Paediatric admissions and outcome in a general intensive care unit

Background: It is believed that intensive care greatly improves the prognosis for critically ill children and that critically ill children admitted to a dedicated Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) do …

National Health Systems and Unmet Need for Antiretroviral Medication and HIV/AIDS-Related Healthcare in African Countries Emerging from Conflict

This article examines challenges faced by the national health systems of African countries emerging from conflict in the provision of antiretroviral (ARV) medication and HIV/AIDS-related healthcare. It analyses resource profiles, …

Contribution of obstetrics and gynecology societies in East, Central, and Southern Africa to the prevention of unsafe abortion in the region

Kısa Abstinens Süresiyle ArdıÅık Ejakülasyonun Sperm Kromatin BütünlüÄü Ve Antioksidan Aktiviteye Etkisi

Ãremeye yardımcı tedavi uygulamalarında tercih edilen tedavi yaklaÅımına göre semen parametrelerinin embriyoloji laboratuvarı parametrelerine ve klinik baÅarıya etkisi deÄiÅmektedir. Semen parametreleri abstinens süresi ve androloji laboratuvarında uygulananyıkama protokollerine göre deÄiÅmekte …

The Experiences of AIDS Orphans Living in a Township

An overwhelming challenge to health-care professionals today; is the rendering of care services to AIDS orphans. This article is based on a study that explored and described the lived experiences …

Joint international consensus statement on crowdsourcing challenge contests in health and medicine: results of a modified Delphi process

Objectives To develop a consensus statement to provide advice on designing, implementing and evaluating crowdsourcing challenge contests in public health and medical contexts. Design Modified Delphi using three rounds of …

Self-selection of male circumcision clients and behaviors following circumcision in a service program in Uganda

Objectives: Sub-Saharan African countries have substantially scaled-up safe male circumcision (SMC) services. However, it is unclear whether services are reaching men most at risk of HIV and whether there is …

Prevalence and correlates of abdominal obesity among adults in Uganda: Findings from a national cross-sectional, population based survey 2014 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinica

BackgroundOverweight and obesity are associated with health complications the gravity of which, vary with the regional deposition of the excess fat. The Body Mass Index (BMI) is often used to …

Community-Based Distribution of Injectable Contraceptives: Introduction Strategies in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries

The article discusses the strategy of community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives in family planning in four sub-Saharan African countries. It has increased the family planning service delivery in resource-poor settings. …

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 …