Mind the Gap: What explains the education-related inequality in missed opportunities for vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa? Compositional and structural characteristics

Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) is an important barrier hindering full immunisation coverage among eligible children.Though factors responsible for MOV are well documented in literature, little attention has been paid to the role of inequalities.The aim of this study is to examine the association between structural or compositional facto

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Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) enhances susceptibility and increases the window of vulnerability to HIV-1 in humanized mice

Abstract The progestin-based hormonal contraceptive Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) is widely used in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV-1 is endemic.Meta-analyses have shown that women using DMPA are 40% more likely than women not using hormonal contraceptives to acquire Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1).Therefore understanding how DMPA inc

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