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Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern
(Elsevier, 2022-01-01)
Meningitis is a severe infection and a significant public health challenge. The meningitis outbreak resurfaced amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak ...
Careful governance of African biobanks
(Elsevier, 2020)
The Sydney Statement is one of
the first framing documents on the
principles for guiding global health
security. Framing matters because
the funding pool for development
assistance for health is finite and has
plateaued ...
Current perspectives in the discovery of newer medications against the outbreak of Covid-19
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
A rapid and increasing spread of COVID-19 pandemic disease has been perceived
worldwide in 2020. The current COVID-19 disease outbreak is due to the spread of
SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is a new strain of coronavirus that ...
Hypertension in African populations: Review and computational insights
(MPDI, 2021)
Hypertension (HTN) is a persistent public health problem affecting approximately 1.3 billion
individuals globally. Treatment-resistant hypertension (TRH) is defined as high blood pressure (BP)
in a hypertensive patient ...
Covid-19 and cancer therapy: Interrelationships and management of cancer cases in the era of Covid-19
(Hindawi, 2021)
'e COVID-19 global epidemic poses this generation’s biggest worldwide public health challenge probably since the 1918
influenza epidemic. Recent reports on two new variants have triggered a dramatic upsurge in research ...
Marburg virus disease outbreak amidst COVID-19 in the Republic of Guinea: A point of contention for the fragile health system?
(Elsevier, 2022)
In August 2021, the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak was confirmed amid the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic in the Republic of Guinea. This is the first time it is detected in Guinea and West Africa.
Marburg ...
To use face masks or not after Covid-19 vaccination? An impact analysis using mathematical modeling
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
The question of whether to drop or to continue wearing face masks especially after being
vaccinated among the public is controversial. This is sourced from the efficacy levels
of COVID-19 vaccines developed, approved, ...
Comparative evaluation of pharmacy students’ knowledge and skills in maternal and child health: Traditional versus integrated curriculum
(MDPI, 2022)
: Reducing maternal and child mortality is a health priority in South Africa. Therefore, health
professional education should produce graduates that can meet these needs. This study compared
the maternal and child health ...
Association between socio-economic factors and HIV self-testing knowledge amongst South African women
(AOSIS, 2022)
Self-testing for HIV is an effective and alternative method of increasing HIV testing rates and a strategy for reaching populations that are underserved by HIV testing services. Nonetheless, many resource-constrained ...
Planned, ongoing and completed tuberculosis treatment trials in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: A 2019 cross-sectional descriptive analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a deadly challenge globally
and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)
are among the countries with the highest TB burden.
The objective of this study is to identify and ...