IntroductionMarie Stopes Uganda (MSI Reproductive Choices) is one of the major non-US nongovernmentalorganisations (NGOs) that play an important role in the delivery of sexual and reproductivehealth and rights (SRHR) in …
Many factors; including relatively young age of thyroid cancer diagnoses and improved survival; have led to increased concerns about the occurrence of second primary malignancies. This paper describes the pattern …
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging flavivirus transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitos. ZIKV can be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy and can cause microcephaly and other birth …
Background: The implementation of COVID-19 lockdown measures across the globe could affect adolescentsâ health. Objective: This review was conducted to assess the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the health …
Background An increasing number of international organisations and national governments have committed to well-being promotion. Unfortunately, important questions regarding how to assess well-being are still unresolved, making policy implementation and …
Cachexia is a public health challenge around the Globe but data on prevalence rates in developing countries are very scarce. In sub-Saharan Africa wasting syndrome is mainly related to malaria, …
In this paper I examine the impact of recent ecological and politicalevents, and of structural inequalities, on child health and maternalutilization of biomedical services in Moroto District, Uganda. Datawere collected …
BackgroundHypertension is an important contributor to global burden of disease and mortality, and is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. However, most sub-Saharan African countries lack detailed countrywide …
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …