women researchers and particularly in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) ... -
Uganda Schistosomiasis Symposium 2023: Understanding Morbidity Drivers and Developing Controlled Human Infection Models for Vaccine Research.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGateCabi Databases, 2023)This article presents the proceedings of a symposium held in Uganda, which focused on schistosomiasis research and the development of controlled human infection (CHI) studies for helminth vaccine development in Africa. The ... -
Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers, Subsidized Child Care and Life Skills Training on Adolescent Mothers' Schooling, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Mental Health Outcomes in Burkina Faso and Malawi: The Promote Project Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2023)Introduction: Girls' and women's health as well as social and economic wellbeing are often negatively impacted by early childbearing. In many parts of Africa, adolescent girls who get pregnant often drop out of school, ... -
Wealth and Obesity in Pre-Adolescents and Their Guardians: A First Step in Explaining Non-Communicable Disease Related Behaviour in Two Areas of Nairobi City County
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2023)The prevalence of non-communicable diseases is increasing in lower-middle-income countries as these countries transition to unhealthy lifestyles. The transition is mostly predominant in urban areas. We assessed the association ...
