The Potential Role of Orature in Fighting the Spread of HIV/AIDS

This essay attempts an experimental reading of a folktale in order to demonstrate how Orature can be deployed to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. The essay also highlights the contribution …

Reversible dementia due to vitamin B12 deficiency in a lung cancer patient: Relevance of preoperative evaluation

OBJECTIVE: Cognitive dysfunction has a negative effect on cancer treatment; however, in a cancer setting, specific treatments can restore cognitive function. Such conditions are known as reversible dementia, with one …

Inevitable Caesarean Myomectomy

The standard teaching is to avoid caesarean myomectomy as much as possible for the fear of the attendant severe haemorrhage. Classical caesarean section in spite of its risk of uterine …

Introducing the TrypanoGEN biobank: A valuable resource for the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis

Loss and dysfunction of V delta 2(+) gamma delta T cells are associated with clinical tolerance to malaria

Although clinical immunity to malaria eventually develops among children living in endemic settings, the underlying immunologic mechanisms are not known. The V delta 2(+) subset of gamma delta T cells …

Should women with HIV, or at high risk of contracting HIV, use progestogen-containing contraception?

LEGAL AND POLICY MAPPING ON SELF CARE IN UGANDA

BACKGROUNDSelf-care is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as âthe ability for individuals, families and communities to promote, maintain health, prevent disease and cope with illness with or without …

Stroke in sub-saharan Africa: an urgent call for prevention...Neurology. 2012 Mar 27;78(13):1007-8

We read Dr. Chin's(1) article describing the current situation in Mulago Hospital in Uganda. We have also sounded the alarm on this problem.(2) Recent data show a stroke prevalence of …

COVID-19 and palliative care capacity, African region

Successful antiretroviral therapy delivery and retention in care among asymptomatic individuals with high CD4+T-cell counts above 350 cells/ml in rural Uganda

Background: HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being rapidly scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa, including recently patients with CD4+ T-cell counts above 350 cells/μl. However, concerns persist about adherence and virologic …