African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2006
ReviewA review of diagnosis and modes of presentation of tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene.
Tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene (TILLG) is also known as Symmetrical gangrene in the African, Idiopathic gangrene in the African and Idiopathic peripheral gangrene of the tropics. The aetiopathogenesis of this clinical entity is a mystery. ⋯ This review is supposed to sensitise the clinician and make diagnosis easier. This will also encourage more researches. As more information becomes available, aetiopathogenesis of TILLG will be clearer and more clinical variants of the disease may be reported. This additional information will help in the prevention of gangrene, reducing the socioeconomic problems arising from amputation.
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African health sciences · Dec 2005
Competence of maternal and child health clinic workers in detecting malnutrition in Somalia.
The MCH clinic workers in Somalia receive formal and in-service training to perform their professional duties. Their competence in the field was never examined. This study assessed their competencies in detecting malnourished children 5 years and below in Beledweyne. ⋯ The MCH clinic workers showed deficiency in their competence to detect malnourished children. They misclassified 10% of the children, which was worse among the malnourished, due to incorrect plotting of the child's current weight on the growth chart.
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African health sciences · Dec 2005
Perceptions of health care providers in Mulago hospital on prevention and management of domestic violence.
To explore knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers in Mulago hospital towards domestic violence prevention and management, especially violence during pregnancy. ⋯ Health workers of Mulago hospital lacked knowledge on management, had negative attitudes and provided sub-optimal care to domestic violence survivors.
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African health sciences · Dec 2005
The pervasive triad of food security, gender inequity and women's health: exploratory research from sub-Saharan Africa.
This study was designed to explore the interactions between food securing activities, health and gender equity from the perspective of rural east African women. The specific objectives were to document the critical interaction among these three issues-food security, gender inequity, women's health within the context of sub-Saharan Africa; to describe the nature of this triad from the perspective of women farmers in Africa; and to propose a framework for linking available interventions to the vicious nature of this triad. ⋯ The African development community must respond by thinking of creative solutions and appropriate interventions for the empowerment of women farmers in the region to ensure their health.
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African health sciences · Sep 2005
Case ReportsSubtotal amelia in a child with autosomal recessive hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
We report an inbred Tunisian family, in which the proband manifested signs of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, subtotal amelia, scoliosis and left renal agenesis. Two other family members had the full clinical criteria of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, characterized by deficient sweat glands, hypodontia, hypoplasia of the mucous glands, and fine hair. Nine family subjects had variable clinical expression of the disorder.