Background Rwanda reported significant reductions in malaria burden following scale up of
control intervention from 2005 to 2010. This study sought to; measure malaria prevalence, …

… Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables, and Fisher’s exact test for binary variables,
were used for cross-sectional comparisons. Bivariable logistic regression was used to …

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Background Sexually transmitted and urogenital infections are typically managed by WHO-recommended
syndromic algorithms in resource-poor countries, and presumptively in Europe…

… hypothesized that a contraceptive vaginal ring (CVR) containing oestrogen enhances a
lactobacilli-dominated vaginal microbial community despite biomass accumulation on the CVR’s …

… tabulations with χ² tests of independence) and Little’s missing completely at random (MCAR)
test. The results of Little’s missing completely at random tests showed that the data were …

… The percentage of women with incident urogenital symptom(s) or sign(s) during at least one
ring removal visit did not statistically significantly differ between intermittent and continuous …

… Comparison of proportions between categorical and ordered categorical variables was done
with Chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact tests. Statistical significance was determined at the 5…

Background Introduction of contraceptive vaginal rings (CVRs) could expand the
contraceptive method mix reducing the unmet need for family planning in Rwanda, but data on …

The artemisinin-based combination therapy artemether-lumefantrine is commonly used in
pregnant malaria patients. However, the effect of pregnancy-related changes on exposure is …