SponsorshipThe retreat was jointly sponsored by: The Blantyre Institute of Community Outreach (BICO); theAfrican Journals Partnership Project (AJPP); the Consortium for Advanced Research Training inAfrica (CARTA) and the Africa Center…
Sidhartha Kalra - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India Keywords: Penile injury, Non-coital injury, Urethral injury, Urological trauma Abstract Penile urethral injury may be associated with…
Geoffrey Manda - Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. Keywords: abdominal aortic aneurysm Abstract A 39-year-old woman presented to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi with a 3-week history of…
Yohane Gadama - Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine. Keywords: Stroke, diagnosis, management, outcome, low- to middle-income, Africa Abstract BackgroundThe Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) is preparing to set…
Joanna Grudziak - Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Keywords: Major amputations, Malawi, traumatic amputations, low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), sub-Saharan Africa. Abstract IntroductionAmputations in low-…
Allison I Daniel 1. Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2. Translational Medicine Program 3. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of…
Symon F. Nayupe Keywords: Polymerase Chain Reaction, Tsetse Flies, African Trypanosomiasis, DNA, Southern Africa, Malawi. Abstract BackgroundTrypanosomes are protozoan flagellates that cause human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT).…
Cecilia S Sambakusi Keywords: antimicrobials Abstract BackgroundThe use of antimicrobials is associated with the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and self-medication increases the risk of the inappropriate use of antimicrobials. This…
Adamson S Muula - School of Public Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi The Africa Center of Excellence in Public Health and Herbal Medicine,…
Amy Sanyahumbi - Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Keywords: Rheumatic heart disease, paediatrics, education, paediatric cardiology, acute rheumatic fever,…