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Life expectations in early adolescence and the timing of first sex and marriage: evidence from a longitudinal survey in Ethiopia by Lindstrom, David P, Sahlu, Ida, Belachew, Tefera, Gerbaba, Mulusew

“…Raising the median age at first sexual intercourse and first marriage among females is a policy goal of the Ethiopian government. Education figures prominently…”
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The impact of imperfect screening tools on measuring the prevalence of epilepsy and headaches in Burkina Faso by Sahlu, Ida, Bauer, Cici, Ganaba, Rasmané, Preux, Pierre-Marie, Cowan, Linda D, Dorny, Pierre, Millogo, Athanase, Carabin, Hélène

“…Epilepsy and progressively worsening severe chronic headaches (WSCH) are the two most common clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis, a form of…”
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Estimating the association between being seropositive for cysticercosis and the prevalence of epilepsy and severe chronic headaches in 60 villages of rural Burkina Faso by Sahlu, Ida, Carabin, Hélène, Ganaba, Rasmané, Preux, Pierre-Marie, Cissé, Assana Kone, Tarnagda, Zekiba, Gabriël, Sarah, Dermauw, Veronique, Dorny, Pierre, Bauer, Cici, Millogo, Athanase

“…Individuals diagnosed with neurocysticercosis often present with epilepsy and sometimes with progressively worsening severe chronic headaches (WSCH). While…”
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Human Cysticercosis in 60 Villages in Three Provinces of Burkina Faso by Carabin, Hélène, Millogo, Athanase, Cissé, Assana, Gabriël, Sarah, Sahlu, Ida, Dorny, Pierre, Bauer, Cici, Tarnagda, Zekiba, Cowan, Linda D, Ganaba, Rasmané

“…Taenia solium, a zoonotic infection transmitted between humans and pigs, is considered an emerging infection in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet individual and…”
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Effectiveness of a community-based educational programme in reducing the cumulative incidence and prevalence of human Taenia solium cysticercosis in Burkina Faso in 2011–14 (EFECAB): a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Carabin, Hélène, Millogo, Athanase, Ngowi, Helena A, Bauer, Cici, Dermauw, Veronique, Koné, Assana Cissé, Sahlu, Ida, Salvator, Alicia L, Preux, Pierre-Marie, Somé, Télesphore, Tarnagda, Zékiba, Gabriël, Sarah, Cissé, Rabiou, Ouédraogo, Jean-Bosco, Cowan, Linda D, Boncoeur-Martel, Marie-Paule, Dorny, Pierre, Ganaba, Rasmané

“…The effectiveness of drug-free interventions in controlling human cysticercosis is not well known. We aimed to estimate the effectiveness of a community-based…”
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HIV status, knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and antenatal care use among Ethiopian women by Sahlu, Ida, Howe, Chanelle J, Clark, Melissa A, Marshall, Brandon D.L

“…Abstract Objective To determine whether HIV status and knowledge of mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) of HIV are associated with antenatal care (ANC) use…”
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Obtaining Prevalence Estimates of COVID-19: A Model to Inform Decision-making by Sahlu, Ida, Whittaker, Alexander B

“…We evaluate whether randomly sampling and testing a set number of individuals for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) while adjusting for misclassification…”
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Obtaining Prevalence Estimates of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Model to Inform Decision-Making by Sahlu, Ida, Whittaker, Alexander B

“…Abstract We evaluated whether randomly sampling and testing a set number of individuals for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) while adjusting for…”
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Human Cysticercosis in 60 Villages in Three Provinces of Burkina Faso: e0004248 by Carabin, Hélène, Millogo, Athanase, Cissé, Assana, Gabriël, Sarah, Sahlu, Ida, Dorny, Pierre, Bauer, Cici, Tarnagda, Zekiba, Cowan, Linda D, Ganaba, Rasmané

“…Background Taenia solium, a zoonotic infection transmitted between humans and pigs, is considered an emerging infection in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet individual…”
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Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Serotypes Before and After Mass Azithromycin Distributions for Trachoma by Keenan, Jeremy D., Sahlu, Ida, McGee, Lesley, Cevallos, Vicky, Vidal, Jorge E., Chochua, Sopio, Hawkins, Paulina, Gebre, Teshome, Tadesse, Zerihun, Emerson, Paul M., Gaynor, Bruce D., Lietman, Thomas M., Klugman, Keith P.

“…Twenty-four Ethiopian communities were randomized to receive either (1) quarterly mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma for 1 year or (2) delayed…”
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