Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed immense pressure on healthcare workers (HCWs).
Objectives: This study sought to find the prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among HCWs in South Africa during the beginning phases of COVID-19 and make relevant recommendations.
Method:...
Background: Injuries are a common occurrence in sports participation; however, they have the potential to be accompanied by negative thoughts and feelings, which may play a part in the athletes’ state of mind when they return to their sport. Assessing the degree to which this occurs provides an opportu...
L’hypertension artérielle est une maladie à forte progression reste un problème de santé publique. Mais, les pratiques de sa prise en charge se heurtent à différents obstacles. Cette recherche questionne les problèmes qui caractérisent les pratiques de prise en charge de l’hy...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that there is an increasing burden of depression and other mental health conditions globally. WHO global health estimate for depression reports a prevalence of 5.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa. Pharmacological therapy still remains the most popular treatment for...
Background: A recently-surfaced virus called Monkeypox virus (MPXV) has gained widespread attention as it dominates the news, creating a sense of panic among people due to the potential threat it poses to their health. Materials and Methods: To evaluate knowledge about this virus and its disease, and to ...
Rakotomalala, Fetra Angelota;
Randriarimanana, Santatriniaina, Dauphin;
Randriamananjara Hajanirina, Nathanaella;
Babin, François Xavier;
Randriantsara, Haja;
Rasamoelina, Tahinamandranto;
Rakoto, Danielle Aurore Doll;
Samison, Luc Hervé;
Ayouba, Ahidjo;
Nerrienet, Eric.
Background: In Madagascar, no study has reported the impact of COVID-19 on people living with HIV (PLHIV). The present work aimed to analyze the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Malagasy PLHIV before and during the three waves of COVID-19 pandemic. This is a retrospective study.
Materials and Methods: We ...
Background: Health system planning and monitoring rely on routine data collection, analysis and utilisation. However, underdeveloped countries need more data for decision-making. South Sudan’s data management framework only partially functions, with delayed data collection and inaccurate data. The stud...
Chisenga, Mukosha;
Dlamini, Bongani;
Mwendera, Nyasha;
Maquina, Paulo;
Hamainza, Busiku;
Martins, José Franco;
Saute, Francisco;
Bock, Henrico;
Gosling, Roly;
Bennett, Adam;
Smith, Jennifer;
Kleinschmidt, Immo.
Background The importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight (E8) established 39 border health facilities on 5 key international borders between high and low-burden countries. These clinics aimed to im...
Background: People with disabilities are a large, disadvantaged minority, comprising
approximately 12% of the population. The South African government has ratified international
and regional disability treaties but deals with disability rights within general anti-discrimination
legislation. There are no ...
Introduction: A cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown origin was first reported in Wuhan China then the causative pathogen was identified and named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov2) and the
associated disease was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Chest radiograph has lo...
