African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Prevalence of pre-diabetes and risk factors among secondary school adolescents in Osogbo Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria.
Pre-diabetes is an emerging public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. ⋯ These findings affirmed that prediabetes is becoming common problem among Nigerian adolescents. There is therefore need for stakeholders to face this challenge before it becomes endemic.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Evaluation of PCR pncA-restriction fragment length polymorphism and PCR amplification of genomic regions of difference for the identification of M. bovis strains in lymph nodes cultures.
A rapid accurate identification of Mycobacterium bovis is essential for surveillance purposes. ⋯ PCR pncA-RFLP and RD-PCR represent very accurate and rapid tools to identify M. bovis. They can be easily implemented in each laboratory due to their low cost and easy use.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Covid-19 pandemic: chronicle of responses and experiences of the infection prevention and control committee at a tertiary hospital in southwest Nigeria.
Since the advent of 2019-Corona virus Disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria in February 2020, the number of confirmed cases has risen astronomically to over 61,307 cases within 8 months with more than 812 healthcare workers infected and some recorded deaths within their ranks. Infection prevention and control is a key component in ensuring safety of healthcare workers in the hospital as healthcare-associated infection is one of the most common complications of healthcare management. ⋯ The Infection Prevention and Control Committee is a recognised group by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention with their core programmes including drawing up activities, procedures and policies designed to achieve above-stated objectives before, during and after any disease outbreak, especially emerging and re-emerging ones such as the 2019 Coronavirus Disease. In this report, we highlight the roles played by the Infection Prevention and Control Committee of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within and outside the hospital community and the lessons learned to date.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Evaluating the Novel Coronavirus infection outbreak surveillance results in a state hospital: a retrospective study.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has raised the global public health concern and has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. ⋯ It was found that the majority of the patients were male and there were differences between the age groups in terms of transmission route, the clinic where they were being followed-up, some symptoms, and clinical status outcome. It is recommended that multi-center, prospective, experimental, or observational studies with larger samples should be and the patients should be followed-up for longer periods.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Comparative yield of different active TB case finding interventions in a large urban TB project in central Uganda: a descriptive study.
Systematic screening for TB among patients presenting to care and among high risk populations is recommended to improve TB case finding. We aimed to describe the comparative yield of three TB screening approaches implemented by a large urban TB project in central Uganda. ⋯ Targeted community TB screening interventions improve access to TB diagnosis for men and children 0-14 years.