Sub-Saharan African social and health policies and the poor: Three essays examining impacts of public programs on maternal health utilization, children's health, and household composition

The poverty literature sheds much insight into the disproportionate disadvantages the poor face when compared to the non-poor. The poor are more likely to suffer from disease, lack access to …

Parental Depression and Associations with Parenting and Children's Physical and Mental Health in a Sub-Saharan African Setting

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health challenges in low-and middle-income countries. However, the mechanisms of parental depression on children's development are understudied in these countries. This study …

Transportability of an Evidence-Based Early Childhood Intervention in a Low-Income African Country: Results of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are burdened by significant unmet mental health needs. Despite the successes of numerous school-based interventions for promoting child mental health, most evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are …

Liraglutide improves myocardial fibrosis after myocardial infarction through inhibition of CTGF by activating cAMP in mice

OBJECTIVE: To study the role and mechanism of liraglutide in myocardial fibrosis after myocardial infarction (MI).MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 72 C57/BL male mice were randomly divided into sham …

Combined subconjunctival injection of dexamethasone for the management of acute primary angle closure: a randomised controlled trial

Purpose To investigate whether the combined subconjunctival injection of dexamethasone can accelerate the decrease in intraocular pressure (IOP) in acute primary angle closure (APAC)-affected eyes. Methods 42 patients with APAC …

Combined subconjunctival injection of dexamethasone for the management of acute primary angle closure: As randomised controlled trial

Aspirin does not increase the need for haemostatic interventions in blunt liver and spleen injuries

Purpose: The prohemorrhagic effect of aspirin may cause concern about worse prognoses when treating blunt hepatic or splenic injuries. This study investigated whether preinjury aspirin yields an increasing need for …

Oxidative stress in anterior segment of acute primary angle-closure eyes and its correlation with senescence-associated secretory phenotype

Purpose : Sudden and dramatic elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) in acute primary angle closure (APAC) can lead to pathological changes of anterior segment. So far, the mechanisms that connect …

Strong correlation of lumefantrine concentrations in capillary and venous plasma from malaria patients

BackgroundLumefantrine is a long-acting antimalarial drug with an elimination half-life of over 3 days and protein binding of 99 percent. Correlation of lumefantrine concentrations from capillary plasma via fingerprick (Cc) …

The time has come to make cervical cancer prevention an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for HIV-positive women in low-income countries

MEDLINE Abstract: INTRODUCTION:<BR>HIV and cervical cancer are intersecting epidemics that disproportionately affect one of the most vulnerable populations in the world: women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Historically, the …