Table of Contents Declaration ......................................................................................................................................... ii Dedication ......................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... iv List of Abbreviations ..........
Hypertension and diabetes are important worldwide public-health challenge and because of their increasing coexistence in the population, they are major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for hypertension diabetes coexistence among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Mitooma HCIV. This was a cross-sectional study designed that was carried out at Mitooma health center four. Sys...
Abstract Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Bacterial agents are among pathogens implicated to cause diarrhoea in children and are of major concern in public health. Antibiotic use has paradoxically led to bacterial resistance and the situation continues to worsen. The main objective of the study, therefore, was to determine enteric bacterial isolates and their susceptibility to antibiotics from diarrhoeal stool samples among children below five yea...
ABSTRACT Pneumococcal diseases are responsible for killing at least one million children under the age of five every year: over 70% of these deaths are in developing countries. This total is greater than that due to malaria, AIDS and measles combined. Streptococcus pneumoniae has over 90 serotypes, out of which eight are included in the 10-valent Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Synflorix) currently in use in Kenya. Pneumococci are highly diverse and serotype prevalence is dynamic based on age...
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis is described as a global emergency and it is found more in developing countries. For this reason, a descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among TB patients seen at District Hospital Enugu Ezike, Enugu State. The objectives of the study were: to assess the level of knowledge of the respondents about the cause of tuberculosis, to assess the level of knowledge of preventive practices on tuberculosis among the respondents and to assess the level of knowledge of c...
ABSTRACT Variegate porphyria (VP) is the clinical disorder associated with. a deficiency of the haemsynthesising enzyme protoporphyrinogen oxidase of the commonest monogenic inherited disorders in South Africa. The chmcal effects mclu~e p~otocutaneous sensitivity and the development of potentially life-threatening ~cute porp?ync cnses. . . Section 1 of this dissertation examines the molecular basIS for VP m South Africa. It IS shown to be a genetically heterogeneous disorder. The identificat...
Man is not always plainly discernible in scientific writings about him. His individuality denied, in many psychological studies man becomes a cipher. Science demand useful generalisations, and psychiatry is in part so unsatisfactory a discipline precisely because human life is complex. To affect an impression of simplicity when encountering bewildering diversity, although usual, remains foolish, particularly when important matters are being dealt with.
CONTENTS Introduction • . . . . . . . • . • . . . . • . . . Page 1 Acknowledgements . • . . . . . • • . . . . . . . 3 SECTION A - REPAIR : 1 • Ureteric injury in obstetrics and surgery. Contents . • • . . . • . . . . . • . • iii Text . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • . • . 5 Case records 1 to 19 . • . • . . . . • . . . 17 Bibliography 1 - 68 . • • . • . . • • . . • b.1 2. Transuretero-ureterostomy in ureteric repair. Contents . . . . • . . ....
ABSTRACT Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are infections passed from one person to another during sexual contact though some are also passed from mother to child during pregnancy, birth or while breast feeding. STIs constitute an important public health problem. The early detection and treatment of STIs are important aspects of a comprehensive approach to reducing the spread of HIV. Although public-sector services are available even in the most resource-poor countries, they are not acce...
ABSTRACT Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with progressive neuronal loss. Microglial cell activation in the central nervous system (CNS) may contribute to this process through the release of neurotoxic inflammatory mediators. Systemic inflammation, through signaling to the CNS, can further activate microglia and thus accelerate neurodegeneration. The apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 allele has been associated with both an increased risk of developing AD and highe...
ABSTRACT A comprehensive immunological survey of malaria in rural and urban populations in Ghana is reported. Sera from Ghanaians resident in Ghana and Ghanaian students resident in the United Kingdom and Germany, pregnant women, blood donors and from patients with acute malaria, nephrotic syndrome, tropical splenomegaly, Burkitt's lymphoma, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis and tuberculosis were included. Control sera were obtained from healthy adult Caucasians, Caucasians with connective tiss...