A Faith that Does Justice:The Public Testimony of Oliver Tambo by Jonathan D. Jansen

“…Drawing on the construct of interiority, this article offers a re-assessment of public testimonies about the ANC’s longest serving president, demonstrating how the internal workings of Tambo’s faith came to be expressed in the external life and leadership of this devout Christian activist. …”
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Síndrome de Millard-Gubler de etiología traumática: caso clínico by Alex Mauricio Altamirano, Macarena Brigitte Martínez Basantes, Evelyn Carolina Guananga Chico, Maybrith Fernanda Cárdenas Balarezo

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Iron and folic acid supplementation compliance during pregnancy and its effect on post-pregnancy anaemia among reproductive-age women in East Africa by Melaku Tadege Engidaw, Patricia Lee, Faruk Ahmed

“…Maternal education, the timing of antenatal care (ANC) visits, wanted index pregnancy (last pregnancy), wealth status, healthcare access, mass media exposure and ANC services from skilled healthcare providers were significantly associated with compliance with IFA supplementation among pregnant women. …”
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Stunting and Its Determinants among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shiferaw Abeway, Bereket Gebremichael, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Masresha Assefa, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew

“…Low weight at birth, female sex, older age, mistimed initiation of complimentary feeding, and mothers’ lack of ANC visit were found to have significant relation with children’s chronic malnutrition. …”
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On a Real-Time Blind Signal Separation Noise Reduction System by Ka Fai Cedric Yiu, Siow Yong Low

“…Further noise cancellation can be achieved by adding an adaptive noise canceller (ANC) as postprocessing. However, the computation is rather intensive and an online implementation of the overall system is not straightforward. …”
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The maternal and newborn health eCohort to track longitudinal care quality: study protocol and survey development by Catherine Arsenault, Katherine Wright, Tefera Taddele, Ashenif Tadele, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Firew Tiruneh Tiyare, Rose J. Kosgei, Jacinta Nzinga, Bethany Holt, Irene Mugenya, Emma Clarke-Deelder, Adiam Nega, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Sailesh Mohan, Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Londiwe Mthethwa, Damen Haile Mariam, Gebeyaw Molla, Theodros Getachew, Prashant Jarhyan, Monica Chaudhry, Munir Kassa, Margaret E. Kruk

“…The eCohort is a longitudinal mixed-mode (in-person and phone) survey that will recruit women in health facilities at their first antenatal care (ANC) visit. Women will be followed via phone survey until 10-12 weeks postpartum. …”
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HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in... by Augustine T Choko, Elizabeth L Corbett, Nigel Stallard, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, Aurelia Lepine, Cheryl C Johnson, Doreen Sakala, Thokozani Kalua, Moses Kumwenda, Richard Hayes, Katherine Fielding

“…A total of 2,349/3,137 (74.9%) women participated (71 ANC days), with a mean age of 24.8 years (SD: 5.4). …”
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Sweden Against Apartheid: A Historical Overview by Anna-Mart van Wyk

“…Such was the relationship between the African National Congress (ANC) and Sweden, that the latter became the first country outside of Africa to be visited by Nelson Mandela in 1990, after his release from decades of imprisonment. …”
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Time to dietary diversity of complementary feeding improvements and its associated factors among infants aged 6–12 months in Ethiopia: evidence from performance monitoring for acti... by Feyisa Shasho Bayisa, Teshome Demis Nimani, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Abainash Tekola

“…Marital status, educational status, wealth index, PNC, and ANC visits were identified as statistically significant factors associated with dietary diversity improvements. …”
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Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d’Ivoire: a cluster randomised... by Günther Fink, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jürg Utzinger, Siaka Koné, Daouda Dao

“…No improvements in antenatal care (ANC) coverage (aPR=1.05, 95% CI 0.81 to 1.36, p=0.692), IFA (aPR=2.00, 95% CI 0.89 to 4.46, p=0.093) and IPTp (aPR=1.03, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.21, p=0.728) compliance were found for INFO. …”
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Under-five mortality and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys data based on Bayesian approach by Atalay Liknaw Birhanie, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Bekalu Endalew, Koku Sisay Tamirat

“…Policymakers and other stakeholders should enhance maternal education, lengthen birth interval, ANC visit, improved toilet facilities and, giving special attention to small size child and cesarean section delivery to reduce under-five mortality.…”
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Images of a nation in crisis by Rodwell Makombe

“…This article critically analyses Zapiro’s Rape of Lady Justice cartoons in the context of South African politics under Zuma’s presidency. The ANC-led government under Jacob Zuma was perceived as corrupt and gravitating away from the ideals of a democratic state. …”
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Enterococcus gallinarum Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in an HCV Cirrhotic by Hussein Abidali, Maheen Sheikh, Moustapha Abidali, Ali Abidali, Hamoudi S. Farraji, Andrew C. Berry

“…We present the case of a 60-year-old Caucasian male with history of hepatitis C viral cirrhosis with portosystemic encephalopathy and ascites with evidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) with absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of 944 cells/µL blood. Despite adequate treatment, the abdominal pain and elevated creatinine continued to persist. …”
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Treatment outcomes and its associated factors among neonates admitted with sepsis in Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia by Betelhem Gezahegn, Ahmed Abdella, Fentahun Meseret, Ahmed Mohammed, Mulualem Keneni, Tesfaye Asfaw, Diribsa Tizazu, Assefa Desalew

“…The significant prognostic factors for sepsis were found to be low WBC count, desaturation, lack of ANC visits, and chorioamnionitis. Implementing targeted therapeutic interventions and addressing these prognostic factors could improve treatment outcomes.…”
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Peripheral blood cell counts as predictors of immune-related adverse events in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyu Zhang, Bei Zhang, Danfei Li, Yunchao Yang, Sen Lin, Ruiqi Zhao, Yijia Li, Lisheng Peng

“…Compared to patients without irAEs, those experiencing irAEs had significantly higher baseline continuous ALC (SMD = 0.12, 95% CI = 0.01-0.24), while ANC (SMD = -0.18, 95% CI = -0.28 to -0.07) and PLR (SMD = -0.32, 95% CI = -0.60 to -0.04) were significantly lower. …”
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Over a decade of HIV infection prevalence and incidence among Mozambican pregnant women: a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data by Anete Mendes-Muxlhanga, Arsénio Nhacolo, Antia Figueroa-Romero, Maura Mazuze, Alfredo Mayor, Anifa Vala, Esperança Sevene, Aleny Couto, Namita Eliseu, Llorenç Quintó, Gloria Matabisso, Eusebio Macete, Paula Vaz, Pedro Alonso, Clara Menendez, Raquel González, Tacilta Nhampossa

“…This study describes the trends of HIV infection over eleven years in women attending selected antenatal care (ANC) clinics from southern Mozambique. Methods We performed a secondary analysis of data registered at the ANC clinic of the Manhiça District Hospital and from the Ministry of Health's HIV National Program Registry between 2010 and 2021. …”
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Assessment of Types, Factors Contributing to Violence Against Women and its Effects on the Health Seeking Behaviour of Women in Rubanda Town Council Rubanda District. by Byumvuhore, Stephen

“…Of the 407 respondents, VAW adversely affected most of the health-seeking behaviour, particularly attending ANC alone without husbands (84.5%) and delay to seek health care due to disagreements with the husband (82.6%). …”
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Development and validation of predictive models of early immune effector cell–associated hematotoxicity by Emily C. Liang, Jennifer J. Huang, Andrew J. Portuguese, Valentín Ortiz-Maldonado, Aya Albittar, Natalie Wuliji, Ryan Basom, Yein Jeon, Qian Wu, Aiko Torkelson, Delaney Kirchmeier, Abigail Chutnik, Barbara Pender, Mohamed Sorror, Joshua A. Hill, Noam E. Kopmar, Rahul Banerjee, Andrew J. Cowan, Damian Green, Ajay K. Gopal, Christina Poh, Mazyar Shadman, Alexandre V. Hirayama, Brian G. Till, Erik L. Kimble, Lorenzo Iovino, Aude G. Chapuis, Folashade Otegbeye, Ryan D. Cassaday, Filippo Milano, Cameron J. Turtle, David G. Maloney, Jordan Gauthier

“…We trained (n = 483) and validated (n = 208) 2 eICAHT prediction models (eIPMs): eIPMPre including preinfusion factors only (disease type and pre-LD ANC, platelet count, LDH, and ferritin) and eIPMPost containing both preinfusion (disease type and pre-LD ANC, platelet count, and LDH) and early postinfusion (day +3 ferritin) factors. …”
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Twenty-Five Battalion, The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Changing the Decorum in the South African Parliament, 2014 to 2018 by Mohau Soldaat

“…Since the twilight of apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) has dominated the politics of South Africa. …”
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Associated Factors and Outcome of Uterine Rupture at Suhul General Hospital, Shire Town, North West Tigray, Ethiopia 2016: A Case-Control Study by Tefera Marie Bereka, Amlaku Mulat Aweke, Tewodrose Eshetie Wondie

“…Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was applied with p<0.05. Result. ANC, grand multiparity, malpresentation, and obstructed labor had association, but previous cesarean delivery was not significant. …”
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