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PubMed Central
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature
PubMed Central (PMC) is a digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). All the articles in PMC are free to download (although sometimes on a delayed basis).
Published Documents
- What is the provision of obstetric care in informal settlements in Nairobi?
- J.C. Fotso; A. Ezeh; R. Oronje / PubMed Central, 2008
- In sub-Saharan Africa, the unprecedented population growth that started in the second half of the twentieth century has evolved into unparalleled urbanisation and an increasing proportion of urban dwellers living in slums and shanty t...
- Perinatal nutrition and immunity to infection
- K.D.J. Jones; J.A. Berkley; J.O. Warner / PubMed Central, 2010
- Epidemiological data provide strong evidence for a relationship between undernutrition and life-threatening infection in infants and children. However, the mechanisms that underlie this relationship are poorly understood. Through foet...
- Making sense of condoms: Social representations in young people’s HIV-related narratives from six African countries
- H Winskell / PubMed Central, 2011
- In order to inform education and communication efforts to increase condom use, this study examined social representations of condoms among young people aged 10 to 24 in six African countries/regions with diverse HIV prevalence rates: ...
- Haiti's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Koenig S; Ivers L; Pace S / PubMed Central, 2010
- This paper reports on the successes and challenges facing Partners In Health and the Haitian Study Group on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO), two non governmental organisations that work together with the Minist...
- How to improve media coverage of reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa
- Oronje Rose N.; Chi-Chi Undie; Zulu Eliya M. / PubMed Central, 2011
- This paper describes the experiences of the African Population and Health Research Center and its partners in cultivating the interest and building the capacity of the media in evidence-based reporting of reproductive health issues in...
- A model of mental health care in an unstable context with a mobile population
- Mueller Y.; Cristofani S.; Rodriguez C. / PubMed Central, 2011
- For more than fourty years, episodes of violence in the Mindanao conflict have recurrently led to civilian displacement. In 2008, Medecins Sans Frontieres set up a mental health programme integrated into primary health car...
- How can antiretroviral treatment be delivered in Uganda?
- B. Amuron; A. Coutinho; H. Grosskurth / PubMed Central, 2007
- Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being scaled up in Africa but the number of people receiving treatment remains far less than those needing it. In most countries, the scale up of ART is progressing rapidly but with a limited evidence-b...
