Background: The Department of Health in South Africa has reported an alarming total of 90 037 teenage girls between the ages of 10 years and 19 years who gave birth from March 2021 to April 2022, across all provinces and districts. The rise in teenage pregnancy is of serious concern as adolescents girls ...
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Pregnancy in Adolescence,
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National Health Programs
Introduction: sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a boom in the number of adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYALHIV). Existing HIV intervention programs are mainly for children and adults living with HIV, with little attention paid to AYALHIV. Characterizing this population is necessary for pl...
Background: HIV remains a significant global public health issue, claiming 36.3 million lives worldwide. In 2020, approximately 1.75 million adolescents aged 10-19 were living with HIV globally, with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 88% of these cases. Tanzania has a national HIV prevalence of...
Les adolescents vivant avec le VIH ont de moins bons résultats que
les adultes en matière de soins, en particulier lors de la transition entre les soins
pédiatriques et les soins aux adultes. L’ Objectif était de décrire les particularités
socio familiales, cliniques, para cliniques et thérap...
The advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in controlling Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease has been quite effective in ensuring that infected people can enjoy healthy, long, and productive lives. Medication adherence is an essential part of patient care, especially among patients with HIV, as i...
Background: The Nigerian government implemented the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) in 2015, which prohibits tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) exposure to children under 18 years of age. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of attitudes and exposure to TAPS among in ...
Introduction. Le cancer du col de l’utérus (CCU) demeure un problème majeur de santé publique et il est le quatrième cancer le plus répandu chez les femmes à l’échelle mondiale. L’objectif est de contribuer à l’améliorationde niveau de connaissance des adolescentes sur le ca...
Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHRs) are the rights of all people regardless of their age, sex and other characteristics to
make choices about their own reproductive issues. This study aimed to explore and describe adolescents’ perceptions, knowledge
and exercises of SRHR and associated factor...
Objective: To determine maternal and neonatal complications occurring at childbirth
among adolescents.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective, descriptive study
conducted from 1st July to 31st December 2019 at the maternity ward of the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital Centre (CHU- SO), Lomé, ...
The high global prevalence of mental disorders justifies the need to quantify their burden in the sub-Saharan Africa where there is a dearth of information. These mental disorders are linked to different socio-demographic factors. Objective To determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with ment...
