Results: 25

Prévalence et facteurs prédicteurs des troubles post-traumatiques chez les accidentés de la voie publique
Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder in road traffic accidents

Pan Afr. med. j; 47 (NA), 2024
Introduction: les troubles post-traumatiques survenant à la suite d'un accident de la route ont un impact tant sanitaire qu'économique. Méthodes: notre étude prospective, vise à déterminer la prévalence de ces troubles, et de dégager leurs facteurs de risque auprès de sujets victimes d'accidents...

Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes among apparently healthy women with normal and abnormal cervical cytology in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Background: About 99.7% of cervical dysplasia and cancer cases are caused by persistent genital high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection. Most HPV infections are subclinical and self-limiting but may persists in about 5 to 10% of infected women, resulting in pre-cancerous lesions that can progres...

Bacteriologic profile, antibiotics resistance pattern, and outcomes of patients admitted to Lancet General Hospital from June 2022 to June 2023: A retrospective cohort study

Ethiop. Med. j; 62 (1), 2024
Background Prior studies indicated increased antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia, with related health, economic, and environmental costs. Knowing an institutions and population microbiologic profile allows for proper antibi-otic treatment, which substantially impact patients’ outcomes such as healthca...

Availability of resources for paediatric hearing care in a South African province

Background: Unavailability of healthcare resources can lead to poor patient outcomes. The latter is true for infants with hearing loss and require early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI). Aim: To determine the availability and distribution of resources for EHDI in state hospitals in the Eastern C...

Apport du scanner thoracique dans le dépistage des cas suspects de COVID-19 au Service d’imagerie médicale du Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire (CHU) de Libreville - Gabon
Contribution of chest ct-scan in the screening of suspected cases of COVID-19 at the Medical Imaging Department

J. afr. imag. méd; 16 (1), 2024
Objectifs.Evaluer l’apport de la TDM thoracique dans le diagnostic de la COVID-19 chez les patients suspects en prenant comme référence le Test RT –PCR et secondairement déterminer les anomalies scanographiques caractéristiques associés au Test RT –PCR.Matériels etméthodes.Il s...

Effect of Hepatitis B Vaccination on HBV-infection among school children in Yaounde ten years after its introduction of the HBV vaccine into routine Immunization Program in Cameroon

Pan Afr. med. j; 47 (), 2024
Introduction: since the introduction of the anti-HBV vaccine into the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in 2005 in Cameroon, vaccination coverage has reached 99.0%. This coverage would indicate an increase the number of children immune to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and a decrease in susceptibility to H...

Provision of cervical cancer services for women living with HIV, Uganda

Bull. W.H.O. (Print); 102 (6), 2024
Objective To describe the scale-up of cervical cancer screening and treatment for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), aged 25–49 years in Uganda, and to analyse the programme data. Methods The health ministry targeted existing HIV clinics in a 2-year scale-up of cervical cancer screen...

Community tuberculosis screening, testing and care, Uganda

Bull. W.H.O. (Print); 102 (6), 2024
Objective To assess the effectiveness of a community-based tuberculosis and leprosy intervention in which village health teams and health workers conduct door-to-door tuberculosis screening, targeted screenings and contact tracing. Methods We conducted a before-and-after implementation study in Uganda to...

Dénutrition chez les patients en postopératoire de chirurgie digestive dans deux hôpitaux publics au Bénin en 2022
Undernutrition in postoperative digestive surgery patients in two public hospitals in Benin in 2022

Bénin Médical; 69 (), 2024
Objectif : Déterminer la fréquence et les facteurs associés à la dénutrition en postopératoire dans deux hôpitaux universitaires publics au Bénin. Méthode : Il s’agissait d’une étude observationnelle transversale descriptive et analytique, qui s’est déroulée de mai à juillet 2022. Un r...

Predominant amino acid substitutions in NS5B gene of hepatitis C virus in blood donors and treatment-naïve hepatitis and HIV patients in Nigeria

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome undergoes high rate of mutation, which results in generation of genetically diverse HCV isolates. There is paucity of data on mutations in the nonstructural 5b (NS5b) gene of circulating HCV and their implications in the Nigerian population. Here, we identified ...