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Management of infertility among primary health care physicians in Morocco: a cross-sectional study

Pan Afr. med. j; 50 (), 2025
Introduction: the management of infertility in primary health care services can be the first opportunity to address the inability to conceive. The objective of this investigation is to explore practices, obstacles, and recommendations of general physicians (GPs) towards infertility management in Moroccan...

Postpartum depression and associated factors among women visiting postnatal clinic in Ethiopia

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...

Nurse training to enhance adherence counselling for HIV-tuberculosis coinfection in South Africa: Integrative review

Curationis; 47 (1), 2025
Background: South Africa has seen strides in reducing HIV and tuberculosis (TB); however, adherence counselling for people living with HIV (PLHIV) coinfected with TB remains a challenge, particularly in specific sub-districts like Cape Town. Understanding the attributes of existing training programmes is...

Errance diagnostique et inobservance thérapeutique avec issue fatale d’un cas de spondyloarthrite à début juvénile à Cotonou
Diagnostic wandering and therapeutic non-compliance with fatal outcome of a case of juvenile-onset spondyloarthritis in Cotonou

Bénin Médical; (71), 2025
La méconnaissance des arthrites juvéniles idiopathiques peut entraîner des conséquences fatales. Un patient de 39 ans, atteint de spondyloarthrite axiale et périphérique débutée à 7 ans, a connu une errance diagnostique et thérapeutique jusqu’à 21 ans, moment où un traitement a été initi�...

Facteurs associés au décès des patients transfusés dans le service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie du CHU Campus de Lomé
Factors associated with death in patients transfused in the Hepato-Gastroenterology Department of CHU Campus de Lomé

Bénin Médical; (71), 2025
Introduction : la transfusion sanguine est un acte thérapeutique capital dans la pratique médicale et constitue une préoccupation majeure de santé publique Objectif : identifier les facteurs associés au décès chez les patients transfusés Patients et méthode : il s’est agi d’une étude transv...

Profils et devenir des patients adultes pris en charge pour affections respiratoires à l’Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées - CHU de Parakou, Bénin
Profiles and outcome of adult patients treated for respiratory diseases at the Military Teaching Hospital of Parakou, Benin

Bénin Médical; (71), 2025
Introduction : L’objectif du travail était d’estimer la fréquence hospitalière des affections respiratoires prises en charge à l’Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (HIA-CHU) de Parakou. Méthodes : Etude transversale descriptive menée de février 2023 à juil...

Impasse thérapeutique dans une association polyarthrite rhumatoïde et drépanocytose: à propos d’un cas au CNHU-HKM
Therapeutic impasse in a combination of rheumatoid arthritis and sickle cell disease: a case report from CNHU-HKM

Bénin Médical; (71), 2025
La prise en charge de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde (PR) chez les sujets drépanocytaires reste un défi dans les pays de l’Afrique subsaharienne. Une patiente âgée de 33 ans drépanocytaire était atteinte de polyarthrite rhumatoïde immunopositive, déformante. Le diagnostic était posé devant une p...

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women: a multicentre cross-sectional survey in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Pan Afr. med. j; 47 (NA), 2024
Introduction: effective COVID-19 vaccines for the prevention of severe illness have been available for more than one year now. This study was carried out to ascertain vaccine hesitancy and its associations among pregnant women receiving antenatal care in Port Harcourt, a large cosmopolitan town in Nigeri...

Frequency of blood donation and malaria occurrence among blood donors in a tertiary hospital, Nigeria

Ibom Medical Journal; 17 (1), 2024
Context: Malaria is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Transfusion transmitted malaria contributes significantly to the burden of malaria in SSA. The safety of blood transfusion as it relates to frequency of blood donation and malaria occurrence on the part of don...

Awareness of malocclusion and attitude towards orthodontic treatment among trainee dental surgery technicians in Nigeria

Ibom Medical Journal; 17 (1), 2024
Objective: Malocclusion affects aesthetics, the physical, psychological and social life of a person. The aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness of malocclusion and attitude towards orthodontic treatment among trainee dental surgery technicians in Nigeria. Materials and Methods: This was a descri...