Folate levels in children with sickle cell anaemia on folic acid supplementation in steady state and crises at a tertiary hospital in Enugu, Nigeria: a prospective, comparative study
Uchenna C Nnajekwu, Chukwubike O Nnajekwu, Vivian O Onukwuli, Bartholomew FChukwu, Anthony N Ikefuna, Ifeoma J Emodi 1 Department of Paediatrics, University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria2 Department of…
Exploring the cultural appropriateness of a psychosocial intervention, the Thinking Healthy Programme-Peer delivered (THPP), for perinatal depression in Lilongwe, Malawi
Mwawi Ng’oma*, Najia Atif, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Robert C. Stewart, Ellen Chirwa Department of Mental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, MalawiSt John of God Hospitaller Services, Lilongwe, MalawiHuman Development…
Medical cannabis and cannabidiol: A new harvest for Malawi
Gama Bandawe Department of Biological Sciences, Academy of Medical Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology In February 2020 parliament passed the Cannabis Regulation Bill (2020) which regulates the cultivation…
Lessons Learned from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative: A Roadmap for the International COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
William B. Belshe*, Jared M. Alswang*, Alexander M. Upfill-Brown1, Luso Chilenga, John Chipolombwe, Vincent Y.Seaman David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)Chitipa District…
Relationship of maternal factors and obstetric complications with term singleton vs term twin neonatal outcomes: A retrospective study in China
Hui Li1*, Nawsherwan Khan2*#, Ghulam Nabi3, Rahmat Gul4, Zahoor Ahmed5, Cuifang Fan5# Department of Medicine, Taixing People Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University,…
“Don’t rush into thinking of walking again”: Patient views of treatment and disability following an open tibia fracture in Malawi
Alexander Schade1, Wakumanye Sibande1, Moses Kumwenda1, Nicola Desmond1, Linda Chokotho2, Eleni Karasouli3, John Metcalfe3, William Harrison4 Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research ProgrammeBelt Cure Hospital,…
The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Nutritional Status and Anxiety Levels in Turkish Young Adults
Müberra YILDIZ1, Merve Esra ÇITAR DAZIROĞLU2, Gamze AKBULUT3 *Corresponding Author: Müberra YILDIZ; Email: muberraozturk@sdu.edu.tr AbstractBackgroundThe pandemic called “Coronavirus Disease 2019” (COVID-19), which first appeared in China, then spread to the…
Determinants of maternal near-miss cases at two selected central hospitals in Malawi
Fannie Kachale 1, Address Mauakowa Malata 2, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani 1, Alfred Maluwa 2, Ellen Chirwa 1 Kamuzu College of Nursing, Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi and The Kamuzu…
Experimenting with mentoring “junior” authors to encourage scientific publications in Malawi
Adamson S. Muula 1,2 Editor in Chief, Malawi Medical Journal (www.mmj.mw)Professor and Head, Department of Public Health, School of PublicHealth and Family Medicine, The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences(formerly College…