Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022: Health situation analysis of the WHO African Region - Country profiles
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Atlas of African health statistics 2022: Health situation analysis of the WHO African Region
The population of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Region was estimated to be 1 120 161 000 in 2020 and about 14.4% of the world’s population of 7 758 157 000. It was 8 billion in 20211 . It is the third largest population among the WHO regions after South-East Asia and the Western Pacif...
Atlas des statistiques sanitaires africaines 2022: analyse de la situation sanitaire de la Région africaine — rapport de synthèse
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Compliance with WHO recommended measures against Covid-19 among a Nigerian population
Nigerian Journal of Periodontal Research; 3 (NA), 2022
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Performance of the allometric power model in scaling from adult to paediatric antiretroviral dose in children at a Referral Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia
African Health Sciences; 22 (3), 2022
Background: World Health Organization (WHO) advocates use of weight bands in antiretroviral therapy (ART) guidelines. Allometric scaling could be a more reliable method because it uses a non-linear approach in relating dose to body weight. This study evaluates performance of the allometric ¾ power model...
The Status of Facility Based Emergency Care in Public Hospitals of Ethiopia Using WHO Assessment Tool
Ethiop. j. health sci. (Online); 32 (6), 2022
BACKGROUND: The availability of emergency care contributes to half of the total mortality burden in a low and middle income countries. The significant proportion of emergency departments in LMICs are understaffed and poorly equipped. The purpose of this study is to examine the status of emergency units a...
A pandemic of inequality: reflections on AIDS and COVID-19 in the southern African context
Afr. j. AIDS res. (Online); 21 (2), 2022
In 2020, COVID-19 started spreading from Wuhan in China to the USA, the UK and Europe and then to the rest of the world. In Africa, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Egypt on 14 February, while South Africa’s first case was identified on 5 March. On 11 March, the World Health Organization decl...
Handbook of global health
Prescription practices for malaria in Mozambique: poor adherence to the national protocols for malaria treatment in 22 public health facilities
Malar. j. (Online); 14 (483), 2015
Background: Current World Health Organization and national protocols recommend the ‘test and treat’ strategy for the management of uncomplicated malaria, to reduce over prescription of artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT). Therefore, adherence to these protocols varies in different sub-Sahar...
Mozambique/epidemiology, Prescription Drug Overuse/mortality, Prescriptions, Medical Records, Organization and Administration, Malaria/epidemiology, Patients, Malaria/prevention & control, 29161, Laboratories/statistics & numerical data, World Health Organization, 35170/methods, Malaria/blood, Public Health, Therapeutics/adverse effects
What drives community adherence to indoor residual spraying (IRS) against malaria in Manhiça district, rural Mozambique: a qualitative study
Malar. j. (Online); 10 (), 2011
Background: Malaria control remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced the recommendation of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to reduce malaria transmission. The National Malaria Control Programme has been re...