African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Assessment of gender differences in some inflammatory cytokines of tuberculosis patients before and during treatment.
Gender variation is a feature of many physiological parameters including inflammatory cytokines. Inflammation is an obvious feature of Tuberculosis (TB) infection with changes in pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines. ⋯ Gender differences exist in IL-6 before treatment and in IL-6, TNF-α and IL-10 at two months treatment. Thus, TB treatment contributes differentially to levels of inflammatory cytokines in male and female TB patients.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Factors influencing public and private healthcare utilisation in Uganda.
In Uganda, health care utilisation remains very low despite a number of government reforms that have been implemented in the health sector since the 1990's such as decentralization and removal of user fees in public health facilities among others. ⋯ The findings highlight the need for a national health insurance scheme to reduce out of pocket payments for health care and enable the poor and vulnerable patients visit the modern health facilities.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Quality of life of patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda.
The study aimed to assess the perceived quality of life of patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries. ⋯ The overall self-reported quality of life among patients with traumatic spinal cord injury was generally poor.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Prevalence and factors associated with low birth weight among newborns in South Sudan.
WHO estimates that that 13% of babies are delivered low birth weight in Sub-Saharan Africa. Infants with LBW have a twenty times greater risk of dying than infants weighing more than 2500 grams. The neonatal mortality rates in South Sudan is 40 per 1000 live births. LBW significantly contributes to neonatal mortality rates. ⋯ The prevalence of LBW in infants was 11.4%. Associated factors were, maternal age, GA <37 weeks, multigravidity, male sex and multiple pregnancy.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Abdominal obesity, serum estradiol and cardiovascular risk among Nigerian postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study.
Rates of cardiovascular (CV) disease mortality is usually higher in men but this equalizes with that of women following menopause. ⋯ Abdominal obesity and serum estradiol significantly influence cardio-metabolic risk. Newer risk calculator which incorporates factors peculiar to women such as serum E2 is hereby recommended.