This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to provide a contemporaneous estimate of the global burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) from echocardiographic population-based studies. We searched multiple databases between January 01, 1996 and October 17, 2017. Random-effect meta-analysis was used...
Several African countries had among the highest levels of anemia in both years, including Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, eastern Ghana, southern Benin, central Niger, Nigeria, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Egypt, ...
Moreover, prison cell sizes in African countries vary, with Kenya having 3.7 square meters for double cells, Senegal with 3.55 square meters, Guinea with 2 square meters, Malawi with 2–4 square meters, Mauritius with 4.08 square meters, and South Africa with 5.5 square meters for single ...
Kenya BMC Public Health 2013, 13:371. 7. Goodall JWD, Pilbeam STHH: Diabetes in Nyasaland (Malawi). Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1964, 58(6):575–578. 8. Wicks ACB, Castle WM, Gelfand M: Effect of Time on the Prevalence of Diabetes in the Urban African of Rhodesia. Diabetes 1973...
Based on the PHQ-9, the prevalence of depression in clinical samples, for example, were as follow: out-patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh (15.6%) [24], patients with heart failure (26.0%) [25], adults living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya (31.0%) [26], patients with ...
In Kenya, too, few acute aflatoxicosis patients were recorded in 1981, when a drought was followed by heavy rainfall [24]. The AFTs' classification is based on their fluorescence property. AFB1 and AFB2 belong to the blue fluorescent (B) group in which the lactone ring of the coumarin ...
In the light of the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health systems in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, context-adapted, cost-effective service delivery models are now required as a matter of urgency. We describe the experience of sett...
In the light of the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health systems in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, context-adapted, cost-effective service delivery models are now required as a matter of urgency. We describe the experience of sett...
The type of oil used during food preparation was categorised as vegetable oil or animal fat (derived from meat products). Physical activity was categorised as active if participants engaged in exercise leading to an increase in heart and respiratory rate, such as gardening, or inactive if they...
Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are both used to diagnose diabetes, but these measurements can identify different people as having diabetes. We used data from 117 population-based studies and quantified, in different world regions, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes, and...