Background: Increasing chronic diseases challenges the health systems of low- and middleincome countries, including Cameroon. Type 1 diabetes (T1D), among the most common chronic diseases in children, poses particular care delivery challenges. Aim: We examined social representations of patients’ roles ...
Background: Understanding the intersection of epilepsy and pregnancy, including knowledge gaps and healthcare access for women with epilepsy (WWE), is critical. This study evaluated WWE knowledge gaps and information needs concerning epilepsy’s impact on their sexual and reproductive health during preg...
Chronic Disease,
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Pregnant Women,
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Delivery of Health Care,
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Background: The World Health Organization, stated that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic not only affected the socioeconomic well-being of millions but also had adverse effects on public health, particularly in the management of chronic diseases at the primary healthcare (PHC) level. What ...
Objectives: This study determined the prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors among patients attending the HIV clinic at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).
Design: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at KBTH. The prevalence of hypertension was estimated among study part...
Background: Severe COVID-19 disease has been reported among people with underlying conditions such as diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. This study determined the outcomes of COVID-19 among patients with comorbidities in Kaduna state, where we have the hi...
Introduction: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is an important global and national public health concern. It contributes tounder-five mortality but is also largely a preventable disease.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of and mortality associated with SAM.
Design: A retrospective revi...
Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection caused more than five million deaths throughout the world and more than five thousand deaths in Libya, a little is known about the mortality rate and the risk factors for death from this serious infectious disease in Libya. T...
Introdução: A pandemia da COVID-19 colocou desafios ao sistema habitual de atendimento dos doentes em Moçambique, devido ao risco que o atendimento presencial representa para a sua transmissão. Os doentes crónicos que acorrem aos serviços de urgências constituem um grupo de alto risco para infecç...
Background: Studies exploring HIV knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of individuals
with severe mental illness (SMI) have suggested their poorer knowledge about HIV. In
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, South Africa (SA), the epicentre of the country’s HIV
epidemic, improving KAP is essential for red...
Introdução: As doenças crónicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) apresentam uma tendência crescente em Moçambique, onde causam 28% de mortes hospitalares. Estas doenças estão geralmente associadas a quatro factores de risco comportamentais: tabagismo, alcoolismo, inactividade física e alimentação i...
