Objective: Poor sanitation is estimated to be responsible for about 432,000 deaths annually in low- and middle-income countries. Widespread pollution and poor public health conditions in many areas of Nigeria led to an authoritarian military regime's introduction of mandatory monthly sanitation day. Sinc...
Background: With the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), life expectancy of HIV-infected persons had increased and the disease is now managed as a chronic one, but the quality of life (QOL) of the patients is now a concern. Social support enhances QOL of patients with chronic illnesses. ...
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was declared a pandemic and described as a disease of public
health emergency caused worldwide disruption of business activities, education, tourism and health challenges including
death. Prevention is a viable strategy to contain the pandemic, includ...
Introduction: Tuberculosis ranks the second highest cause of adult mortality after HIV in the world. The Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) strategy is aimed at following up on patients’ adherence to treatment regimen.
Objectives: To assess the level of compliance of patients to the DOTS s...
O Comité Nacional de Bioética para a Saúde em Moçambique (CNBS) tem como missão principal fazer a revisão, para aprovação ética, de todas as propostas de pesquisa em saúde, que envolvam seres humanos, realizadas em todo o território nacional, submetidas pelos investigadores, sejam estes n...
Background: The novel Coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. In Ethiopia, The COVID-19 pandemic was expanding geopgraphically overtime. Understanding the spatial variation of the pandemic and the level of compliances towards COVID-19 prevention strategies is important to guide f...
