Resultados: 15

Recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of endomyocardial fibrosis in Africa

Heart; 99 (20), 2013
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) continues to be an important and disabling disease in many parts of Africa, although its prevalence has declined in some parts of the continent. Increased access to medical care in general and increased availability of echocardiography in some parts of the continent have led...

Recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of endomyocardial fibrosis in Africa

Heart; 99 (20), 2012
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) continues to be an important and disabling disease in many parts of Africa, although its prevalence has declined in some parts of the continent. Increased access to medical care in general and increased availability of echocardiography in some parts of the continent have led...

Saneamento do meio e ocorrência da cólera no município de cuamba: estratégias de prevenção e controlo

INTRODUÇÃO: O Município de Cuamba, localiza-se a cerca de 300 Km a sul da cidade capital do Niassa. Desde 2007, tem vindo a registar s urtos de cólera, com 2 surtos consecutivos em 2009. OBJECTIVOS: Descrever alguns aspectos do saneamento no Município de Cuamba, analisar as estratégias de preven...

Forgotten cardiovascular diseases in Africa

Clin. res. cardiol; 99 (2), 2010
Much of the global burden of cardiovascular disease is now carried by low and middle income countries. Unfortunately, many of these regions are still grappling with poverty and infection-related cardiovascular diseases, such as endomyocardial fibrosis, tuberculous pericarditis and rheumatic heart disease...

Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

Background: A legacy of colonial rule coupled with a devastating 16-year civil war through 1992 left Mozambique economically impoverished just as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic swept over southern Africa in the late 1980s. The crumbling Mozambican health care sys...