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Reaching the “last mile”: describing community clinics implemented to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Peel region, Canada

So J, Nicholson-Baker D, Rahman S, Ramuscak N, Reid A,  et al.
2025-05-27 • BMC Public Health
2025-05-27 • BMC Public Health

BACKGROUND

COVID-19 hit Canada hard and exacerbated health inequities, notably among ethnoracially minoritized populations. By August 2021, some areas in Peel r...

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A public health wound: Health and work among children engaged in the worst forms of child labour in the informal sector in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a retrospective analysis of Médecins Sans Frontières occupational health data from 2014 to 2023

Caleo G, Sadique S, Yuce D, Dada M, Benvenuti B,  et al.
2025-04-15 • BMC Public Health
2025-04-15 • BMC Public Health

BACKGROUND

Bangladesh has the second highest burden of child labour in South Asia. The informal sector employs most of the children however, data on health incl...

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Experiences and perceptions of migrant populations in South Africa on COVID-19 immunization: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Mukumbang FC, Ndlovu S, Adebiyi BO
2024-11-12 • BMC Public Health
2024-11-12 • BMC Public Health

INTRODUCTION

Migrant populations (asylum seekers, permit holders, refugees, and undocumented migrants) living in South Africa face various individual, social, a...

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Suicidal ideation and attempt among school going adolescents in Bhutan – a secondary analysis of a global school-based student health survey in Bhutan 2016

Dema T, Tripathy JP, Thinley S, Rani M, Dhendup T,  et al.
2019-12-02 • BMC Public Health
2019-12-02 • BMC Public Health
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death and Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) worldwide. The economic, emotional and human cost of suicidal behaviour to individuals, families,...
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Measles seroprevalence after reactive vaccination campaigns during the 2015 measles outbreak in four health zones of the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Keating P, Carrion Martin AI, Blake A, Lechevalier P, Uzzeni F,  et al.
2019-08-22 • BMC Public Health
2019-08-22 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND:
Measles continues to circulate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the country suffered from several important outbreaks over the last 5 years. Despite a large outb...
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Challenges and successes in the implementation of option B+ to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in southern Swaziland

Etoori D, Kerschberger B, Staderini N, Ndlangamandla M, Nhlabatsi B,  et al.
2018-03-20 • BMC Public Health
2018-03-20 • BMC Public Health
Background
Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all pregnant/ breastfeeding women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), known as Prevention of mother-to child transm...
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"It's a secret between us": a qualitative study on children and care-giver experiences of HIV disclosure in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Sumbi EM, Venables E, Harrison RE, Garcia MG, Iakovidi K,  et al.
2021-02-03 • BMC Public Health
2021-02-03 • BMC Public Health
Background: It is estimated that 64,000 children under 15 years of age are living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Non-disclosure - in which the child is not informed ...
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The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone

Caleo GNC, Duncombe J, Jephcott F, Lokuge K, Mills C,  et al.
2018-02-13 • BMC Public Health
2018-02-13 • BMC Public Health
Little is understood of Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission dynamics and community compliance with control measures over time. Understanding these interactions is essential if interve...
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Using Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to Assess Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in a Refugee Camp Setting in South Sudan: A Feasibility Study

Harding E, Beckworth C, Fesselet JF, Lenglet AD, Lako RL,  et al.
2017-08-08 • BMC Public Health
2017-08-08 • BMC Public Health
Humanitarian agencies working in refugee camp settings require rapid assessment methods to measure the needs of the populations they serve. Due to the high level of dependency of refugee...
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PrEP reminds me that I am the one to take responsibility of my life: a qualitative study exploring experiences of and attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis use by women in Eswatini

Bjertrup PJ, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Ciglenecki I, Mpala Q,  et al.
2021-04-14 • BMC Public Health
2021-04-14 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND
Pre-exposure-prophylaxis (PrEP) has been heralded for its potential to put women in control of preventing HIV infection, but uptake and continuation rates have been disapp...
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Cervical cancer screening coverage and its related knowledge in southern Malawi

Gerstl S, Lee L, Nesbitt RC, Mambula C, Sugianto H,  et al.
2022-02-14 • BMC Public Health
2022-02-14 • BMC Public Health
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Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide and Malawi has the world's highest rate of cervical cancer related mortality. Since 2016 the Na...
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Elevation and cholera: an epidemiological spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008-2009

Fernandez MAL, Schomaker M, Mason PR, Fesselet JF, Baudot Y,  et al.
2012-06-18 • BMC Public Health
2012-06-18 • BMC Public Health
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In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....
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Populations précaires et Covid-19 : innover et collaborer pour faire face aux besoins sociaux et de santé

Sumbi EM, Venables E, Harrison RE, Garcia MG, Iakovidi K,  et al.
2021-02-03 • BMC Public Health
2021-02-03 • BMC Public Health
La crise liée au Covid-19 a fragilisé les populations en situation préalable de précarité. L’émergence de l’insécurité alimentaire et de logement a poussé les acteurs de la santé, du tra...
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Data collection for outbreak investigations: process for defining a minimal data set using a Delphi approach

Perrocheau A, Brindle H, Roberts CH, Murthy S, Shetty S,  et al.
2021-12-13 • BMC Public Health
2021-12-13 • BMC Public Health
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Timely but accurate data collection is needed during health emergencies to inform public health responses. Often, an abundance of data is collected but not used. When outb...
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HIV epidemic and cascade of care in 12 east African rural fishing communities: results from a population-based survey in Uganda

Burgos-Soto J, Farhat JB, Alley I, Ojuka P, Mulogo EM,  et al.
2020-06-19 • BMC Public Health
2020-06-19 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND
In East Africa, fishing communities are considered most-at-risk populations for the acquisition of HIV. We estimated HIV prevalence and assessed progress towards the UNAID...
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Knowledge of peri-menarcheal changes and a comparative analysis of the age at menarche among young adolescent school girls in urban and rural Cameroon

Ajong AB, Tankala NN, Yakum MN, Azenoi IS, Kenfack B
2020-11-04 • BMC Public Health
2020-11-04 • BMC Public Health
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Menarche is an expected event that occurs during the development of every normal young girl. We designed this study to evaluate the knowledge of young school girls on pub...
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Local discrepancies in measles vaccination opportunities: results of population-based surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa

Grout L, Conan N, Giner AJ, Hurtado N, Fermon F,  et al.
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
Background: The World Health Organization recommends African children receive two doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through routine programs or supplemental immunization activiti...
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'Working to stay healthy', health-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh's urban slums: a qualitative study

Jeroen van der Heijden, Gray NSB, Stringer B, Rahman A, Akhter S,  et al.
2018-09-28 • BMC Public Health
2018-09-28 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND
Kamrangirchar and Hazaribagh are the largest slum areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2013, Médecins Sans Frontières initiated an urban healthcare programme in these areas prov...
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The timing of death in patients with tuberculosis who die during anti-tuberculosis treatment in Andhra Pradesh, South India

Jonnalagada S, Harries AD, Zachariah R, Satyanarayana A, Tetali S,  et al.
2011-12-13 • BMC Public Health
2011-12-13 • BMC Public Health
Background: India has 2.0 million estimated tuberculosis (TB) cases per annum with an estimated 280,000 TBrelated deaths per year. Understanding when in the course of TB treatment patien...
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Spatial epidemiology and climatic predictors of paediatric dengue infections captured via sentinel site surveillance, Phnom Penh Cambodia 2011-2012

Lover AA, Buchy P, Rachline A, Moniboth D, Huy R,  et al.
2014-06-28 • BMC Public Health
2014-06-28 • BMC Public Health
Background: Dengue is a major contributor to morbidity in children aged twelve and below throughout Cambodia; the 2012 epidemic season was the most severe in the country since 2007, with...