ABSTRACT Background: High Salt foods are linked to elevated blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, particularly hypertension. Community salt reductions strategies may complement nationally led initiatives and contribute to achieving global salt reduction targets. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of the community-based training intervention among the household mothers towards salt intake reduction to prevent Hypertension in Dodoma, Tanzania. Methods: Uncont...
Abstract Across-sectional study was conducted from July to November 2015 to estimate the prevalence of anti-toxopalsma antibodies in sheep and goats in El-Gadarif state. Total of 400 serum samples; 200 sheep and 200 goats, were collected and tested by Toxo-latex agglutination test and iELISA. The overall sero-prevalence was 52.0% (208/400) using Toxo-latex agglutination test. Using iELISA, 45.7% (42/92) of the sheep and 27.2% (25/92), of the goats were sero.positives. The sero-prevalences am...
Abstract Background: This was retrospective analytical case control studyconducted in hemodialysis patients in Bashaier hospital during the period of April 2019 to January 2020, aimed to total of sixty subject ( thirty dialysis patient and thirty healthy individual as control group) Objective: the aim of this study was to asses of iron Profile& reticulocyte count among Sudanese dialysis patients. Materials & Methods: in this case control study conducted in Bashaier hospital at Khartoum Sta...
ABSTRACT Introduction; Prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing globally and the rate of increase is higher in the developing countries than developed countries. The aim of this study was to assess the Knowledge, attitude and practices related to Diabetes among Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Mwanza Region- Tanzania. Methods; The study was descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 330 respondents were interviewed conveniently from OPD - diabetic unit in Mwanza region. Resul...
Abstract Background: Malnutrition is one of the complication among Sudanese patients under regular hemodialysis. Objective: To assess nutritional status of end stage renal disease patients under regular hemodialysis. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at different dialysis centers during the period from July to December 2016, the samples of 50 end stages renal disease out patient under regular dialysis and 50 samples included as control BMI was calculated in additio...
Abstract Chlamydia trachomatis is the common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the world. More than 85% of women with urogenital Chlamydial infections do not manifest obvious symptoms; the consequences of such untreated infections include pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and ectopic pregnancy. This cross sectional study aimed to detect of Chlamydia IgG antibodies among infertile women in Khartoum State. A total of ninety (90) infertile women with a history of primary...
Introduction:Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that has afflicted man for centuries. It is one of the commonest causes of death from infectious diseases in the world. Nigeria is ranked among the 22 countries with the highest TB burden in the world. The discovery of host or pathogen specific biomarkers of TB for diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis has of recent become top research priority globally. The pathogenesis of TB involves cell-mediated immune response against Mycobacterium t...
Abstract This study was carried out to investigate the cause of the Rt loin pain using ultrasound in order to relate the pain to the sign and symptoms according to ultrasound finding. The data of this study collected from 50 patients refer to ultrasound department in Military Hospital in Omdurman as having Rt loin pain in the period from Jan 2014 to May 2015. The patient scanned by General electric logia 5 ultrasound machine equipped with TA convex probe 3.5MHz. The result of this study show...
This study was aimed at assessing the iron, zinc and anthropometric indices of pre-school children aged 2 – 5 years in Ozubulu. A total of two hundred and forty (240) preschool children were randomly selected. Questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, biochemical analysis and 3–day weighed food intake were used for data collection. Two hundred and forty (240) questionnaires were distributed to mothers and caregivers of the selected children. Out of the 240 samples, sub samples of thirty...
ABSTRACT Background : Community-Acquired Pneumonia is among the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children below five years of age in developing countries. It is a second course of morbidity and mortality next to neonatal birth complications and bacteremia is one of complication which accelerates this. Different studies shows different prevalences of bacteremia among children with CAP and managed to isolate common organisms with associated features which helped them to change man...
Abstract This is a descriptive cross section study to assess patients affected with right upper quadrant pain. Study was conducted in Modern Medical Center, at ultrasound department carried out during the period from October 2018 to October 2019. The study conducted on 100 patients suffering from right upper quadrant pain by routine transabdominal ultrasound. The main objective of this study is to assess RUQ pain in Sudanese population using ultrasonography. The study was classified and anal...
ABSTRACT Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) share common routes of blood-borne transmission. There are Ten genotypes from (A-I) of HBV genome, have been identified, HBV genotypes have different geographical distribution and regarding to disease progression and response of antiviral treatment and prognosis. The objective of this study was molecular detection of HBV genotypes among HIV patients in Khartoum state. A total of 92 subjects (n=92) were included in this o...
Abstract Introduction: There is variation in the size, shape and position of tympanic membrane perforations; the degree of conductive hearing loss depends on the size and position of perforation. Objective: To determine the pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforation at a private health facility in Tanzania Method: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in the ENT clinic at Ekenywa Specialised Hospital was conducted from January to May 2019. Ears were examined thoroughly by an Otorhin...
ABSTRACT Background : Traffic crashes are a major cause of global morbidity and mortality mostly affecting low- and middle-income countries whereby deaths and injuries of road traffic accidents occur in developing countries. Commercial motorcyclists take the upfront vulnerability for wide-open to traffic risks with limited use of safety equipment. This study made an assessment of the knowledge, attitude, and practices on the compliance with road safety measures among commercial motorcyclists ...