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2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 178-188
The World Health Organization estimates that globally, 1.62 billion people are anemic, withthe highest prevalence of anemia (47.4%) among preschool-aged children. A study wasconducted at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIU TH) Bushenyi dis...
2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 168-177
Uganda is making significant progress towards achieving the 1st 90:90:90 target, with 89%of HIV patients aware of their status, 94% on HIV treatment, and 90% virally suppressed. Astudy at Naama Health Centre III found that adherence to HAART among HIV patient...
2023 | J Pub Health Nutri | Pp. 138
In pregnancy, anaemia is when haemoglobin concentration is less than 11 g/dL in the first andthe third trimester or a haemoglobin concentration of less than 10.5 g/dL in the second trimester.Globally, anaemia is public health problem since ancient years. Duri...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Pp. 58-61,
Iron-deficiency anemia is the most frequent form of anemia in pregnancy and can haveserious consequences for both the mother and fetus. The majority of women do not haveadequate iron stores to meet the dramatic increase in requirements during the second andth...
2023 | International Journal of Innovative and Applied Research | Pp. 65-69
HIV immune activation plays an important role in the immune pathogenesis of this disease. The mechanisms that drive this immune activation are partially defined and may be the result of multiple factors. Although the introduction of concomitant antiretroviral...
2023 | J Pub Health Nutri | Pp. 129
Human immunodeficiency virus is a threat to human existence, especially in developingcountries, including Nigeria. Although many preventive and interventional measures have beentaken to reduce the threat of HIV, HIV remains a major cause of public challenge i...
2023 | J Pub Health Nutri | Pp. 141
Cervical cancer screening is the major public health strategy for secondary prevention ofcervical cancer especially in the HIV infected women. There a very low utilization of cervicalcancer screening services in the developing countries. This is despite the h...
2023 | International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences | Pp. 21-34
Monkeypox is a re-emerging viral zoonosis that occurs naturally in heavily forested regions of West and CentralAfrica. Monkeypox was first identified as a distinct illness in 1958 among laboratory monkeys in Copenhagen,Denmark. Inter-human transmission of mon...
2023 | Journal of Biomedical Sciences | Pp. 1-6
Sickle cell disease has been described by many scholars as a chronic inflammatorydisease which is linked to many factors such as endothelial destruction,increased synthesis of reactive oxygen specie, haemolysis, increased synthesisof pro inflammatory cytokine...
2023 | International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences | Pp. 171-180
The immune system protects the host organism from exogenous and endogenouspathogens. A finely tuned andbalanced array of cytokines, coagulation factors, andcomplement together with immunocompetent cells protect thebody from a wide variety ofknown and unknown...