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The state of emergency care in the Republic of the Sudan
Publication date: June 2014 Source:African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 4, Issue 2 Author(s): Nada Hassan A. A-Rahman , Gabrielle A. Jacquet Sudan is one of the largest African countries, covering an area of 1.9millionkm2—approximately one fifth of the geographic area of the United States. The population is 30million people, the majority of whom (68%) live in rural areas, as compared with the sub-Saharan African average of approximately 62%. Sudan is considered a lower-middle income country—with 47% of the population living below the poverty line and a gross domestic product (GDP) of US $62billion in 2010. I...
Source: African Journal of Emergency Medicine - October 12, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
Improving malaria treatment by increasing access to accurate diagnostic tests: test results must guide treatment
Commentary on: Leslie T, Mikhail A, Mayan I, et al.. Rapid diagnostic tests to improve treatment of malaria and other febrile illnesses: patient randomised effectiveness trial in primary care clinics in Afghanistan. BMJ 2014;348:g3730. Context Malaria control programmes focus on two things: reducing transmission by decreasing exposure to infected mosquitoes (via residual indoor spraying, use of insecticide-treated nets and prophylactic treatment) and improving diagnosis and treatment of infected persons. Treatment should be guided by an accurate diagnosis to avoid treating persons without malaria, so as to conserve resourc...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - November 19, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Wilson, M. L. Tags: EBM Diagnosis, General practice / family medicine, Travel medicine, Tropical medicine (infectious diseases), Clinical diagnostic tests Source Type: research
A study on pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines in Lagos West Senatorial District, Nigeria.
CONCLUSIONS: These results showed inadequate adverse effects monitoring (Pharmacovigilance) amongst the practitioners and underscore the necessity to educate and enlighten herbal medicine practitioners on the need for pharmacovigilance activity of herbal products.
PMID: 24305559 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine - November 30, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Int J Risk Saf Med Source Type: research
Nigeria: To Prevent Sickle Cell Disease, Know Your Genotype Before Marriage - Professor Michael Kehinde
[Vanguard] Who has Sickle Cell Disease, SCD, and why are some people born with this disease? In the view of Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, CMUL, Professor Michael Kehinde, not less than 300,000 children are born with one form of SCD every year mostly, in sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria is common.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Does access to credit services influence availability of essential child medicines and licensing status among private medicine retail outlets in Uganda?
ConclusionsAccess to credit does not influence stock availability of essential child medicines among private medicine outlets, however, it has an effect on licensing status. In addition to further research, the provision of financing mechanisms to support the licensing processes could increase the proportion of unlicensed outlets.
Source: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice - September 21, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research
Identikit of the Umbrian traveller: analysis of clinical activity in a travel medicine unit, Italy.
Abstract
A travel medicine clinic is the proper medical centre aimed to provide updated recommendations before any journey. The study aim was to assess the number of accesses during 2016 at the Travel Medicine Clinic of the Local Health Unit in the Umbria Region. An electronic ad hoc database was developed. Paper-based data referring to 2016 were recorded in this electronic registry, developed on Microsoft Office Access®. In 2016, 891 subjects came in our clinic in order to get information before travelling. In our sample, 53.3% were male and the mean age was 35.33 years ± 0.58. Almost half had a higher educatio...
Source: Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita - December 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianfredi V, Moretti M, Gigli M, Fusco-Moffa I Tags: Ann Ist Super Sanita Source Type: research
Ethnopharmacological Potential of African Cherry Prunus africana
Publication date: Available online 18 May 2019Source: Journal of Herbal MedicineAuthor(s): Richard Komakech, Youngmin KangAbstractMedicinal plants have been an integral part of the healthcare system for centuries. Prunus africana, an evergreen plant of the family Rosaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, has been used to treat numerous diseases and disorders since time immemorial. Over the past decades, several ethnomedicinal surveys were conducted in many communities across Africa which validated the use of P. africana in traditional medicine. The increased interest in P. africana across the globe has led to several pharmacological...
Source: Journal of Herbal Medicine - May 18, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Herbal medicine used by the community of Koneba district in Afar Regional State, Northeastern Ethiopia
Conclusion: Snake bite, malaria, common cold and fever are common health problems in the study area. Efficient use of herbal medicine has minimized the impact of these diseases.Keywords: Ethnomedicine; informant consensus; snakebite.
Source: African Health Sciences - April 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Ali Zeynu, Tigist Wondimu, Sebsebe Demissew Source Type: research
Where was my patient born? The Intersection of tropical medicine and migrant health
Purpose of review
There is unprecedented movement of people across international borders and parasitic infections, previously restricted to endemic regions, are now encountered in nonendemic areas of the world.
Recent findings
Migrants may import parasitic infections acquired in their countries of origin. Increasingly, clinicians in nonendemic regions are faced with patients with neglected diseases such as Chagas disease, malaria and strongyloidiasis. There are gaps in knowledge among physicians in nonendemic regions, which lead to missed opportunities for preventive strategies and early treatment. Both primary ...
Source: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases - September 19, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: TROPICAL AND TRAVEL-ASSOCIATED DISEASES: Edited by Christina M. Coyle Source Type: research
How Paul Farmer Changed Medicine
Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician, medical anthropologist, and mentor to many, died on Monday in Butaro, Rwanda. Partners in Health, the organization he co-founded, confirmed his death in a tweet on Monday. He was 62. Dr. Farmer is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, three children, and thousands of patients and students, like myself, who honor his memory today. While messages pour out from heads of state and celebrities, it is the unified voice of grief from his colleagues and students that underscores the resounding loss felt within the field of global health. Dr. Paul Farmer was a guiding light and inspiration to tho...
Source: TIME: Health - February 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gunisha Kaur Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
One hundred years after the death of the writer and novelist Giovanni Verga (1922) and his relationship with public health: a glimpse of the past in the era of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic
Conclusion: Verga describes a culturally and economically humble society, in the Sicily with a great difference between social class. He portrays a difficult picture of the public health situation in the II half of the XIX century and he traced the people ' s daily life. The authors think that it ’s important nowadays that the centenary of Verga’s death is the opportunity to read his works, also from a medical historical point of view.
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariano Martini, Donatella Lippi Source Type: research
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Yields Its Secrets
Chang San, a Chinese herbal medicine, has been used for thousands of years to treat malaria fevers, yet its mode of action has eluded scientists. A structural study has now revealed clues about how the medicine works: The active compound kills malaria parasites by binding to and blocking the activity of a key enzyme involved in making proteins. In an unusual twist, the scientists discovered that ATP, a molecule needed for the enzyme to function normally, enables the binding. These details of the herbal compound bound to the enzyme and ATP suggests the medicine’s structure could be a useful model in designing drugs to tre...
Source: NIGMS Biomedical Beat - January 17, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: news
Family Compliance With Counseling for Children Traveling to the Tropics
ConclusionsA ≥80% compliance with pre‐travel counseling in children traveling overseas was achieved only for drinking bottled water, using repellents, a routine vaccine update, and yellow fever immunization.
Source: Journal of Travel Medicine - March 8, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Stéphanie Caillet‐Gossot, Rémi Laporte, Guilhem Noël, Philippe Gautret, Georges Soula, Jean Delmont, Benoit Faucher, Philippe Parola, Lindsay Osei, Philippe Minodier Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B toxin kills Anopheles gambiae, a principal vector of malaria
(Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine) Bacillus thuringiensis reported in this study contains the Cry4B mosquitocidal toxin which is toxic to Anopheles gambiae, the principal vector of malaria. Its characterization makes it possible to determine binding of the toxin to its cognate receptor in An. gambiae, the subject of a second paper entitled "Cytotoxicity of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B toxin is Mediated by the Cadherin Receptor BT-R3 of Anopheles gambiae" to be published soon in Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The mechanistic, diagnostic and prognostic utility of biomarkers in severe malaria
Biomarkers in Medicine , June 2013, Vol. 7, No. 3, Pages 363-380.
Source: Future Medicine: Biomarkers in Medicine - June 4, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: article Source Type: research
