African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2003
Multicenter StudySexual practices of women within six months of childbirth in Mulago hospital, Uganda.
To establish the sexual practices and their associated morbidity among women within 6 months of childbirth in Kampala Uganda. ⋯ Most women resumed sexual intercourse within six months of childbirth and had high morbidity. There is need for appropriate postpartum sexual practice advice. SITE OF STUDY: Mulago hospital.
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African health sciences · Dec 2003
ReviewNutritional update: relevance to maternal and child health in East Africa.
In this review of recent advances in nutrition, we shall follow the 'life cycle' with special attention to maternal and foetal nutrition, linear growth, and nutritional assessment. We also consider nutrition, infection and micronutrients, and recent concepts of the pathophysiology and management of protein energy malnutrition PEM.
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African health sciences · Dec 2003
Case ReportsImaging features of brain tuberculoma in Tanzania: case report and literature review.
Brain tuberculomas are a rare manifestation of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection usually resulting from hematogenous spread of the bacteria from a primary focus elsewhere in the body. A 29-year-old female with no history of pulmonary tuberculosis or signs of pulmonary infection presented with signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. ⋯ Histological diagnosis of tuberculoma was obtained. In areas where tuberculosis is endemic, the imaging features of brain tuberculoma have to be readily recognized by attending doctors.
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African health sciences · Aug 2003
Control of Taenia saginata by post-mortem examination of carcasses.
A study to curb transmission cycle of a zoonotic Taenia cestodiasis between humans and cattle is presented. ⋯ The results confirmed that in spite of the time and efforts taken by meat inspectors looking for cysticerci at specified predilection sites of carcasses, this method is insensitive and inaccurate. To effectively improve meat inspection procedures, there is need to increase the area and number of predilection sites observed during inspection and vary them according to the nature of the animals, their husbandry history and the target human population for consumption. In addition, other control approaches such as vaccination, chemotherapy and immunodiagnosis should be developed and implemented to complement meat inspection procedures.
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African health sciences · Aug 2003
The cardiotonic effect of the crude ethanolic extract of Nerium oleander in the isolated guinea pig hearts.
Cardiovascular diseases are increasingly becoming one of the leading diseases causing morbidity and mortality in Uganda. Ethnographic evidence suggests that these diseases are often first managed by indigenous and related herbs before patients are referred for allopathic forms of management. One such herb of interest is Nerium oleander. ⋯ Compared with graded doses of digoxin the effects closely mirrored the activities in a dose dependent manner. At the mechanism of action level, it would appear the extract works in the same as digoxin since their dose-contraction-response curves are parallel. This finding would tend to provide a strong rationale for the herb's traditional use in cardiovascular illness.