Introduction: cancer care involves a long-term treatment plan with a demand for continuous care which currently is largely being offered as an outpatient service and worldwide family caregiving is becoming the backbone for long-term care delivery. There is a paucity of information regarding family caregi...
Introduction: Emergency healthcare services enable early detection and life-saving interventions for time sensitive acute injuries and illnesses. The aim of this paper was to assess health care professional’s perception towards determinants of effective emergency healthcare services in public health ce...
Chisenga, Mukosha;
Dlamini, Bongani;
Mwendera, Nyasha;
Maquina, Paulo;
Hamainza, Busiku;
Martins, José Franco;
Saute, Francisco;
Bock, Henrico;
Gosling, Roly;
Bennett, Adam;
Smith, Jennifer;
Kleinschmidt, Immo.
Background The importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight (E8) established 39 border health facilities on 5 key international borders between high and low-burden countries. These clinics aimed to im...
Objectives: This study compared the infection rates, degree of encrustation, symptoms, and complications in patients regarding the duration of urethral catheterisation (three weeks, six weeks, and eight weeks).
Design: A cross-sectional study with stratified simple random sampling
Setting: Urology Unit, ...
Introduction: the practice of dentistry in contemporary times produces considerable waste that could be harmful to individuals and the environment at large. In Ghana and many other jurisdictions, there are guidelines that outline how these wastes should be managed. This study was conducted to explore pra...
Background.The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Shisha use has recently been gaining increased popularity in many developed and developing countries.Objective. To determine the prevalence of shisha use among students in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and ...
Objective: The study aimed to assess the determinants of enrolment in health insurance schemes among people living
with HIV.
Design: The study was a cross-sectional study. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 371 HIV clients attending the clinic. Chi-s...
Objective: This survey determined the utilisation of eye care services and associated factors among adults in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
Design: A population-based cross-sectional descriptive study
Method: Data for this study was collected from 1615 randomly selected individuals in the Ashanti region o...
Introduction: controlling the worldwide pandemic, coronavirus disease (COVID-19), could be impossible due to the hesitancy about the available vaccines and the difficulty to implement strict restrictions. Little information is available about herd immunity in the highly vulnerable region of North East Af...
Clinicopathologic correlation of skin biopsies is relevant in a dermatology patient's
management. The study aimed to conduct a clinicopathologic corellation of skin samples.
Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 2,396 skin biopsy specimens submitted between January 2015 and December 2021. ...
