African health sciences
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African health sciences · Aug 2011
Poverty, child sexual abuse and HIV in the Transkei region, South Africa.
Everyone love children. They want them to be happy and prosperous, but poverty takes away their rights. Poverty even forces them to sell their daughters in exchange for money. ⋯ Third, fourth and fifth cases, were young girls who were forced to marry by their parents. The history, physical examination and laboratory investigations are given. Psychosocial and economic aspects are also discussed.
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African health sciences · Aug 2011
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of E. coli from clinical sources in northeast Ethiopia.
Escherichia coli is the leading cause of urinary tract, ear, wound and other infections in humans. Increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance among E. coli is a growing concern worldwide. ⋯ E. coli isolates showed high rates of resistance to erythromycin, amoxicillin and tetracycline. Nitrofurantoin, norflaxocin, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin are considered appropriate for empirical treatment of E. coli in the study area. Regular monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility is recommended.
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African health sciences · Aug 2011
Increased oxidative stress in patients with familial Mediterranean fever during attack period.
We aimed to investigate the status of oxidant and antioxidants during attack period (AP) and attack free periods (AFP) in Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients. ⋯ Our study demonstrated increased oxidative stress in patients with FMF during AP. Investigations are needed to establish the effect of antioxidant supplementation on FMF attack frequency and severity. We also suggest that these increased MDA and PC levels and decreased antioxidants may be used as supportive markers to differentiate AP from AFP. These conclusions need to be validated in further multicenter studies with high number of FMF patients.
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African health sciences · Aug 2011
Condom social marketing program to prevent HIV/AIDS in post-conflict Liberia.
Youths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) account for a large burden of the global HIV/STI crises. As such, strategies directed at promoting behavioral modifications would be critical to reducing the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors among high risk adolescents in post-conflict environments. ⋯ We postulate that this approach may likely increase condom use among urban youth in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia.
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African health sciences · Aug 2011
Prescribing practices for malaria in a rural Ugandan hospital: evaluation of a new malaria treatment policy.
Increasing resistance to first line antimalarial drugs led to a change in the antimalarial policy of Uganda in 2005. Successful implementation of this policy depends on changing prescribing patterns of health workers. ⋯ Adequate training and provision of information relevant to the needs of different cadres of health workers is needed to promote effective uptake of new treatment policies.