Burden of disease and risk factors for death among children treated for tuberculosis in Malawi. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2016;20(8):1046-54. doi:10.5588/ijtld.15.0928....
Temperature increases, extreme rainfall and drought will exacerbate humanitarian needs, compound existing vulnerabilities, and deepen the health burden of many climate-sensitive diseases directly and indirectly. The biggest climate-related health concerns for Malawi include the disease burden of malaria, diar...
Background Although leprosy was eliminated globally in 2000, the disease continues to be the significant cause of peripheral neuropathy, disability and disfigurement in some developing countries. However, recent population-based prevalence data are lacking to inform evidence-based renewed commitment for the...
resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people f...
"The burden of disease in younger, pre-school childrenhas previously been rather overlooked, so it is especially important and encouraging that we have shown in this trial that TCV works well in pre-school as well asschool-age children." ...
Although great strides have been made in the reduction of the worldwide burden of malaria disease, a better understanding of the epidemiology of malaria is needed to continue the fight against the disease. Specifically, insight into the transmission of malaria within households might offer new ...
Guardians at Balaka District Hospital will no longer have a burden of sleeping under the trees following the construction of a spacious guardian shelter at the district referral hospital. The structure which has been constructed…... Chipatala cha mpingo wakatolika cha Pirimiti achitseka ...
involving more than 1,800 children presenting with diarrhoea at a large hospital in Malawi, the team found that the rotavirus vaccine, which was introduced in Malawi in 2012, reduced the risk of severe disease by 64%, as well as the total community burden of rotavirus hospitalisation by 43%...
摘要:BackgroundThe family provides support in the care of their ill members and suffers some burden during caregiving. This study assessed the burden of family caregivers and associated factors in an ophthalmic clinic situated in a university teaching hospital in southwest Nigeria. ...
Second, improved estimates of the burden of disease and need for treatment of PSAC within NCPs, and better understanding of the challenges of programme delivery in the group is urgently needed. Our findings also highlight the need to evaluate schistosomiasis in PSAC in other parts of Malawi ...