BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant clinical and public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the magnitude of PPD, early detection, treatment, and prevention of PPD remain a challenge in Ethiopia. This study aims to assess the magnitude and associated fact...
Introduction: Massive Obstetric Haemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The management of obstetric haemorrhage requires a systematic and standardized approach to have a favourable maternal outcome. We describe the prevalence, aetiology, current managem...
Introduction: Malnutrition results from insufficient, excessive, or imbalanced intake of nutrients. The contributory factors include poverty, lack of access to food and family knowledge, inadequate healthcare, and recurring illnesses. This study aimed to gather data on the nutrition-related knowledge, at...
Okobalemba, Etienne Atenguena;
Fossa, Lionel Tabola;
Esson Mapoko, Berthe Sabine;
Chi Ndi, Kenn;
Nseme Etouckey, Georges Eric;
Bambara Tozoula, Augustin;
Tayou, Rachel;
Sango, Anne Juliette Flora;
Sando, Zacharie;
Ndom, Paul.
Introduction.In Cameroon, there are 20745 new cases of cancer each year and 13199 cancer-related deaths. A great numberof patients have advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis. These advanced stages explain the high mortality rate, but not the immediate cause of death....
Colorectal Neoplasms,
Cervix Uteri,
Diagnosis,
Breast,
Hematologic Neoplasms,
Medical Oncology,
Multiple Organ Failure,
Mortality,
Hospitals, General,
Age Groups
Introduction. La tuberculose est dite multifocale (TMF) lorsqu ́il y a l ́atteinte d ́au moins deux sites extra pulmonaires non contigus associée ou non à une atteinte pulmonaire. Cette étude avait pour but d’étudier les aspects épidémiologiques, diagnostics et évolutifs de la TMF au service ...
Introduction. La fréquence, la présentation et le devenir de cardiomyopathie du peripartum (CMPP) varient considérablement dans le monde. Au Niger, les données sont inexistantes d’où le but de notre étude qui était de préciser les aspects épidémiologiques, diagnostiques, thérapeutiques et é...
Background:Methicillin resistant S. aureus(MRSA) has become a major public health predicament worldwide. This is owing to its involvement in the evolution of MDR strains and difficulty in therapeutic management of infected patients. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of methicillin re...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel strain of coronavirus belonging to the genus Beta coronavirus named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged as a major pandemic worldwide. This contagious virus had spread in many different forms, and patients have demonst...
COVID-19,
Pandemics,
d0179340,
d0000864020,
Diagnosis,
Polymerase Chain Reaction,
Comorbidity,
d0039200,
COVID-19 Vaccines,
Vaccination,
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
The burden of epilepsy in developing countries made medicinal plants like Xylopia aethiopica fruit; Khaya grandifoliola, Alstonia boonei etc an alternative source in epilepsy management in the south-western part of Nigeria. The aim of the study was to provide pharmacological rationale for the ethnomedici...
Epilepsy,
Seizures,
Prevalence,
Diagnosis,
Plants, Medicinal,
Plant Extracts,
Xylopia,
Alstonia,
Meliaceae,
Phytochemicals,
Anticonvulsants
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common heterogenic endocrine illness in women of reproductive age, caused mostly by an excess of androgen and ovarian dysfunction. The present study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of PCOS among Libyan women who attended infertility center Tripoli...
