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Stability and change in the distribution of cytospecies of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern Ghana from 1971 to 2011
... The large rapids on the lower Volta river, where it passes through the Togo-Atakora mountains (the southern part of the Akwapim-Togo range) in southern Ghana, used to harbour enormous populations of ...
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Community concepts of malaria related illness with and without convulsions in southern Ghana
... The study shows that despite the complexity of local expe- rience, meaning and behaviour with respect to malaria- related illnesses, it is possible to identify the distribution of categories and explain local illness ...
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Multiple insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus in southern Ghana: implications for malaria control
... from southern Ghana, which is a big concern because of the lim- ited number of insecticide classes available for LLINs and ...of Southern and West Africa, the organophos- phate malathion remains ...
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Seasonal variations in Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity and multiplicity of infection in asymptomatic children living in southern Ghana
... of southern Ghana; Obom, a semi-rural community in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region with high and perennial malaria transmis- sion and Abura, a semi-urban community in the Cape Coast ...
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Socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with caesarean section delivery in Southern Ghana: evidence from INDEPTH Network member site
... Background: In recent years, caesarean section rates continue to evoke worldwide concern because of their steady increase, lack of consensus on the appropriate caesarean section rate and the associated short- and ...
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Decline of placental malaria in southern Ghana after the implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy
... rural southern Ghana, the prevalences of placental malaria and of maternal anaemia have substantially been reduced following the implementation of IPTp-SP, and birth weight has ...
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Detection and clinical manifestation of placental malaria in southern Ghana
... As with malaria in children, the prevalence and manifes- tation of malaria in pregnancy varies with transmission intensity, access to treatment, coverage and quality of antenatal services, and drug resistance, among ...
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Diversity in breeding sites and distribution of Anopheles mosquitoes in selected urban areas of southern Ghana
... coastal Ghana; Accra Metropol- itan Area (AMA) and the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area (STMA) ...of southern Ghana is tropical, characterized by two distinctive rainfall seasons- a major one ...
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Carriage and serotype distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae in third trimester pregnancy in southern Ghana
... for southern Ghana, adding further data to the GBS preva- lence in ...from Ghana presented the prevalence of GBS in the Ashanti region [2] where they found an overall carriage rate of ...
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Socio demographic determinants of skilled birth attendant at delivery in rural southern Ghana
... In Ghana, nine in ten mothers receive antenatal care from a health professional whereas only 59 and 68% of deliveries are assisted by skilled personnel in 2008 and 2010 ...
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Knowledge, practice, and barriers toward cervical cancer screening in Elmina, Southern Ghana
... of health care institutions had basic infrastructure to conduct cervical screening, but absence of clear policy, procedures, and competent cytotechnicians had affected utilization of cervical screening facilities. In ...
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HIV 1 CRF 02 AG polymerase genes in Southern Ghana are mosaics of different 02 AG strains and the protease gene cannot infer subtypes
... from Ghana [GenBank: AB286862], all the GHN sequences were recombinants of various CRF 02_AG/AG-like strains from Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal [see Additional file ...
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Reflections of Globalization: A Case Study of Informal Food Vendors in Southern Ghana
... on Ghana and globalization has in the past taken a broad-lensed structural approach to identifying the globalization in ...throughout Ghana (Carr et ...in Ghana is not isolated to any one region, the ...
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Serological evidence of vector and parasite exposure in Southern Ghana: the dynamics of malaria transmission intensity
... Archived plasma samples for the current study were obtained from an earlier cohort study conducted in Asutuare and its surrounding areas. The cohort was se- lected from a relatively small geographic area within 5 km ...
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Food elimination, food substitution, and nutrient supplementation among ARV-exposed HIV-positive persons in southern Ghana
... Awewura Kwara is an infectious diseases specialist, with training in Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is an associate professor of Medicine at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His clinical and ...
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The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: a qualitative study in Southern Ghana
... in Ghana, the main source of public health financing for community members is the National Health ...in Ghana. It is important as Ghana accelerate efforts to achieve the MDG 5 (reducing ma- ternal ...
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Simulation of the Rainfall Regime over Ghana from CORDEX
... in Ghana is well represented by the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment ...the southern and northern sub-sections of ...over Ghana is associated with high levels of variability at the ...
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Road to Strain Differentiation in Mycobacterium ulcerans
... within southern Ghana, with a majority having ISE-SNP type ...from Ghana as well as isolates from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ivory Coast, and ...in Ghana comprises four identical ...
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Living as an infertile woman: the case of southern and northern Ghana
... of Southern Ghana, which is also a study area of this research, there is a popular proverb which says that “a barren woman is synonymous to a landless ...
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An Examination Of Critical Success Factors (CSFS) And Key Performance Indicators (KPIS) For In-House Facilities Management In Public Polytechnics In Ghana
... learning (Young et al., 2003; Olson & Kellum, 2003; Brooks- Pilling & Wright, 2005 as cited in Lavy, Garcia & Dixit, 2014). Olson and Kellum (2003) emphasize the importance of sustainable school buildings ...
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