Manolya Kara Abstract Cardiomyopathy is a serious complication of Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Direct effects of HIV, cardiac autoimmunity, opportunistic infections (OIs), nutritional deficiencies (selenium) and severe immunesuppression have…
Ndubuisi O Onyemaechi Keywords: Injuries; Children; Pattern; Epidemiology; Prevention Abstract BackgroundPaediatric injuries have significant physical, psychological, and socioeconomic consequences. This study aimed to determine the epidemiology and pattern of pediatric injuries…
Iyanuoluwa Mojiminiyi Keywords: Mental disorders, knowledge, attitude, community, public health, Nigeria Abstract BackgroundMental disorders are one of the most ignored public health issues worldwide. However, the burden associated with mental disorders…
Naomi Chege Keywords: Prevalence, risk factors, intestinal parasites, informal settlements, school-children Abstract BackgroundIntestinal parasites are a major public health problem in the developing world and have attracted increasing levels of interest…
Maybin Kalubula Keywords: Epidemiology of Kaposi’s sarcoma; HIV- Kaposi’s sarcoma; Kaposi’s sarcoma in Zambia; HIV prevalence in Zambia. Abstract BackgroundKaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is the most prevalent HIV and AIDS-associated cancer in…
Rebecca Nightingale Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi Keywords: COPD, asthma, chronic lung disease, cough, non-communicable disease, Malawi Abstract BackgroundNon-communicable respiratory diseases are important contributors to morbidity and…
Dinesh Kaphle Department of Optometry, Malawi College of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi Abstract BackgroundTo assess the psychometric properties of the QIRC questionnaire and use it as an outcome measure in…
Adamson S Muula Abstract One of the trappings, if not a burden, to Editors-in-Chief (EIC) of many medical journals is that one is expected to write editorials. Thus attempting to…
Chinyere Mbachu 1. Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu campus. PMB 01129, Enugu, Nigeria 2. Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria…
Murad Bein Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Cyprus International University Keywords: healthcare expenditure, mortality rate, maternal deaths, HIV, tuberculosis, African countries Abstract BackgroundThe report from the World Health Organization (WHO)…