CIH Master Theses

Puja Tripathi. Perceptions of mental illness among healthcare providers in Nepal.

Mayra Elizabeth Urquizo Gonzalez. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on programs that combat child marriage among girls in Niger, Chad, and Bangladesh.

Mihiret Wake Abza. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Surgical Repair for Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia.

Asia A.M. Aljiafiri. Optimization of Immunohistochemistry Technique for Low-Income Countries:  A Study on Oral Cancer.  

Lydia D. Boyle. Promotors and Barriers to the Implementation of Assistive Technology and Telecare for People with Dementia and their Caregivers: A systematic review of the literature.

Camilla Brox. Evaluation of Antiemetic Treatment of Women Hospitalised for Hyperemesis Gravidarum at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.                      

Sanjay Gyawali. Association of Tuberculosis Infection with Asthma and Respiratory Symptoms in a Nordic-Baltic Multicentre Population Study.

Genet Mulugeta Hirpesa. Ophthalmology Care in Ethiopia: A Health Economic Evaluation.

Melissa Alejandra Ilic. The Impacts of the Global Gag Rule on Quality Care: A Scoping Review.

Zarak Tariq Jan. Multiplex Immunofluorescence Studies on T cell Subsets in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue.

Juan Pablo López Cervantes. Asthma, Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function Across Age Groups in an Indigenous Mayan Population in Guatemala, and Relation to Work in the Traditional Textile Industry: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study, Lake Atitlan Lung Health Study.

Deborah Kabulo Mukendi. OST-Patients Financial Situation and Mental Health.

Asnath James Nnko. Comparing Prevalence of Alcohol Use Among Children and Adolescents Aged 6 to 13 Years in Rural vs Urban Areas: A Systematic Review and Meta Analyses.

Beatrice Normann. Identification of Novel Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Proteins Expressed In Vivo in Human Pulmonary Tuberculosis Lesions: Meta-proteomics of the autopsy material from pre-antibiotic era, 1931 – 1947.

Medha Roy. Association Between Dietary Diversity and Food Expenditure in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study, Based on Nationwide Household Survey 2017.

Nivedita Sinha. Global Challenges Related to Use of Dental Amalgam: Can Health Complaints Be Reduced After Removal of Amalgam Restorations? Analysis Of Data from a Norwegian Prospective Cohort Study Comprising Experimental Treatment.

Sarala Banjara. Association between parental asthma medication use and development of asthma and allergies in offspring.

Gaël Benoit Joseph Beltrémieux. Norwegian resident's self-assessed understanding of AI in health.

Kala Chand Debnath. Functional consequences of metabolic interaction between oral cancer cells and fibroblasts.

Nazia Islam Disha. Role of evolutionary conserved residues in integrin a11 cytoplasmic tail function.

Robert Nuifondieng Foncha. Assessment of treatment outcomes of registered tuberculosis patients: A retrospective cohort analysis.

Osman Goni. The elusive functions of EXT1 and EXT2 Identification of motifs in EXT1 and EXT2 involved in complex formation  

Bhagya Janananda. Characterization of SIS (Small Indigenous fish Species) consumption pattern of 18-59-months-old children in coastal regions of Ghana.

Daria Kamelkova. Food insecurity and its association with mental health among Syrian refugees settled in Norway.

Heng Wei Khor. The roles and experiences of immigrant healthcare workers within the Norwegian healthcare system.

David Aaron Messing. Developing a framework for sustainable actions that civil society can undertake to mitigate the impact that microplastics have on human health. A scoping literature review.

Doaa Khalid Mohammed Osman. Transfusion guidelines and recruitment of blood donors to the patients with hemoglobinopathy in the Nordic countries.

Sweta Pathak. Association of socioeconomic status with linear growth in children up to 2 years of age.

Rahma Rasheed. Investigation of periductal extracellular matrix deposition in Sjögren’s Syndrome (Oral Sciences).

Saman Riaz. Human systemic and intestinal IgA responses against the mucinase YghJ following experimental infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

Ragda Omar Abbasher Saleem. Mesenchymal Stem Cells’ Secretome Restores Impaired Osteogenic Capacity Induced by Oxidative Stress (Oral Sciences).                                               

Robin Mzati Sinsamala. The effect of sexual and reproductive health education and community dialogue on adolescent pregnancy rates: A cluster randomized trial in rural Zambia.

Katumi Tanko. Understanding trauma care in Ghana: the use of traditional bone setter practices: a narrative literature review. 

Dinbandhu Thakur Lohar. Oral cancer prevention and oral mucosal examination among dentists in Norway - a cross-sectional study.                                              

Varun Kumar Vijayakumar. Role of a digital clinical decision-support system in management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Olawale Adedapo Adeosun. Palliative care services at Nkhoma, rural Malawi – A qualitative exploration of experiences of the care providers and the recipients.

Nikhil Arora.Association of maternal plasma total cysteine and growth among infants in Nepal: A cohort study.

Ahmed Barakat. Proteome analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to identify potential biomarkers to assess the treatment efficacy in tuberculosis.

Pierina Alexandra Benavente Velando. Identifying viable policies for including Venezuelan refugees and migrants into the Peruvian health system.

Prabina Bhattarai. Overweight, obesity, physical inactivity and associated risk factors among women in Eastern Nepal.

Gabriel Dillon. Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities: A Multi-sited Case Study of Disability Support in Tanzania.

Magalie El Hajj. Herbal medicine use among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lusaka Province, Zambia: a cross-sectional, multicentre study.

Olga Golburean. Knowledge, opinions and practices related to oral cancer prevention and oral mucosal examination among dentists and dental students in Moldova, Belarus and Armenia - A multi country cross-sectional study.

Muluken Argaw Haile. Impact of scaling up modern contraceptive coverage in Ethiopia: Sub-national cost effectiveness analysis.

Mengistu Bekele Hurissa. Cost-effectiveness of Saxagliptin compared with Glibenclamide as a second-line therapy added to Metformin in Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia.

Stephen Kabanda. Costs of hospitalisation for severe illness in HIV-1 exposed infants in Uganda: A prospective incidence-based cost of illness study.

Iman A Mohammed Ali. Mycobacterial antigen MPT64 specific polyclonal antibody production and validation for an immunohistochemistry based diagnostic test for extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Tehjeeb Noor. The state of cultural competence of healthcare delivery system in High-income countries while providing service to immigrants and refugees: A systematic literature review study.

Nada Suliman. Are breast-feeding and bottle-feeding associated with malocclusion in the primary dentition? - A systematic review.

Shrijana Thapa. Accessing safe abortion services in a permissive legal context: exploring trajectories of abortion-seeking women in Kaski district, Nepal.

Pål Sebastian Vognstølen. Public perceptions and financial projections by introducing a marginal fuel levy to finance healthcare in Tanzania.

Rahima Shikur Ahmed. Cost-effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health education and access to modern contraceptives to prevent unintended adolescent pregnancy in rural Ethiopia: an economic evaluation.

Wondesen Nigatu Belete. Rolling out the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in Ethiopia: an economic evaluation.

Hannah Regitze Bond. A qualitative study exploring the acculturation processes among well adapted Somali females in Denmark.

Ege Su Caglar. Cost analysis of LAR Bergen.

Hongyu Chen. Tuberculosis retreatment outcomes globally 2000-2017: A systematic review.

Shoaib Hassan. Pre-diagnostic cost of extrapulmonary tuberculosis from patient perspective in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Katja Jezkova Isaksen. Characteristics of parent-child sexuality communication in Zambia: A cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents.

Marte Bodil Rød Lamp. Health care and support systems for women and newborns around delivery in Buikwe district Uganda. A qualitative study.

Mizan Kiros Mirutse. The burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ethiopia: estimates from a nationally representative survey (2015-16).

Laura Musta. Family Resilience of Ivorian Refugee Families Living in the Ampain Refugee Camp in Ghana.

Khadija Hassan Olow. The association between tuberculosis disease and occurrence of asthma and nasal allergy: a pilot study.

Shuvashis Saha. Victims attending One-Stop Crisis Centers in Bangladesh- a study on Vilonece against Women.

Saima Samad. Comparin.g tuberculosis treatment outcomes in urban and rural areas of the Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan.

Gregory James Wielhorski Corosky. Staying healthy “under the sheets:” A qualitative community health study on experiences of sexual health among Inuit youth in Arviat, Nunavut.

Sara Yahia Eltayeb Ibrahim. Role of RvD1 on Osteogenic Factors Involved in the Inflammatory and Resolution Processes in Periodontal Periapical Lesions.

Asma Javed. Physical Disability and the Use of Assistive Devices in Pakistan. A case study on users’ perspectives in three rehabilitation centers of Peshawar and Islamabad.

Victoria Konstantinova. Nanotechnology in Dentistry.  Assessment of current knowledge of dental students on the use of nanomaterials in dentistry and investigation of nanoparticle internalization in a human oral mucosal model.

Chisala Deborah Meki: Welfare Sanitary Facilities for Market Traders in Lusaka District, Zambia.

Rachana Shrestha. Determinants of voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) uptake among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nepal.

Mengs Tewelde. Assessment of dietary intake and body mass index in a nutritionally deprived population in rural Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jessy Z’gambo. Occupational Hazards and Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Small Scale Welders in Lusaka, Zambia.

Dalia Alawad: Frequency and Pattern of distribution of Oral Neoplasms among Sudanese attending KTDH.  Hospital-registry based cross sectional study, two data sets 2006-2007, 2010-2012.

Ephrem Bililigne Amare: Early childhood head circumference: Reference ranges for Ethiopian population.

Kathryn Rose Brignole: Temporal and Geopatial Analysis of Salmonella Typhi Infections in Children at Angkor Hospital for Children and Satellite Clinic in Two Districts in Siem Reap, Cambodia (2007-2012): A Retrospective Study

Min Ju Chan: Is antiretroviral medication adherence associated with self-compassion and HIV-related stigma among people living with HIV in Shanghai, China?

Rohini Jala: In vivo role of Semaphorin 6A in the development of an incisor tooth germ and its sensory innervation.

Olivia Lasrado: Hand Eczema and Musculo-skeletal Symptoms among Cleaners. Prevalence and immigrant status: a cross-sectional study in a Norwegian city.

Aneth Mkunde Mahande: Prevalence of parasitic infections and associations with pregnancy complications and outcomes in northern Tanzania: a registry-based cross-sectional study.

Dorah Elisonguo Mrema: The association of prepregnancy body mass index and changes of prepregnancy BMI/ body weight between pregnancies with risk of preeclampsia: a birth registry study from Tanzania.

Cecilie Nilsen: Trends in and socio-demographic factors associated with caesarian section at a large Tanzanian hopital, 2000 to 2013.

Everest Emeka Ojukwu: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. Daptomycin susceptibility testing and resistance to quinolones.

Poonam Pandey: The in vivo function of Semaphorin3A in the innervation of the mandibular molar tooth germ in late postnatal and young adult mice.

Pritam Lal Shrestha: Usability and desirability of OpenXdata – an electronic data capture tool for data collection in health research.

Diwas Timilsina: Musculoskeletal Symptoms in adults in Kathmandu Metropolitan City: A Household survey.

Trude Thommesen: “I´m afraid, actually!” Midwives´ challenges in providing quality maternal and newborn care in health centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ibtihag Abdulbagi Yagoub: Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans serotype b in Biofilms versus Planktonic Cultures.

Rafal Al-Adhami: Incidence and dietary risk factors of goitre in children in a rural area/ D.R.Congo.

Jeanette Angelshaug: Increasing demand for health facility birth. A qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators for skilled care utilization in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Linda Milimo Kampata: Individual and community level factors predicting condom use at last sexual encounter in the general population of a rural Zambian district.

Paul Kellner: Understanding Risks for and Responses to Transactional Sex in Urban Refugee Youth in Kampala, Uganda.

Åse Mørkve: “Getting rid of the plague”: jiggers removal program in Bungoma, Kenya. Community and health workers perspectives on tungiasis in a high prevalence area.

Binod Kumar Parmar: Differentiating intrauterine growth-restriction at a referral hospital in Nepal: Patan hospital.

Stefanie Schnabel: Meeting rehabilitation needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in an emergency medical response: a role for physiotherapy?

Salma Abubaker Abbas Ali: The in vivo role of semaphorin6a protein in development and morphogenesis of sensory innervation of postnatal stages of murine mandibular first molar tooth germ.

Hiba Mohamed Ali: Oral health in Sudanese children with congenital heart defects.

Jörn Blume: Challenges in oral administration of peri-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to HIV exposed breastfeeding infants. Sub-study of the ANRS 12174 trial in South Africa.

Janne Lillelid Gjerde: Female urinary incontinence: perceptions and practice. A qualitative study from Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Gerd Gran: Interferon-gamma basert diagnostikk av tuberkulosesmitte hos helsepersonell i Helse Vest regionen i Norge.

Dewi Indriani: Community participation as a strategy in reducing maternal and child mortality in rural areas: A Literature review.

Julia Noshir Irani: Rebuilding life: A journey through the lives of women who have endured and been treated for obstetric fistula in Tanzani.

Bogdan Karovski: Ways to improve HIV counselling and testing services: Systematic literature review and use of the system in Thailand as a case study.

Allan Mushima Bulwanda Mukaya: Zambian newborns exposed to HIV and antiretroviral drugs: Evolution of neutrophil cell count in the first 6 months Sub-­study of the ANRS 12174 trial in Zambia.

Maitreyi Murthy: Assessment of the utility of repeat tuberculin testing: a prospective study of adolescents in a high tuberculosis prevalence setting in South India.

Pugazendhi Murugan Erusappan: Molecular mechanisms of intergrin alpha 11.

Mark Gerard Musoba: Mobile Data collection in clinical trials. Integration of openClinica and openXdata to provide a mobile data collection solution.

Chola Nakazwe: The relationship between individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic factors and HIV prevalence in a national population based survey conducted in Zambia.

Kasusu Klint Nyamuryekung'e: Health and oral health related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors - a study of secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Nadia Raees: Clinical-anthropometrical mismatch in children of the rural area of Bwamanda, D.R. Congo.

Deepak Kumar Saini: Diagnostic utility of the tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay in children with probable intra-thoracic tuberculosis in India.

Yusra Adil A. Salih: Responses of Cementoblasts to Calcium Silicate Cement Root-end Filling Material.

Manjeswori Ulak: Cobalamin and folate status among young children in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Dharma Rao Uppada: Diagnosing tuberculosis among 609 adolescents (aged 12-18 years) with symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis at the Palamaner diagnostic Centre, South India.

Mesfin Haile Assfaw: The prevalence of HIV among registered TB patients in public DOTS clinic of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

Owaisuddin Ahmed: openXdata Mobile Charts: Instant graphic reports on mobile devices. Prototype software development and system usability survey.

Cuthbert Kabero Butendeli: The concept of exploitation in medical and health related research files: Literature analysis.

Magdalena Bastías García: Tuberculosis burden in Region XV: Factors possibly related to the highest incidence rates of tuberculosis in Chile.

Ferda Gülcan: Self-reported oral health status, attitudes, knowlegde and behaviors among mothers attending family health centres: A study form Turkey.

Nelson Jesuraj: Feasibility, utility and acceptability of gastric aspiration and induced sputum sampling in young children for the diagnosis of mycobacterial infections; study conducted as part of the development of a TB vaccine site in South India. 

Merete Kolberg: Lower extremity neuromuscular deficits associated with obstetric fistula.

Kefilwe Sandra Koogotsitse: The epidemiological context of HIV in Botswana with focus on young people: A secondary analysis of a national populationbased survey.

Charles Clarke Lodda: Taking stock of the state of population health in East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) a decade after Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 & 6. A review of DHS and WHO data (1995-2010).

Rahel N. Manumbu: Prevalence of selected behavioral and biological risk factors for non-communicable diseases among males and female in Rungwe district, Mbeya region, Tanzania.

Tatiana Alvarez Marin: Intervention models in mental health for victims of disasters: Models and results.

Diana Mahelai: Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Test and QuantiFERON TB Gold in-tube assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease in young children; study conducted as part of the development of a TB vaccine site in Southern India.

Stephen Mucunguzi: Reduction of maternal mortality in Uganda: An evaluation of a district-wide free-of-charge 4-wheel drive ambulance for emergency obstetric care in Oyam district.

Wadeia Mohazub Ali Mohamed Nur: Assessment of oral impact on daily performance, dental caries, oral hygiene and periodontal disease among a group of adult dental patients in Sudan.

Karine Renaudie: Knowledge, attitudes and practices addressing young child diarrhoea in Moramanga, Madagascar: The MOSAIQUE cross cultural qualitative study.

Munawar Hussain Soomro: Treatment supporters and their impact on treatment outcomes in routine TB programme conditions in district Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Mette Øxnevad: Perceptions and practices related to home based and facility based birth. A qualiative study from Agemssa, Ethiopia.

Sangita Bista: Public Health Response to HIV epidemics among IDUs in South Asia.

Cyril Chukwudi Dim: The growing burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria: trends of the disease prevalence and treatment outcome in Enugu state.

Meeru Gurung: Effect of zinc given to Nepalese children aged 2 to 35 months with pneumonia on thymus size after 3 and 6 months.

Jasmina Ilievska: End-of-life practices and experiences of health professionals and family members of terminally-ill patients in intensive care units in Macedonia: a qualitative research.

Toril Mørkve Knudsen: Prevalence of respiratory symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and reference values for lung function testing in Kinondoni district, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Anne Kari Knutsen: Perceptions and beliefs on tuberculosis and the influence on health seeking behaviour. A qualitative study in Kinondoni district, Dar es Salaam.

Tesfaye Hordofa Leta: Factors Associated with Utilization of Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing among Men (aged 15-59 years) in Ethiopia.

Marit Müller: Restricting food marketing aimed at children as a measure to reduce childhood obesity. Evaluation of the Norwegian policies and comparison to the British situation. An exploratory qualitative study.

Gloria Sakwari: Dust exposures and respiratory health among coffee processing workers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. 

Awor, Phyllis: Urgent Needs: A Literature Review of Strategies for Sustainable Access to Anti-retroviral Therapy for HIV/AIDS Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama: Epidemiology of perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: A community-based prospective cohort study.

Fossdal, Linn Veronica Smedsrød: The moderating effects of social support and perceived control on acculturation stress. A qualitative study among labour immigrants in Norway

Jeremiah, Kidola: Predictors of sputum conversion among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Mwanza, Tanzania

Lome, Solomon Oljira: Determinants of modern family planning utilization among young women (15-24 years) in Ethiopia.

Ngilangwa, David: Couple HIV counselling and testing in northern Tanzania: Prevalence and predictors of HIV-1 infection among cohabiting couples presenting for CHCT services in Moshi and Arusha municipalities.

Parajuli, Ranjan: Awareness and prevalence of acute mountain sickness and prevalence of obstructive airflow limitation among Nepalese porters: A cross-sectional study in Khumbu Valley, Nepal

Senkoro, Mbazi: Assessment of Sputum smear microscopy and culture conversion rates among HIV positive and HIV negative smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients starting tuberculosis treatment in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Skogen, Cathrine Kornmo: A cross sectional survey to assess prevalence of coerced sex and attitudes towards sexual violence among youths in selected secondary schools in Uganda

Spjeldnæs, Astrid Onarheim: Factors influencing malaria prevention and care - seeking patterns in Rufiji district, Tanzania: implications for public health

Basnet, Rajendra: Delay in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Banke District, Nepal.

Bwalya, Doreen: Chronic respiratory symptoms among the workers at Ndola limestone factory in Zambia.

Haimbe, Prudence Michelo: Assessment of occupational injuries and fatalities associated with copper mining in Zambia.

Kayondo, Josephine Zalwango: Exploring factors associated with early childhood caries and with first time exposure to sugared foods and drinks: a study of 6-36 months old Ugandan children.

Koricho, Absera Teshome: The fear of mother’s milk in the era of HIV: A qualitative study among HIV positive mothers and health professionals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Kyamba, Neema Jimmy: Challenges of living with diabetes in resource poor settings in Mbulu, Tanzania.

Mirkuzie, Alemnesh Hailemariam: Utilization of PMTCT services in Awassa town, Ethiopia.

Mork, Margrethe: “How could I take my pills when I can’t even afford food?” Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral treatment for HIV infected adults in Ethiopia.

Mwangala, Sheila Monde: Determinants of self-perceived risk of HIV infection: population-based observations in Zambia.

Njunga, John: Infant feeding experiences of HIV positive mothers enrolled in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programs - the case for rural Malawi.

Yiga, Dominic Bukenya: Impact of anti-retroviral therapy on sexual behaviour among Villa-Maria hospital clients, Masaka district, Uganda.

Beshah, Ferehiwet Gebremariam: Malnutrition among Young Children in Boricha, Sidama, Ethiopia.

Bikilla, Asfaw Demissie: Economic Evaluation of Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) in Ethiopia: Cost-Effectiveness of ART at a District Hospital.

Chang, Yaping: Epidemiological profile and treatment outcome of tuberculosis cases in Yueyanglou district, China.

Chipimo, Peter Jay: Mental Distress and the Impact of HIV: Data from a Population-Based Survey in Zambia.

Diwan, Vishal: Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria (Escherichia coli) in different aquatic compartments of two hospitals and their surrounding areas in Ujjain District, India–a pilot study.

Dræge, Trine-Lise: The Role of Men in the Maintenance and Change of Female Genital Cutting in Eritrea

Grönberg, Wiveca: Social support in HIV/AIDS prevention with girl street children in Guatemala.

Kandal, Øivind: L'Histoire du Manioc et du Konzo en Afrique Centrale.

Khanal, Rajesh Prasad: The fate of injecting drug users and HIV in South Asia. A systematic review.

Khitdee, Chiraporn: Health Seeking Behaviour among Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand: A Literature review.

Mutayoba, Beatrice Kemilembe: Targeted Active Case Finding in Household Contacts of Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients in a High Incidence Urban Setting

Mwandishi, Robert Solomon: Assessing women’s contraceptive use. A triangulation study from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Nahar, Nazmun: Local health practices and health seeking explanations in some Bangladeshi areas: Focus on food and sickness.

Nair, Sherena: Early intervention program in Down syndrome children – Evaluating parental satisfaction at the Kiwanis foundation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Nazarova, Sayora: Women’s health conceptions and cure seeking behavior in Tacob village, Tajikistan: A focus on STDs.

Oluwatosin, Kuti: The disease burden of HIV related Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Sub-Saharan Africa in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

P'oboth, Owor Stephen: Community Based Study on Knowledge, Practice and Perception of HIV-Voluntary Counseling and Testing for Couples in Tororo, Uganda.

Qureshi, Samera Azeem: Patient and Health System Delays: Health-Care Seeking Behavior and Symptoms among Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in Pakistan

Shilpa, Balgam: Cohort analysis of tuberculosis cases in Gujarat State in India: Challenging drug resistance?

Shumbullo, Eskindir Loha: Is HIV prevalence associated with poverty?

Tafesse, Eskedar Solomon: Home Based Care for HIV Patients in Awassa, Southern Ethiopia: The Role of Family Members and Community Home Based Caregivers.

Zyaambo, Cosmas Mudenda: Determinants of Health Care Seeking and Hospitalization in Zambia: Data from a Population-Based Survey

Yaliso Yaya: Transmission of Tuberculosis in Households: A Study from Gamo Gofa, South Ethiopia

Abate, Hareg Getachew: Self disclosure of HIV serostatus among people living with HIV/AIDS in Abbis Ababa, Ethiopia. Contribution to HIV prevention

Akalu, Masresha G.: Barriers to antiretroviral treatment adherence for patients living with HIV infections and AIDS in Arba Minch Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Banda, Richard: The impact of HIV on fertility: Evidence from population based surveys conducted in Zambia

Byamugisha, Robert: Male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIVprogramme in Mbale, Uganda

Kien, Vu Duy: Cost- effectiveness of a 100% condom use programme to prevent HIV infection for female sex workers in An Giang, Vietnam

Kilale, Andrew Martin: Determinants for introduction of community involvement in tuberculosis treatment in Mbulu district; Manyara Tanzania

Mutale, Wilbroad: Acceptability of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) in Zambia

Ndugulile, Lillian: Mothers’ knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

Noparast, Maryam: Breast cancer treatment in Iran

Rahman , Md. Hamidur: Association between ammonia exposure and respiratory health effect among the workers of urea fertilizer factory at Ghorashal, Bangladesh

Surajika, Jayasinghe A. Nishalie: Exploring health related issues of landmine victims in Sri Lanka

Wei, Qui: Tuberculosis awareness in China: A study of various population s in urban Jinzhou City

Zeleke, Zeyede K.: Exposure to dust and respiratory effects with special focus on cement dust

Abdul-Majeed, Nibras Ayad: Fissure caries and bacteria of first permanent molars and caries risk factors in 12-year-old schoolchildren in Baghdad, Iraq.

Cristea, Calin-Alexandru: Periodontal pathogens in combined periodontal-endodontic lesions.

Feleke, Yeweyenhareg: Studies of addision’s disease in Ethiopia.

Huong, Pham Thi Mai: Oral health status and oral care habits in type 2 diabetic patients and non-diabetic controls in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Josephson, Mogga Stanley: Host parasite relationship in M.tuberculosis infection. The role of apoptosis in understanding the biology of m.tuberculosis evasion mechanisms.

Kulasekara, Mudiyanselage Keerthi: Role of basement membrane proteins on oral cancer invasion: An immunohistochemical study using in vitro organotypic cell culture models of normal and neoplastic oral mucosa.

Mphahele, Matsie Theodora: Pyrazinamide resistance among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from South-African pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

Thai, Pham Quang: Outcome and impact of an HIV preventive project in An Giang province, Vietnam.

Tikas, Triinu: Drug use among Russian-speaking minority.

Zulu, Richard: Improving the effectiveness of HIV prevention among young people. A study on factors affecting differential HIV transmission trends in two selected sites in Zambia.

Berhe, Hailu Tesfaye: Morbidity pattern among HIV-1 infected and uninfected Ethiopian Children admitted to a district hospital in Southern Ethiopia.

Buregyeya, Esther: Factors associated with HIV risk behaviour among employees of Kakira sugar works in Jinja district, Uganda.

Draghincescu, Roxana: In vitro antibacterial effect of the carisolv-2 system.

Gombachika, Belinda Thandizo: Experiences of HIV-positive pregnant women: A qualitative study from Lilongwe urban, Malawi.

Katoba, Juliet: Syphilis trends and relationship with changes in HIV prevalence among antenatal clinic attendees in Zambia.

Klungsøyr, Jørn Ivar: Handheld computers for data collection in field research in Uganda. Development of EpiHandy and field tests.

Lwin, Thandar: Drug resistant tuberculosis in Yangon, Myanmar.

Mamuya, Simon Henry David: Assessment of dust, quartz and respiratory symptoms among coal mine workers in Kiwira, Tanzania.

Mulat, Tesfaye: Clinical and awareness assessment of burns in Ethiopia.

Chandyo, Ram Krishna: Cobalamin and folate status among women of reproductive age in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Degu, Shiferaw: Cleft lip and palate (Cheilo-Gnatho-Palatochisis) in Ethiopia; prevalence, social and health implications with special emphasis on oral health

Kassa, Dejene Hailu: Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour of secondary school students about HIV/AIDS in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Keobouahome, Bounelome: Issues on health insurance and universal coverage in Lao PDR.

Rakgole, Johnny Nare: Evaluation of a molecular diagnostic technique for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with acid-fast bacilli smear-negative sputum specimens.

Shaaly, Aishath: Comparison of serotyping, pulsed field gel electrophoresis and amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing of streptococcus pneumoniae.

Wamani, Henry: Feeding practices and nutrition status with their potential determinants for infants and young children less than 2 years of age, Hoima district, Uganda.

Waruru, Anthony Kabui: Exploring audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) for information gathering on infant feeding in the context of HIV.

Ampofo, Brenya: Substance abuse in Ghana: The case of remar rehabilitation centres.

Gabaake, Kebabonye P.: Exploring the Namibian refugees' experiences with camp life: The case of Dukwi camp, Botswana.

Joshi, Sunil K: Analysis of possible occupational related lung cancer among the patients attending Bhaktapur Cancer Care Centre, Bhaktapur, Nepal. A pilot study.

Kelaeng, Moses Oukame: Safety performance in building construction industry. The effect of feedback using scaffolds as an example.

Mwanza, Jean Claude: Neuro-ophthalmologic disturbances and visual evoked potential in Konzo, a neurologic disorder in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ogwell, Ezra Ouma: Assessing and explaining use of tobacco among primary school students in Kenya.

Salpou, Daniel: Ultrasound assessment of gestational age. Reference charts for Cameroon.

Amare, Be-ede Lemma: International prostate symptom score and uroflowmetry for Ethiopian patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and urethral stricture.

Chamorro Ibarra, Alexandra: Satisfaction with dental care in Nicaragua: A study among non-civil workers at the Mauricio abdalah dental clinic in Managua, Nicaragua.

Didilescu, Andreea C.: Dental plaque as a reservoir of respiratory pathogens. A study of Romanian hospitalized chronic lung-diseased patients.

El-Kord, Eyad I.: Effects of sulfur, seleno-substituted fatty acids on superoxide radical generation in polymorphonuclear cells.

Georgescu, Carmen Elena: Validated chemical immersion disinfection of dental alginate impressions using aqueous sodium hypochlorite.

Iakimtchouk, Konstantin: A possible viral etiology of primary Sjögren’s syndrome.

Jukneliene, Dalia: Assessment of the microbiota of subgingival dental plaque in Lithuanian periodontal patients.

Kempinen, Marina: Occupational health risk assessment of chemical agents used in a surgical department of a hospital in Estonia. With special reference to nitrous oxide and formaldehyde.

Lepisk, Katrin: Occupational health risk assessment among brewery workers. With special reference to noise exposure.

Mashoto, Kijakazi Obed: Clinical and subjective indicators of dental fluorosis: A study among secondary school children and the opinion of "dental students" in Tanzania.

Materu, Jerome William: Risk assessment of respiratory symptoms among workers exposed to cotton dust in textile industries in Tanzania.

Olsnes, Carla: Monocyte-squamous cell carcinoma interactions: Impact on metastasis.

Owusu-Amoako, Margaret: Nutritional status and humoral immune response in Ghanaian children.

Puso, Kwele Kegalale: The magnitude of injury problem at Botswana meat commission plant in Lobatse.

Segokgo, Morgan Odirile: Noise exposure, its related subjective symptoms, availability and use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) among blue-collar workers in textile factories in Botswana.

Abdulkader, Amina: Assessing maternal mortality in Afabet sub-district northern Red Sea Zone, Eritrea.

Dhakal, Sanjaya: Impact of vitamin A supplementation to mothers in the postpartum period and their infants at routine immunisation contacts during early infancy on vitamin A status at 6 and 9 months of age.

Gossoma, Belay Roma: Surgical wound infection and bacterial resistance in Sidama, South Ethiopia.

Kamwela, Jerome: Assessing oral health related quality of life. A survey among young adults attending higher learning institutions in Tanzania.

Li, Lingli: A novel pathway for the conversion of homocysteine to methionine.

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Munanura, Benon Muranga: Early-onset Periodontitis in Adolescents and Young Adults in Uganda.

Mwansasu, Andwele: Detection of HSV in genital ulcers from STD patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Myers, Lugemwa: User-financing in four Ugandan Public Hospitals knowledge, attitudes and perceived impact among key stakeholders.

Nega, Kidano Estifanos: Epidemiology of burn injuries in Mekele, Tigray, North Ethiopia

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Asfaw, Berhane Siraw: Polyneuropathy in Norway and Ethiopia.

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Hanganu, Stela Carmen: Clinical and microbiological status in Romanian Schoolchildren after six years of application of two caries preventive programmes.

Islam, Rafiqul: Ethical issues in the physician patient relationship and resource allocation in health care in Bangladesh.

Kiwelu, Ireen: Envelope subtyping of primary HIV-1 isolates from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Masokoyih, Watiti Jackson: Oral health related behaviours, knowledge and beliefs among Ugandan primary school student teachers. A study carried out in Kampala and Mbale districts.

Tadesse, Selamawit: TGF-b expression in slowly progressive primary and latent murine tuberculosis.

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Wandwalo, Eluid Richard: Delay in management of pulmonary tuberculosis. A study of the magnitude and factors responsible for delay in case finding and treatment of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Aboud, Said: Antibodies to tetanus toxoid in women of childbearing, age and children in Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Chen, Xin: Antioxidant Properties of Sulphur, Seleno-Substituted Fatty Acids - Interaction with superoxide radical.

Eseko, Nicholas: Analysis of maternal and perinatal care systems in Tanzania and assessment of the actual situation in Arusha Region.

Kida, Irene Anderson: Recall and perception of school based oral health education and factors affecting oral health related behaviour - A study among adolescents attending secondary schools, in Kibaha District, Tanzania.

Mwangosi, Ibrahim E. A. T.: Suitability of present and future primary school teachers as oral health educators in Tanzania.

Seth, Adu-Afarwuah: Effect of fish-protein supplementation on some aspects of humoral immunity: A study with Ghanaian children.

Tadesse, Azeb: Organ specific in vivo and in vitro cytokine production in chronic murine tuberculosis.

Wandera, Margaret: Fluoride exposure in pre-school children in Kasese District, Uganda.

Masenga, Elisante John: Atopic dermatitis: A clinical and epidemiological study in a village in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania.

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