Systematic scoping review of interventions to prevent and respond to child marriage across Africa: progress, gaps and priorities

Objectives Despite the high prevalence of child marriage in Africa, little is known about the current state of the evidence on interventions to prevent and respond to child marriage in the region.The objectives of this systematic scoping review are to describe the breadth of existing evidence on child marriage prevention and response interventions,

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Protective ventilation with high versus low positive end-expiratory pressure during one-lung ventilation for thoracic surgery (PROTHOR): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) may result in longer duration of in-hospital stay and even mortality.Both thoracic surgery and intraoperative mechanical ventilation settings add considerably to the risk of PPC.It is unclear if one-lung ventilation (OLV) for thoracic surgery with a strategy of intraoperative high posi

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