African health sciences
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African health sciences · Jun 2022
Assessment of knowledge of malaria and its control practices in mining and sugarcane growing regions of Western Kenya highlands.
Despite upscaled control efforts, deaths and hospitalization due to malaria remained high in counties of western Kenya highlands. ⋯ There was awareness of the risk factors of malaria transmission in the study sites. The local communities must be mobilized and empowered through EIC for the control practises to bear fruit against malaria transmission. However, more sensitization needs to be done to optimize the use of malaria control practices.
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African health sciences · Jun 2022
Relationship of serum lipid profiles in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy, Bangladesh.
The purpose of this present study to investigate the lipid profile levels and basal body mass index in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy in Bangladeshi women. ⋯ Abnormal lipid profile and increased body mass index is contributed to the development of preeclampsia. The frequent antenatal monitoring of lipid profiles provides the status which helps to require management and reduces the preeclampsia which enhances maternal and fetal wellbeing and fetal outcome.
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African health sciences · Jun 2022
Prevalence and factors associated with intergenerational sexual partnerships among undergraduate health science students in Eswatini.
Intergenerational sexual partnerships (IGSPs) put young people at an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV and AIDS. However, their burden and predictors remain poorly understood. ⋯ Being female and being a recipient of money from a sexual partner were negatively associated with IGSPs. The relatively high prevalene of IGSPs calls for health education campaigns targeting university students on the negative consequences associated with IGSPs, especially among young women.
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African health sciences · Jun 2022
Outcome and prognostic markers of cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients admitted to a hepatology ICU in a tertiary care university hospital.
Patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis are not given priority for ICU admission in the settings of limited place availability. Recently, advances in medical care led to improvement in their survival. Our aim is to study the outcome of patients admitted to our hepatology ICU. ⋯ The mortality of cirrhotic patients admitted to ICU is not higher than non-cirrhotic patients. SOFA score is a good prognostic indicator in patients with cirrhosis.
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African health sciences · Jun 2022
Crude extracts activity of three selected medicinal plants from the Venda region against some pathogenic organisms.
The emerging of antimicrobial resistance has become a problem as it is threatening public health worldwide. ⋯ The results from this study show that the selected medicinal plants are active against Mycobacterium smegmatis and Staphylococcus aureus and their pharmacological properties can be further analyzed for the development of new drugs.