African health sciences
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African health sciences · Jun 2014
Relationship between sonographic umbilical cord size and gestational age among pregnant women in Enugu, Nigeria.
Common fetal parameters for gestational age (GA) estimation have pitfalls especially in advanced pregnancy and pregnancy complicated by fetal structural anomaly. ⋯ Umbilical cord size had strong linear relationship with common fetal GA estimation parameters and could be used to compliment these parameters for GA estimation.
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African health sciences · Jun 2014
Is consanguinity prevalence decreasing in Saudis?: A study in two generations.
Saudi population is unique in that there is a strong preference for cousin marriages in the general population. We studied the prevalence of consanguinity in educated Saudi females and compared the results with the results obtained in their parents, to access if a generation difference in which extensive educational activities have prevailed to inform the people of the influence of cousin marriages on health, has made any difference in prevalence of consanguineous marriages. ⋯ The results did not reveal any decrease in the prevalence of consanguinity over a generation. This shows that the tradition of marrying within the family is a preferred practice, despite the awareness that certain genetic disorders occur at a higher frequency in cousin marriages. There is a need at the primary health care level to inform the public of the consequences of this common practice.
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African health sciences · Jun 2014
The rate and cost of hospitalisation in children with sickle cell anaemia and its implications in a developing economy.
There is paucity of data on the cost and rate of hospitalization in children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in most developing nations. ⋯ The rate and the cost of hospitalization for children with SCA and the percentage of income spent on hospitalization were too high in our environment. Government should strengthen the National Health Insurance Scheme and subsidise the cost of care to these children.