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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 ...
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 ...
Common defciencies found in generic Finished Pharmaceutical Product (FPP) applications submitted for registration to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
(Springer Nature, 2022)
The aim of the study was to investigate the common defciencies observed in the Finished Pharmaceutical Product (FPP) section of generic product applications submitted to SAHPRA. The study was conducted
retrospectively ...
Venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis in hospitalised medical patients in the Cape Town metropole, South Africa
(South African Medical Association, 2022)
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is regarded as the most preventable cause of inpatient death in hospital settings globally. VTE can be prevented through the provision of non-pharmacological and/or pharmacological thromboprophylaxis ...
Medicines regulatory science expertise in Africa: workforce capacity development and harmonisation activities towards the establishment of the African medicines agency
(Adis, 2022)
The medicines regulatory landscape in Africa is undergoing transformation with at least two countries having National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) that operate at World Health Organization (WHO) maturity level ...
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 ...
Insights into innovative therapeutics for drug-resistant tuberculosis: Host-directed therapy and autophagy inducing modified nanoparticles
(Elsevier, 2022)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest communicable dis-
eases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) since its discovery in
the 1880s (Cambau and Drancourt, 2014; Singh et al., 2020). Over 1
billion mortalities ...
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 ...
Fractions of Hoslundia opposita Vahl and hoslundin induced apoptosis in human cancer cells via mitochondrial-dependent reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation
(Elsevier, 2022)
ancer remains one of the leading causalities of several morbidity and mortality with negative
impact on global economy due to low workforce and management/treatment cost. A number of conventional
therapies have been ...
Zebrafish behavioral response to ivermectin: Insights into potential neurological risk
(Elsevier, 2022)
Ivermectin is a well‐known and widely used anti‐parasitic drug. Recently, in vitro data suggest anti‐viral effi-
cacy of the drug, albeit at much higher concentrations than currently approved. Despite warnings by ...