Vol 2, No 1 (2011)

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Editorial
A new journal with much work to do
Peter J. Matthews
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1115 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Genital mycoplasmas in women attending the Yaounde University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon
Anna L. Njunda, Dickson S. Nsagha, Jules C.N. Assob, John N. Palle, Henri L. Kamga, Peter F. Nde, Mengang N.C. Ntube, Patrick E. Weledji
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1114 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Epidemiology of child injuries in Uganda: Challenges for health policy
Renee Y-J. Hsia, Doruk Ozgediz, Sudha Jayaraman, Patrick Kyamanywa, Milton Mutto, Olive C. Kobusingye
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1113 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Awareness and uptake of the Pap smear among market women in Lagos, Nigeria
Kikelomo O. Wright, Babalola Faseru, Yetunde A. Kuyinu, Francis A. Faduyile
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1112 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Pattern and determinants of obesity among adolescent females in private and public schools in Olorunda local government area of Osun state, Nigeria: A comparative study
Ebenezer O. Ojofeitimi, Adenike I. Olugbenga-Bello, Daniel A. Adekanle, Adeleye A. Adeomi
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1109 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Social stigma as an epidemiological determinant for leprosy elimination in Cameroon
Dickson S. Nsagha, Anne-Cécile Z.K. Bissek, Sarah M. Nsagha, Anna L. Njunda, Jules C.N. Assob, Earnest N. Tabah, Elijah A. Bamgboye, Alain Bankole O.O. Oyediran, Peter F. Nde, Alfred K. Njamnshi
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1108 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Determinants of HIV/AIDS in armed conflict populations
Danvas Omare, Amar S. Kanekar
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1107 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
A study of autopsy procedures in Ghana: Implications for the use of autopsy data in epidemiological analyses
Julius N. Fobil, Robert Kumoji, Henry B. Armah, Eunice Aryee, Francis Bilson, Derick Carboo, Frederick K. Rodrigues, Christian G. Meyer, Juergen May, Alexander Kraemer
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1106 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among home-based caregivers in Namibia
Hileni Niikondo, Muhammad E. Hoque, Busi Ntuli-Ngcobo
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1105 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
A review of the structure and function of vital registration system in Ghana: Towards improvement in mortality data quality for health policy analysis
Julius N. Fobil, Eunice Aryee, Francis Bilson, Juergen May, Alexander Kraemer
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1104 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
A mobile field-work data collection system for the wireless era of health surveillance
Marianne Forsell, Petteri Sjögren, Matthew Renard, Olle Johansson
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1102 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Reduction of client waiting time using task shifting in an antiretroviral clinic at Specialist Hospital Bauchi, Nigeria
Nisser A. Umar, Moses J. Hajara, Mohammed Khalifa
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1101 | 01 March 2011

Original Research
Perceptions of Nigerian medical specialists on research
Abdulraheem O. Mahmoud, Abdulkabir A. Ayanniyi, Abdul Lawal, Charles O. Omolase, Yinka Ologunsua, Elsie Samaila
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1100 | 01 March 2011

Case Report
Morbidity among children living around clinical waste treatment and disposal site in the Northwest region of Cameroon
Peter I.K. Mochungong, Gabriel Gulis, Morten Sodemann
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1111 | 01 March 2011

Field Notes
Free treatment, rapid malaria diagnostic tests and malaria village workers can hasten progress toward achieving the malaria related millennium development goals: The Médecins Sans Frontières experience from Chad, Sierra-Leone and Mali
Katie Tayler-Smith, Alice Kociejowski, Nadine de Lamotte, Seco Gerard, Frederique Ponsar, Mit Philips, Rony Zachariah
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1110 | 01 March 2011

Review Article
How the circumcision solution in Africa will increase HIV infections
Robert S. van Howe, Michelle R. Storms
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Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 2, No 1 | a1103 | 01 March 2011