High-risk fertility behavior and associated factors among mothers attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Hossana Town, Central Ethiopia Region: facility based cros... by Yishak Sinebo, Tekle Ejajo, Awoke Girma, Tadele Yohannes

“…Abstract Background High-risk fertility behavior (HRFB) is a serious public health issue that may influence the country’s economic development as well as the health status of mothers mainly in developing countries, like Ethiopia.However, there is a scarcity of evidence about HRFB and associated factors in the study area. …”
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The Escalating Magnitude of COVID-19 Infections among the Northeastern Ethiopia Region: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Zeleke Geto, Saba Gebremichael, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Genet Molla, Melkam Tesfaye, Wondmagegn Demsiss, Daniel Gebretsadik

“…The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global pandemic; it is reported to have spread to nearly every country in the world. However, the prevalence varies across developed and developing countries, as well as within different regions of the same country. …”
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2022 TB programme review in Pakistan: strengthening governance, with better patient diagnosis and treatment by M. van den Boom, K. Bennani, C. Sismanidis, C. Gunneberg, L. Khawaja, M.A. Safdar, C. Muhwa, E. Heldal, D.M. Cirillo, A.W. Khan, R. Fatima, B.J. Khan, S. Tahseen, M.G. ElMedrek, Y. Hutin, Pakistan Joint TB Program Review Mission

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Bibliometric analysis of research in ethical concerns and dilemmas of digital mental health care in the last two decades by Poonam Sharma, Rekha Wagani, Mahima Anna Varghese

“…Statistical descriptive analysis in combination with performance analysis and co-word analysis was used to understand the research trends, leading countries and country collaborations studying ethical concerns related to digital mental healthcare.Result and discussionThe first publication appeared in 2000 with zero research till the year 2005. …”
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Le flirt à Rabat au Maroc : Engagements des corps et arrangements socio-spatiaux by Chadia Arab, Christophe Guibert

“…However, heterosexual seduction practices in Morocco are not to be taken for granted in a country where bodies, especially women’s bodies, are subject to strong political and social control. …”
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Effectiveness of women-led community interventions in improving tuberculosis preventive treatment in children: results from a comparative, before–after study in Ethiopia by Jacob Creswell, Degu Jerene, Ahmed Bedru, Dawit Assefa, Kalkidan Tesfaye, Samuel Bayu, Samuel Seid, Fikirte Aberra, Amera Khan

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Ideology and Values in Turkey's Foreign Policy by V. A. Avatkov

“…Under the rule of the Justice and Development Party headed by the current President R.T. Erdogan the country began a gradual transition from «Kemalism», which includes the preservation of secularism, ProWestern democratic values and a gradual departure from the Ottoman heritage, to a more conservative domestic and foreign policy, characterized by the strengthening of Islamist and nationalist sentiments, as well as the transition to the policy of «neo-Ottomanism», «neo-pan-Turkism». …”
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Military Aspects of the Lithuanian-Polish Conflict of 1918-1920 by Vytautas Lesčius

“…The young Lithuanian Army, just being formed, had defended the country's independence. …”
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Have gender and ethnic disparities in ophthalmology disappeared? Insights from a workforce-based study in Israel (2006–2021) by Asaf Israeli, Eytan Z. Blumenthal, Achia Nemet, Shiri Zayit-Soudry, Hadas Pizem, Eedy Mezer

“…The purpose of this study was to analyze nationwide trends in gender-, ethnic- and country of graduation disparities among ophthalmologists in Israel. …”
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A global review of national guidelines of post‐exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV by Marcus Maisano, Daniel Tran, Virginia Macdonald, Rachel C. Baggaley, Nathan Ford, Cheryl C. Johnson, Ying Zhang, Jason J. Ong

“…Methods Policies addressing PEP from 38 WHO HIV priority countries were obtained by searching governmental and non‐governmental websites and consulting country and regional experts; these countries were selected based on HIV burden, new HIV acquisitions and the number of HIV‐associated deaths. …”
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THE PLACE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN FORMATION OF GRADUATES’ COMPETITIVENESS by G. F. Shafranov-Kutsev, G. Z. Efimova

“…Insufficient competitiveness of Russia is one of the key problems constraining scientific, technological, social and economic development of the country. Scientific interest is the formation of youth competitiveness as the special social and demographic group having a strategic importance for the country. …”
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Spatial co-distribution of tuberculosis prevalence and low BCG vaccination coverage in Ethiopia by Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Archie C. A. Clements, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene

“…Abstract While bacille-calmette–guerin (BCG) vaccination is one of the recommended strategies for preventing tuberculosis (TB), its coverage is low in several countries, including Ethiopia. This study investigated the spatial co-distribution and drivers of TB prevalence and low BCG coverage in Ethiopia. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes of HIV Patients Admitted to an African Intensive Care Unit by Arthur Kwizera, Mary Nabukenya, Agaba Peter, Lameck Semogerere, Emmanuel Ayebale, Catherine Katabira, Samuel Kizito, Cecilia Nantume, Ian Clarke, Jane Nakibuuka

“…There are no data from low-income country ICUs. We sought to identify clinical characteristics and survival outcomes among HIV patients in a low-income country ICU. …”
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Prevalence of mortality caused by injuries at Livingstone University Hospital, Zambia. A retrospective cross-sectional study. by Lukundo Siame, Malan Malumani, Chiyeñu O R Kaseya, Sergiy Ivashchenko, Leah Nombwende, Sepiso K Masenga, Benson M Hamooya, Michelo Haluuma Miyoba

“…<h4>Background</h4>Trauma is a major global public health issue, with an annual death toll of approximately 5 million, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. Zambia bears a significant burden of trauma-related mortalities, contributing to 7% of all annual deaths and 1 in 5 premature deaths in the country. …”
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The Effects of Genocide on Tourism Industry in Bugesera District in Rwanda. by Egide, Mudaheranwa

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Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…Riedl examines the cross-country contours of these challenges, which vary in intensity and magnitude. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase (NDM) in Italy: A call for policymakers by Gabriella Nucera

“…According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) country visit to Italy in 2017, the Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) situation in Italian hospitals and regions poses a major public health threat to the country. …”

Les salafistes marocains et la reconfiguration politico-religieuse post-2011 : fluctuation entre (dé)politisation, radicalisation et intégration by Salim Hmimnat

“…Yet, this reconciliation, which aims to defuse the socio-political tensions and uncertainty the country has experienced in the aftermath of 2011 in addition to counterbalance the Islamists rising to power, is likely to challenge or even contradict certain ideological and doctrinal choices that have hitherto framed the religious policy since 2003.…”
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La Coherencia de Políticas para el Desarrollo en los ámbitos subestatales. Reflexiones a la luz del caso del País Vasco by Unceta, K., Labaien, I.

“…Considering these issues, this paper focuses on the study of the PCD in the Basque Country, based on a research study carried out about this subject. …”
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Novo Cenário no Vale do Guaporé: uma leitura geográfica sobre os impulsos econômicos da pecuária e sua influência na paisagem by Josélia Fontenele Batista, Ana Maria Muratori, Maranei Rohers Penha

“…This situation not only mobilizes large investments, as well as large areas, since it occurs in the country a reallocation of this activity before more connected to the south and midwest, to less desirable areas of the Amazon. …”
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