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  1. The extent of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in African countries is still unclear. Seroprevalence studies are a common approach to epidemiological surveillance, allowing estimation of the proportion of people who hav...

    Authors: Yao Rodion Konu, Siaka Condé, Fifonsi Gbeasor-Komlanvi, Arnold Junior Sadio, Martin Kouame Tchankoni, Joel Anani, Alexandra Bitty-Anderson, Bisimwa Ruhana Mirindi, Fatoumata Binta Tidiane Diallo, Moustapha MIjiyawa, Anoumou Claver Dagnra and Didier Koumavi Ekouevi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2294
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2023 23:185

  2. Ad hoc assumptions about the unobserved infection event, which is known only to occur between the latest-negative and earliest-positive test dates, can lead to biased HIV incidence rate estimates. Using a G-im...

    Authors: Alain Vandormael, Diego Cuadros, Adrian Dobra, Till Bärnighausen and Frank Tanser
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1205
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  3. Controlling cholera remains a significant challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. In areas where access to safe water and sanitation are limited, oral cholera vaccine (OCV) can save lives. Establishment of a global s...

    Authors: Neisha Sundaram, Christian Schaetti, Sonja Merten, Christian Schindler, Said M. Ali, Erick O. Nyambedha, Bruno Lapika, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Raymond Hutubessy and Mitchell G. Weiss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:36
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  4. The 2022-23 mpox epidemic is the first-time sustained community transmission had been reported in countries without epidemiological links to endemic areas. During that period, the outbreak almost exclusively a...

    Authors: Tom May, Lauren Towler, Louise E Smith, Jeremy Horwood, Sarah Denford, G James Rubin, Matthew Hickman, Richard Amlôt, Isabel Oliver and Lucy Yardley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2265
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  5. The Guangxi government initiated two rounds of the Guangxi AIDS Conquering Project (GACP) in 2010 (Phase I) and 2015 (Phase II) to control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ...

    Authors: Ping Cen, Guo Xu, Jianxun Wu, Jiao Qin, Jinfeng He, Xiaofang Deng, Xi Yang, Peng Lu, Mengni Nong, Junjun Jiang, Li Ye, Hongyang Tang, Bingyu Liang and Hao Liang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:831
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  6. The study investigated whether perceived social support varied among children who have lost their parents to AIDS, those who have lost their parents to other causes, those who are living with HIV/AIDS-infected...

    Authors: Paul Narh Doku, John Enoch Dotse and Kofi Akohene Mensah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:538
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  7. The word ‘pandemic’ conjures dystopian images of bodies stacked in the streets and societies on the brink of collapse. Despite this frightening picture, denialism and noncompliance with public health measures ...

    Authors: Madison Stoddard, Debra Van Egeren, Kaitlyn E. Johnson, Smriti Rao, Josh Furgeson, Douglas E. White, Ryan P. Nolan, Natasha Hochberg and Arijit Chakravarty
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:832
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  8. Plague remains a public health problem in specific areas located in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Its prevention and control encompasses adequate clinical management and timely laboratory diagnosis. Howev...

    Authors: Ana Rivière-Cinnamond, Alain Santandreu, Anita Luján, Frederic Mertens, John Omar Espinoza, Yesenia Carpio, Johnny Bravo and Jean-Marc Gabastou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:220
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  9. Since 1900s, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been among the most important health problems in Sudan, particularly in the endemic areas such as eastern and central regions.

    Authors: Mohammed Ahmed A. Ahmed, Ahmed A. Ahmed, Saeed M. Omar, Gamal K. Adam, Tajeldin M. Abdallah and AbdelAziem A. Ali
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1234
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  11. In May 2015, a cholera outbreak that had lasted 3 months and infected over 100 people was reported in Kasese District, Uganda, where multiple cholera outbreaks had occurred previously. We conducted an investig...

    Authors: Benon Kwesiga, Gerald Pande, Alex Riolexus Ario, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Joseph K. B. Matovu and Bao-Ping Zhu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:30
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  12. It is well documented that Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the world. The recent development of highly effective direct acting antiviral drugs (DAAs), has opened the po...

    Authors: Gamal Soliman, Mahmoud S. Elzalabany, Tarek Hassanein and F. DeWolfe Miller
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1326
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  13. The cholera outbreak in 2018 in Nigeria reaffirms its public health threat to the country. Evidence on the current epidemiology of cholera required for the design and implementation of appropriate intervention...

    Authors: Kelly Osezele Elimian, Anwar Musah, Somto Mezue, Oyeronke Oyebanji, Sebastian Yennan, Arisekola Jinadu, Nanpring Williams, Adesola Ogunleye, Ibrahima Soce Fall, Michel Yao, Womi-Eteng Eteng, Patrick Abok, Michael Popoola, Martin Chukwuji, Linda Haj Omar, Eme Ekeng…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1264
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  14. Human plague cases, mainly in the bubonic form, occur annually in endemic regions of the central highlands of Madagascar. The aim of this study was to compare the dynamics of the epidemiological features of th...

    Authors: Sitraka Rakotosamimanana, Daouda Kassie, François Taglioni, Josélyne Ramamonjisoa, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana and Minoarisoa Rajerison
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1112
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  15. A steady decline in the number of cases of malaria was observed in the 2000s in French Guiana. This enabled regional health policies to shift their public health goal from control to elimination. To include in...

    Authors: Mélanie Gaillet, Lise Musset, Claire Cropet, Félix Djossou, Adeline Mallard, Guillaume Odonne, Damien Davy, Maylis Douine, Loic Epelboin, Yassamine Lazrek, Luana Mathieu, Mathieu Nacher and Emilie Mosnier
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1585
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  16. Patients with Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) are considered a reservoir of Leishmania donovani. It is imperative to identify and treat them early for control of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a current ...

    Authors: V. Ramesh, Himanshu Kaushal, Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Ruchi Singh and Poonam Salotra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1092
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  17. With the increase of international travels, infectious disease control is gaining a greater importance across regional borders. Adequate surveillance system function is crucial to prevent a global spread of in...

    Authors: Hyo-Soon Yoo, Ok Park, Hye-Kyung Park, Eun-Gyu Lee, Eun-Kyeong Jeong, Jong-Koo Lee and Sung-Il Cho
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:93
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. There is a strong policy impetus for the One Health cross-sectoral approach to address the complex challenge of zoonotic diseases, particularly in low/lower middle income countries (LMICs). Yet the implementat...

    Authors: F. A. Asaaga, J. C. Young, M. A. Oommen, R. Chandarana, J. August, J. Joshi, M. M. Chanda, A. T. Vanak, P. N. Srinivas, S. L. Hoti, T. Seshadri and B. V. Purse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1517
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  19. Despite the availability of effective vaccines, pertussis remains endemic with high fatality rates in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study aims to describe an outbreak of pertussis in a health di...

    Authors: Aychiluhim D. Mitiku, Mesele D. Argaw, Binyam F. Desta, Zergu T. Tsegaye, Afework A. Atsa, Bekele B. Tefera, Ephrem Teferi, Deirdre Rogers, Ismael A. Beshir, Asrat G. Alemu, Desta A. Ayesa, Derebe T. Abate, Agegnehu G. Sendeku and Rudzani Muloiwa
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1223
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  20. Often, non-clinical risk factors could affect the predisposition of an individual to diseases. Understanding these factors and their impacts helps in disease prevention and control. This study identified risk ...

    Authors: F.-M. E. Uzoka, C. Akwaowo, C. Nwafor-Okoli, V. Ekpin, C. Nwokoro, M. El Hussein, J. Osuji, F. Aladi, B. Akinnuwesi and T. F. Akpelishi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:2261
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  21. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) COVID-19 Outbreak Surveillance Team (OST) was established in June 2020 to provide Local Authorities (LAs) in England with surveillance intelligence to aid their response t...

    Authors: Katriina Willgert, Jo Hardstaff, Stephanie Shadwell, Alex Bhattacharya, Paula Blomquist, Roberto Vivancos and Ian Simms
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:926
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  22. A monthly time series of measles case notifications exists for Italy from 1949 onwards, although its usefulness is seriously undermined by extensive under-reporting which varies strikingly between regions, giv...

    Authors: John R Williams, Piero Manfredi, Alisa R Butler, Marta Ciofi degli Atti and Stefania Salmaso
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2003 3:23
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  23. As there is no specific treatment for dengue, early detection and access to proper treatment may lower dengue fatality. Therefore, having new techniques for the early detection of dengue fever, such as the use...

    Authors: Li Ping Wong, Narges Atefi and Sazaly AbuBakar
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:780
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  24. Uganda is among the 51 countries where cholera outbreaks are common with epidemics occurring predominantly along the western border with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kampala city slums, Busia district w...

    Authors: Jacob Stanley Iramiot, Innocent B. Rwego, Catherine Kansiime and Benon B. Asiimwe
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1405
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  25. Rubella is a disease of public health significance owing to its adverse effects during pregnancy and on pregnancy outcomes. Women who contract rubella virus during pregnancy may experience complications such a...

    Authors: Simbarashe Chimhuya, Portia Manangazira, Arnold Mukaratirwa, Pasipanodya Nziramasanga, Chipo Berejena, Annie Shonhai, Mary Kamupota, Regina Gerede, Mary Munyoro, Douglas Mangwanya, Christopher Tapfumaneyi, Charles Byabamazima, Eshetu Messeret Shibeshi and Kusum Jackison Nathoo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:294
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  26. Since the last local case of diphtheria in 1992, there had not been any case in Singapore until an autochthonous case was reported in 2017. This fatal diphtheria case of a migrant worker raised concerns about ...

    Authors: Li Wei Ang, Qi Gao, Lin Cui, Aysha Farwin, Matthias Paul Han Sim Toh, Irving Charles Boudville, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Angela Chow, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Vernon Jian Ming Lee and Yee Sin Leo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:111
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  27. Cholera remains a disease of public health importance in Nigeria associated with high morbidity and mortality. In November 2014, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (NFELTP) was no...

    Authors: Chioma Cindy Dan-Nwafor, Uzoma Ogbonna, Pamela Onyiah, Saheed Gidado, Bashorun Adebobola, Patrick Nguku and Peter Nsubuga
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:112
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  28. In regions where access to clean water and the provision of a sanitary infrastructure has not been sustainable, cholera continues to pose an important public health burden. Although oral cholera vaccines (OCV)...

    Authors: Sonja Merten, Christian Schaetti, Cele Manianga, Bruno Lapika, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Raymond Hutubessy and Mitchell G Weiss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:60
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  29. Tuberculosis is a devastating disease due to its rapid transmission and high rate of mortality. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), located in the North-west, is one of the poorest provinces in China and nat...

    Authors: Yu Rong Yang, Donald P McManus, Darren J Gray, Xiao Ling Wang, Shu Kun Yang, Allen G Ross, Gail M Williams and Magda K Ellis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:1110
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  30. We conducted a systematic review aimed to evaluate the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions within non-healthcare workplaces and community-level workplace closures and lockdowns on COVID-19 morbidity an...

    Authors: Faruque Ahmed, Livvy Shafer, Pallavi Malla, Roderick Hopkins, Sarah Moreland, Nicole Zviedrite and Amra Uzicanin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:884
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  31. Cholera remains a serious public health problem in low-income countries despite efforts in the past to promote oral rehydration therapy as major treatment. In 2007, the majority of worldwide cases (94%) and de...

    Authors: Christian Schaetti, Raymond Hutubessy, Said M Ali, Al Pach, Mitchell G Weiss, Claire-Lise Chaignat and Ahmed M Khatib
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:99
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  32. Understanding the magnitude and causes of mortality at national and sub-national levels for countries is critical in facilitating evidence-based prioritization of public health response. We provide comparable ...

    Authors: Wanjiru Waruiru, Violet Oramisi, Alex Sila, Dickens Onyango, Anthony Waruru, Mary N. Mwangome, Peter W. Young, Sheru Muuo, Lilly M. Nyagah, John Ollongo, Catherine Ngugi and George W. Rutherford
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1828
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  33. A preliminary study was undertaken in a community of Cyprus where low-level arsenic (As) concentrations were recently detected in the groundwater that was chronically used to satisfy potable needs of the commu...

    Authors: Konstantinos C Makris, Costas A Christophi, Martha Paisi and Adrienne S Ettinger
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:334
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  34. With the recent shift in focus to addressing HIV risk within relationships and couple-based interventions to prevent HIV transmission, successful recruitment of individuals involved in HIV-serodiscordant relat...

    Authors: Min Xi, Sandra Bullock, Joshua B. Mendelsohn, James Iveniuk, Veronika Moravan, Ann N. Burchell, Darrell H. S. Tan, Amrita Daftary, Tamara Thompson, Bertrand Lebouché, Laura Bisaillon, Ted Myers and Liviana Calzavara
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:832
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  35. Migrants and ethnic minorities have suffered a disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general population from different perspectives. Our aim was to assess specifically their risk of ...

    Authors: Anissa Jaljaa, Susanna Caminada, Maria Elena Tosti, Franca D’Angelo, Aurora Angelozzi, Claudia Isonne, Giulia Marchetti, Elena Mazzalai, Dara Giannini, Federica Turatto, Chiara De Marchi, Angela Gatta, Silvia Declich, Scilla Pizzarelli, Salvatore Geraci, Giovanni Baglio…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:143
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  36. Kenya has a high burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. Screening is necessary for early diagnosis and treatment, which reduces morbidity and mortality across all three illnesses. We evaluated testi...

    Authors: Joshua Tunnage, Adam Yates, Chiaka Nwoga, Valentine Sing’oei, John Owuoth, Christina S. Polyak and Trevor A. Crowell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1143
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  37. Since 2003 Thailand has waged an aggressive "war on drugs" campaign focused on arresting and incarcerating suspected drug users and dealers. However, little is known about incarceration experiences among IDU i...

    Authors: Kanna Hayashi, M-J Milloy, Nadia Fairbairn, Karyn Kaplan, Paisan Suwannawong, Calvin Lai, Evan Wood and Thomas Kerr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:492
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  38. As ‘disease detectives’ and directors of public health programs, field epidemiologists play essential roles in protecting public health. Although ethical issues receive considerable attention in medical and re...

    Authors: Emma Cooke, George Lopez, Angela Hilmers and David G. Addiss
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:510
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  39. Tuberculosis is the deadliest infection of our time. In contrast, about 11,000 people died of Ebola between 2014 and 2016. Despite this manifest difference in mortality, there is now a vaccine licensed in the ...

    Authors: G. Kaguthi, V. Nduba, P. Rabuogi, D. Okelloh, S. G. Ouma, G. Blatner, S. Gelderbloem, Ellen M. H. Mitchell, Cherise P. Scott, S. Verver, T. Hawkridge, J. E. M. de Steenwinkel, K. F. Laserson and J. H. Richardus
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:999
    Content type: Research in practice Published on:

  40. Following China’s official designation as malaria-free country by WHO, the imported malaria has emerged as a significant determinant impacting the malaria reestablishment within China. The objective of this st...

    Authors: Shuo Yang, Ruo-yang Li, Shu-ning Yan, Han-yin Yang, Zi-you Cao, Li Zhang, Jing-bo Xue, Zhi-gui Xia, Shang Xia and Bin Zheng
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:865
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  41. Anthrax continues to be a disease of public health importance in Zimbabwe, with sporadic outbreaks reported annually in many parts of the country. A human anthrax outbreak occurred in wards 22 and 23 of Makoni...

    Authors: Richard Makurumidze, Notion Tafara Gombe, Tapuwa Magure and Mufuta Tshimanga
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:298
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  42. While incarceration has consistently been associated with a higher risk of HIV infection for individuals who use injection drugs (IDU), the effect of incarceration on the post-release risk environment remains ...

    Authors: M-J S Milloy, Jane Buxton, Evan Wood, Kathy Li, Julio SG Montaner and Thomas Kerr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:156
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  43. HIV testing is the first step to stop transmission. We aimed to evaluate HIV testing history and new diagnoses among adult outpatients in Kenya aged 18–39 years seeking care for symptoms of acute HIV infection...

    Authors: Clara A. Agutu, Tony H. Oduor, Amin S. Hassan, Peter M. Mugo, Wairimu Chege, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Eduard J. Sanders and Susan M. Graham
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:280
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  44. The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sickened over 20 million residents in the United States (US) by January 2021. Our objective was to describe state variation in the effect of initial social distanc...

    Authors: Brystana G. Kaufman, Rebecca Whitaker, Nirosha Mahendraratnam, Sophie Hurewitz, Jeremy Yi, Valerie A. Smith and Mark McClellan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1239
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  45. Data on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among indigenous populations are needed for interventions to improve health care. We conducted a survey in 2013 among rural indigenous Mbororo, Fulbe and other ethnic g...

    Authors: Nyuyki Clement Kufe, George Ngufor, George Mbeh and Jean Claude Mbanya
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1188
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. People who inject drugs are at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. HTLV was reported by neighboring countries to be prevalent in this population, but the situation for Germany is unclear. To genera...

    Authors: Ruth Zimmermann, Ulrich Marcus, Dirk Schäffer, Astrid Leicht, Benjamin Wenz, Stine Nielsen, Claudia Santos-Hövener, R Stefan Ross, Oumaima Stambouli, Boris-Alexander Ratsch, Norbert Bannert, Claus-Thomas Bock, Claudia Kücherer and Osamah Hamouda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:845
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. Although evidence on healthcare utilization avoidance during COVID-19 pandemic is emerging, such knowledge is limited in rural settings. An effective policy to the COVID-19 shocks and stresses in rural setting...

    Authors: Michael Safo Oduro, Prince Peprah, Anthony Kwame Morgan and Williams Agyemang-Duah
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1439
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  48. There is a need for valid approaches to measure sexual interactions to assess the impact of behavioural interventions and to predict the impact of behaviour changes. Different methods of asking about sexual be...

    Authors: Nicola Desmond, Nico Nagelkerke, Wezzie Lora, Effie Chipeta, Mwiza Sambo, Moses Kumwenda, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Miriam Taegtemeyer, Janet Seeley, David G. Lalloo and Sally Theobald
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:807
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  50. The spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increasingly agonized daily lives worldwide. As an archipelagic country, Indonesia has various physical and social environments, which implies that eac...

    Authors: Millary Agung Widiawaty, Kuok Choy Lam, Moh Dede and Nur Hakimah Asnawi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1030
    Content type: Research Published on:
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