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This section aims to publish studies looking at the health of populations in a global context which transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations.

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  1. During pregnancy or lactating, adequate nutrition for adolescents becomes critical to reduce risks for both child and maternal-related morbidity and mortality. Power dynamics play a massive role in health outc...

    Authors: Charles O. Opiyo, David Omondi Okeyo, Sussy Gumo, Elly O. Munde, Zablon O. Omungo, Maureen Olyaro, Rachel K. Ndirangu, Nanlop Ogbureke, Sophie Efange and Collins Ouma

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:537

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  2. The emergence and spread of pathogenic bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics has become a major public health concern. The incorrect prescription, inappropriate consumption and excess use of antimicrobial ...

    Authors: Samer Sakr, Ali Ghaddar, Bassam Hamam and Imtithal Sheet

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:535

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  4. Approximately 66% of children under the age of 5 in Sub-Saharan African countries do not reach their full cognitive potential, the highest percentage in the world. Because the majority of studies investigating...

    Authors: Fabrizio Drago, Rebecca J. Scharf, Angelina Maphula, Emanuel Nyathi, Tjale C. Mahopo, Erling Svensen, Estomih Mduma, Pascal Bessong and Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:505

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  5. Fall is a major public health problem and potentially disabling issue. A vast burden of visually impaired live in low-middle income countries particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Limited ability to detect envir...

    Authors: Moges Gashaw, Balamurugan Janakiraman, Amare Minyihun, Gashaw Jember and Kedir Sany

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:498

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  6. In Nicaragua, cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women. Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, primarily using self-sampling, was introduced between 2014 and 2018 in three provinces. We an...

    Authors: Francesca Holme, Francisco Maldonado, Orlando B. Martinez-Granera, Jose Maria Rodriguez, Juan Almendarez, Rose Slavkovsky, Pooja Bansil, Kerry A. Thomson, Jose Jeronimo and Silvia de Sanjose

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:495

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  7. In Kenya, unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal deaths in adolescent girls aged 15–19 years, and a majority did not use a modern contraceptive before becoming pregnant. The aim of this study was to ...

    Authors: Miranda Håkansson, Stephanie Super, Monica Oguttu and Marlene Makenzius

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:493

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  8. Improving the coverage of antenatal care is regarded as an important strategy to reduce the risks of maternal and child mortality in low income settings like Gambia. Nonetheless, a large number of countries in...

    Authors: Sanni Yaya, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji and Ghose Bishwajit

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:485

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  9. Over one third of deaths in Zambian health facilities involve someone who has already died before arrival (i.e., Brough in Dead), and in most BiD cases, the CoD have not been fully analyzed. Therefore, this st...

    Authors: Yuta Yokobori, Jun Matsuura, Yasuo Sugiura, Charles Mutemba, Martin Nyahoda, Chomba Mwango, Lloyd Kazhumbula, Motoyuki Yuasa and Clarence Chiluba

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:473

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  10. Cancer incidence in Malaysia is expected to double by 2040. Understanding cancer awareness is important in order to tailor preventative efforts and reduce the cancer burden. The objective of this research was ...

    Authors: Désirée Schliemann, Roshidi Ismail, Michael Donnelly, Christopher R. Cardwell and Tin Tin Su

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:464

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  11. To reduce the prevalence of anemia, the Indian government recommends daily iron and folic acid supplements (iron supplements) for pregnant women and weekly iron supplements for adolescents and all women of rep...

    Authors: Erica Sedlander, Michael W. Long, Satyanarayan Mohanty, Ashita Munjral, Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, Hagere Yilma and Rajiv N. Rimal

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:457

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  12. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Initiative for breastfeeding support (KIBS) was a multipronged intervention to support the initiation and sustaining of breastfeeding, implemented between 2014 and 2017. We present results ...

    Authors: C. Horwood, L. Haskins, I. Engebretsen, C. Connolly, A. Coutsoudis and L. Spies

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:440

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  13. Child and adolescent injury is one of the leading causes of child death globally with a large proportion occurring in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Similarly, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)...

    Authors: Samar Al-Hajj, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Farah Daoud, Ibrahim Khalil, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Randa R. Hamadeh and Ali Mokdad

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:433

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  14. Very few studies consider the oral health status and quality of life in HIV-1 exposed uninfected (HEU) children. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of caries in primary teeth and its oral hea...

    Authors: Nancy Birungi, Lars T. Fadnes, Ingunn M. S. Engebretsen, Stein Atle Lie, James K. Tumwine and Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:423

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  15. Valid measurement of hemoglobin is important for tracking and targeting interventions. This study compares hemoglobin distributions between surveys matched by country and time from The Demographic and Health S...

    Authors: Daniel J. Hruschka, Anne M. Williams, Zuguo Mei, Eva Leidman, Parminder S. Suchdev, Melissa F. Young and Sorrel Namaste

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:422

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  16. Over thousands of animal bite cases are reported annually worldwide and in Iran placing a large financial burden on the health and economy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of animal bite...

    Authors: Maryam Janatolmakan, Mojtaba Delpak, Alireza Abdi, Sabah Mohamadi, Bahare Andayeshgar and Alireza Khatony

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:412

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  18. Malnutrition in mothers and children is a significant public health challenge in developing countries such as Nepal. Although undernutrition in children has been gradually decreasing, the coexistence of variou...

    Authors: Dev Ram Sunuwar, Devendra Raj Singh and Pranil Man Singh Pradhan

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:405

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  19. There is a global commitment to eliminating tuberculosis (TB). It is critical to detect and treat cases of latent TB infection (LTBI), the reservoir of new TB cases. Our study assesses trends in publication of...

    Authors: Liling Chaw, Lung-Chang Chien, Justin Wong, Ken Takahashi, David Koh and Ro-Ting Lin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:352

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  20. Young women in India continue to face diverse challenges that threaten their health and wellbeing. The reproductive health and rights of newly married women, who are often expected to begin childbearing soon a...

    Authors: Ismael Ibarra-Nava, Vikas Choudhry and Anette Agardh

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:350

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  21. Adolescent girls in Zambia face risks and vulnerabilities that challenge their healthy development into young women: early marriage and childbearing, sexual and gender-based violence, unintended pregnancy and ...

    Authors: Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jere R. Behrman, Jean Digitale, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, Maximillian Bweupe and Paul C. Hewett

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:349

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  22. Rural Nigeria has one of the greatest burdens of low back pain but there are no effective evidence-based interventions to manage it in this population. This paper presents the application of the intervention m...

    Authors: Chinonso N. Igwesi-Chidobe, Sheila Kitchen, Isaac O. Sorinola and Emma L. Godfrey

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:343

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  23. Adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are a vulnerable group at the intersection of poverty and health disparities. The family is a vital microsystem that provides financial and emotional support t...

    Authors: Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Bin Chen, Daji Dvalishvili, Christopher Damulira and Fred M. Ssewamala

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:340

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  24. We sought to describe linkage to care, ART continuity, and factors associated with linkage to care among people with HIV following release from incarceration in South Africa.

    Authors: Tonderai Mabuto, Daniel M. Woznica, Gloria Lekubu, Nieser Seatlholo, Nolundi Mshweshwe-Pakela, Salome Charalambous and Christopher J. Hoffmann

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:324

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  25. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends household contact investigation for tuberculosis (TB) in high-burden countries. However, household contacts who complete evaluation for TB during contact investig...

    Authors: Joseph M. Ggita, Anne Katahoire, Amanda J. Meyer, Elizabeth Nansubuga, Talemwa Nalugwa, Patricia Turimumahoro, Emmanuel Ochom, Irene Ayakaka, Jessica E. Haberer, Achilles Katamba, Mari Armstrong-Hough and J. Lucian Davis

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:310

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  26. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive and debilitating condition that affects individuals’ quality of life. COPD self-management and supports provided by carers is key to the quality of...

    Authors: Uday Narayan Yadav, Jane Lloyd, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Kedar Prasad Baral, Narendra Bhatta and Mark Fort Harris

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:300

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  27. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is common in China, which has a multi-ethnic population of 1·3 billion. We set out to determine the prevalence of MetS and its components in different ethnic groups.

    Authors: Xuzhen Qin, Ling Qiu, Guodong Tang, Man-Fung Tsoi, Tao Xu, Lin Zhang, Zhihong Qi, Guangjin Zhu and Bernard M. Y. Cheung

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:297

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  28. This study aimed to evaluate associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 (IHR 2005) capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes.

    Authors: Feng-Jen Tsai and Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:282

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  29. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most significant risk factors for cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine has a very significant impact on the incidence of cervical cancer. The present study aimed to investi...

    Authors: Mojgan Karimi-Zarchi, Leila Allahqoli, Ameneh Nehmati, Abolfazl Mehdizadeh Kashi, Shokouh Taghipour-Zahir and Ibrahim Alkatout

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:274

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  31. International research showed that common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, social anxiety, stress, alexithymia and having insecure attachment styles are risk factors for alcohol use disorder (AUD)...

    Authors: Sahar Obeid, Marwan Akel, Chadia Haddad, Kassandra Fares, Hala Sacre, Pascale Salameh and Souheil Hallit

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:245

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  32. Childhood undernutrition remains a significant global health challenge accounting for over half of all under 5 child mortality. Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM), which leads to wasting [weight-for-length z-sc...

    Authors: Ishita Mostafa, Naila Nurun Nahar, Md. Munirul Islam, Sayeeda Huq, Mahfuz Mustafa, Michael Barratt, Jeffrey I. Gordon and Tahmeed Ahmed

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:242

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  33. Maternal malnutrition and infant feeding mode impact short and long term infant and child morbidity and mortality. The period of lactation may provide an opportunity to modulate the risk of disease later in li...

    Authors: Fanny Aldana-Parra, Gilma Olaya Vega and Mary Fewtrell

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:232

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  34. In developing countries, maternal mental health problems have been linked to sub-optimal child feeding practices and child underweight and stunting, but little is known about how maternal mental health is asso...

    Authors: Jillian A. Emerson, Laura E. Caulfield, Espoir Musafiri Kishimata, Jean-Pierre Nzanzu and Shannon Doocy

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:225

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  35. Despite rapid upscale of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), malaria remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Uptake and utilization of these and novel inter...

    Authors: Desmond T. Jumbam, Jennifer C. Stevenson, Japhet Matoba, John P. Grieco, Lacey N. Ahern, Busiku Hamainza, Chadwick H. Sikaala, Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, Esther I. Cardol, Passwell Munachoonga and Nicole L. Achee

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:216

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  36. The One Health concept promotes the enhancement of human, animal and ecosystem health through multi-sectorial governance support and policies to combat health security threats. In Vietnam, antimicrobial resist...

    Authors: Marisa E. V. Mitchell, Robyn Alders, Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Trang Thi Huyen Le and Jenny-Ann Toribio

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:213

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  37. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest rates of maternal and perinatal mortality and accounts for two-thirds of new HIV infections and 25% of preterm births. Antenatal care, as the entry point into the hea...

    Authors: Ellen Chirwa, Esnath Kapito, Diana L. Jere, Ursula Kafulafula, Elizabeth Chodzaza, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani, Ashley Gresh, Li Liu, Elizabeth T. Abrams, Carrie S. Klima, Linda L. McCreary, Kathleen F. Norr and Crystal L. Patil

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:205

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  39. Adolescence is a critical period of human development, however, limited research on programs to improve health and well-being among younger adolescents living in conflict-affected and humanitarian settings exi...

    Authors: Nancy Glass, Mitima Mpanano Remy, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Anjalee Kohli, Marni Sommer, Rachael Turner and Nancy Perrin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:170

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  40. Smoking, especially among adolescents, is considered a serious public health concern worldwide being associated with increased mortality. The present study was designed as the first systematic review and meta-...

    Authors: Elham Ehsani-Chimeh, Haniye Sadat Sajadi, Meysam Behzadifar, Maryam Aghaei, Afsaneh Badrizadeh, Masoud Behzadifar and Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:155

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  41. The global poverty profile shows that Africa and Asia bear the highest burden of multidimensional child poverty. Child survival and development therefore depend on socioeconomic and environmental factors that ...

    Authors: Cynthia L. Fonta, Thomas B. Yameogo, Halidou Tinto, Tiff van Huysen, Hamtandi Magloire Natama, Adelaide Compaore and William M. Fonta

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:149

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  42. There is limited research on HIV testing among older persons in Uganda. The aim of this study was to investigate the socio-demographic determinants of recent HIV testing among older persons in selected rural d...

    Authors: Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Betty Kwagala and Fred Maniragaba

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:144

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  43. Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable through vaccination and screening, yet remains one of the ‘gravest threats to women’s lives’ according to the World Health Organization. Specific high-risk subtyp...

    Authors: Carolyn Nakisige, Jessica Trawin, Sheona Mitchell-Foster, Beth A. Payne, Angeli Rawat, Nadia Mithani, Cathy Amuge, Heather Pedersen, Jackson Orem, Laurie Smith and Gina Ogilvie

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:142

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  44. Childhood stunting is an important public health problem in the haor region of Bangladesh. Haor areas are located in the north-eastern part of the country and are vulnerable to seasonal flooding. The key objectiv...

    Authors: Barnali Chakraborty, Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Shrinivas Darak and Hinke Haisma

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:140

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  45. Intimate partner violence against women (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) are both global epidemics with long-term health consequences. The vast majority of research to date focuses on either IPV or VA...

    Authors: Catherine Carlson, Sophie Namy, Andrea Norcini Pala, Milton L. Wainberg, Lori Michau, Janet Nakuti, Louise Knight, Elizabeth Allen, Carin Ikenberg, Dipak Naker and Karen Devries

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:124

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  46. In 2017, about 20% of the world’s children under 1 year of age with incomplete DPT vaccination lived in Nigeria. Fully-immunised child coverage (FIC), which is the percentage of children aged 12–23 months who ...

    Authors: Olayinka Aderopo Obanewa and Marie Louise Newell

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:123

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  47. Quality of life (QoL) is an important component of individuals’ general well-being, particularly in older adults. However, factors influencing QoL among older adults in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)...

    Authors: Kyung Hee Lee, Hanzhang Xu and Bei Wu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:114

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  48. Anaemia and iron deficiency (ID) affect women of reproductive age globally and considered to be a major public health problem in developing countries. This study determines the prevalence of anaemia and ID amo...

    Authors: Jutatip Jamnok, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Goonnapa Fucharoen, Supan Fucharoen and Faruk Ahmed

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:102

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  49. Rwanda has made substantial economic progress over the past two decades. However, evidence suggests that malnutrition among children remains high in spite of this progress. This study aims to examine trends an...

    Authors: Agnes Binagwaho, Alphonse Rukundo, Samuel Powers, Kateri B. Donahoe, Mawuena Agbonyitor, Fidel Ngabo, Corine Karema, Kirstin Woody Scott and Mary C. Smith Fawzi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:83

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  50. Despite the many HIV testing models implemented in Africa, the level of HIV testing uptake remains relatively poor, especially among men. The HIV self-testing (HIVST) model offers an additional approach for en...

    Authors: Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Sizwe Makhunga, Claudine Muraraneza and Khumbulani Hlongwana

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:66

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