Severity of illness and mortality among children admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Botswana: A secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: Data on triage practices of children admitted to Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana is limited. The inpatient triage, assessment, and treatment score was developed for low resource settings to predict mortality in children. We assess its performance among children admitted to Princess Marina Hospital and their demographic, clinical, and risk factors for death.

Evaluation of a comprehensive sexuality education program in La Romana, Dominican Republic.

Background: The Dominican Republic (DR) has some of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean. Well-designed comprehensive sexuality education programs (CSEP) can reduce risky sexual behavior. This study sought to evaluate the Módulo Anexo Materno Infantil (MAMI) adolescent clinic's CSEP in changing knowledge of STI and pregnancy and attitudes towards risky sexual behavior following implementation.

Cervical cancer screening among transactional female sex workers in the Dominican Republic.

Cervical cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death and the second most diagnosed cancer among women in developing countries. We determined the prevalence of abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap), high-risk HPV (hrHPV), and colposcopy among transactional female sex workers (FSWs) in La Romana, Dominican Republic. The results of 144 FSWs of ages 18-54 years who completed a demographic interview and Pap testing with hrHPV detection between June 2015 and April 2016 were analyzed.