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Resilience of Research Capacity Strengthening Initiatives in Africa During Crises: The Case of CARTA during COVID
Several research capacity strengthening (RCS) initiatives have been established in Africa over the past decade. One such initiative is the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) that has gained traction ... -
Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adult Populations in Cameroon: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Among Blood Donors in the Cities of Yaounde and Douala
Over a period of about 9 months, we conducted three serosurveys in the two major cities of Cameroon to determine the prevalence of SARS-COV-2 antibodies and to identify factors associated with seropositivity in each survey. ... -
Effectiveness of Integrated Care Models for Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This review aimed at identifying the elements of integrated care models for cardiometabolic multimorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and their effects on clinical or mental health outcomes including systolic blood pressure ... -
Examining How Social Networks Influence Women and Underrepresented Minority Students' Pursuit of Engineering in University: When, Who, and How?
Women and under-represented minority (URM) students continue to be under-represented in STEM and earn the lowest proportion of undergraduate engineering degrees. We employed a mixed methods research approach grounded in ... -
Bridging Gaps: A Qualitative Inquiry on Improving Paediatric Rheumatology Care Among Healthcare Workers in Kenya.
Due to the paucity of paediatric rheumatologists in Kenya, it is paramount that we explore strategies to bridge clinical care gaps for paediatric rheumatology patients in order to promote early diagnosis, prompt referral, ... -
Factors Associated with Viral Load Suppression Among Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in Kenya
(National library of medicineResearchGatePLOS Global public Health, 2023)While tremendous progress has been made on attaining HIV treatment goals (95-95-95), children's viral load suppression remains a challenge particularly among the orphans and vulnerable groups. In Sub Saharan Africa, there ... -
Enabling Data Sharing and Utilization for African Population Health Data Using OHDSI Tools with an OMOP-Common Data Model
(National library of medicineFrontiers, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the use of AI and DS innovations in data collection and aggregation. Extensive data on many aspects of the COVID-19 has been collected and used to optimize public health response to the ... -
The Effect of a Health Extension Program on Improving Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene Practices in Rural Ethiopia
(National library of medicineResearchGateBMC Health Service Research, 2023)To make basic primary health care services accessible, especially to the rural community, the government of Ethiopia launched the Health Extension Program (HEP) in 2004. Most of components of HEP are dedicated to hygiene ... -
Use of A Context-Specific Package to Increase Sputum Smear Monitoring Among People with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Uganda: A Quality Improvement Study
(National library of medicineResearchGateEurope PMC, 2023)People with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (BC-PTB) require sputum smear monitoring (SSM) to ascertain response to anti-TB treatment and cure from TB disease. We aimed to increase SSM at 2, 5 and 6 ... -
Assessing Predictive Performance of Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms for A Diamond Pricing Model
(ResearchGateNational Library of Medicine, 2023)This study conducted a comprehensive analysis of multiple supervised machine learning models, regressors and classifiers, to accurately predict diamond prices. Diamond pricing is a complex task due to the non-linear ...
