Siham Ahmed Balla, Sayed Halay, Taha Ahmed Elmukashfi Elsheikh, Heitham Awadalla, Amani Ahmed Burbr, Emtinan Khalid Hamid, Asma Abdelaal Abdalla, Zeinab Swareldahab, Zeinab Ammara, Elfatih Malik & Haieder Abuahmed Mohamed·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2018
Background: There is a dearth of recent information on wheezes and Asthma in Sudan. Asthma is a non-communicable disease that affected more than 300 million persons in 2014 and contributes to more than 15 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Objectives: This study was...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39872
Aims: To assess the levels of unmet need for contraception and the various factors that influence these levels among rural and urban populations of currently married women of reproductive age in Anambra State, Nigeria. Study Design: Mixed method survey. Place and Duration of Stu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39886
Introduction: Sexual dysfunction complications of diabetes mellitus are major public health problems because of their effects on individuals, families, and communities. The objective of this study was to describe the effects of sexual dysfunction on health-related quality of life...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40364
Aims: To determine the nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pnuemoniae among children under-5 years of age who have been vaccinated with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-10) and those unvaccinated in Mbale Municipality, Eastern Uganda. Study Design: This was a cross sectio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39279
The Aim of the Work: To study the relationship between levels of serum bilirubin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during an exacerbation. Patients and Methods: One hundred fifty (150) patients, including 117 males and 33 females, participated in the s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/38864
Malaria in the tropics has continued to be a threat to public health despite all efforts curb it, more so in pregnancy. The clinical consequences of this disease as it concerns mother and child have always been grievous sometimes leaving death in its wake. This work is aimed at e...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40362
This present study was conducted with the aim of determining the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, (H. pylori) among students of Sultan Abdurrahaman School of Health Technology Gwadabawa, Sokoto State. The study included 147 subjects, made up of 45(30.6%) males and 102 (69.4%) f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/32600
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the Plasmodium falciparum malaria clinical and parasitological outcomes after in-vivo Artemether-Lumefantrine (AL) treatment at Bushenyi District Uganda. Study Design: This was a one-arm prospective longitudinal health point survey. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39642
This study demonstrates that the USS EDD is more in agreement with the date of spontaneous delivery than the EDD estimated from LMP. This highlights the importance of dating USS in all pregnancies which would be helpful in the management of pregnancy in late stages. Background: D...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39959
Background: The healthcare workers are prone to various diseases; most especially cardiovascular diseases by virtue of the nature of their work. The use of traditional lipid profile in the evaluation of cardiovascular risk among health care workers; most especially atherogenic in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39493