East African medical journal
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Multicenter Study
Clinical characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma seen in Kenyan patients.
To document the clinical features of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) in the study population. ⋯ The clinical features are protean and BL is a rapidly progressive disease, presenting with swelling, majority in the jaw and abdomen in childhood and young adults. Age, sex and geographical (province) appear to influence the primary site of the disease. Also BL is a differential in many clinical presentations in this childhood setting.
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To assess excreta and waste disposal facilities available and their impact on sanitation related diseases in Epworth, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare. ⋯ It is recommended that households and the local authorities concentrate on improving the provision of toilets, water and waste disposal facilities as a way of improving the health state of the community.
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Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children aged five years and below. Risk factors for severe protein energy malnutrition (PEM) have been identified as ignorance, family size, mothers and fathers education, poverty, residence, chronic infections, and congenital defects or malformations. The role of such social factors as the caretaker, extended family, homestead surroundings, and family cohesiveness have not been studied in Kenya. ⋯ Poverty, social conditions under which the child was living, sex of the child and incomplete immunizations were risk factors for the severe protein energy malnutrition.