Background: Relationship between type 2 DM and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well known, with CVD being the most common cause of mortality in diabetics. Significant myocardial injury before overt CVD …
Background: Health worker retention in rural and underserved areas remains a persisting problem in many low and middle income countries, and this directly affects the quality of health services offered.Objective: …
Background:Trauma is the commonest indication for surgical admission in Gulu Hospital in Northern Uganda. The situation was made worst by the conflict between the government of Uganda and the LRA. …
Use of Tanner stages i.e. Sexual Maturity Rating; (SMR); in evaluation of sexual maturity has gained widespread acceptance. Tanner staging assesses pubic hair growth and increase in genital sizes; the …
Background: Despite longstanding guidelines endorsing isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for persons with HIV, uptake is low across sub-Saharan Africa. Mid-level health managers oversee IPT programs nationally; interventions aimed at this …
MEDLINE Abstract: INTRODUCTION:<BR>HIV incidence is high during pregnancy and breastfeeding with HIV acquisition risk more than doubling during pregnancy and the postpartum period compared to when women are not pregnant. …
The purpose of this article is to explore the concept and scope of public health and to argue that particularly in low income contexts; where social injustice and poverty often …
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) …