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2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 110-114
Diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in urban populations, particularly among children under five, with a disproportionate burden in low-income neighborhoods. This review examines the incidence of diarrhea across low- and high-...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 105-109
Typhoid fever remains a major public health challenge in Uganda, particularly in communities where sanitation, water quality, and healthcare access are inadequate. Despite the availability of effective vaccines and antibiotics, disparities in healthcare infra...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 98-104
Malaria during pregnancy posed substantial risks to maternal and fetal health in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to maternal anemia, placental parasitemia, low birth weight, and neonatal mortality. Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadox...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 90-97
Human and ecological systems in the Anthropocene are exposed to complex mixtures of chemicals from industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and consumer-product sources. These combined exposures frequently produce effects that are not predicted by single-che...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 84-89
Type 1 diabetes mellitus was characterized by absolute insulin deficiency requiring lifelong exogenous insulin replacement. Traditional insulin delivery methods, including multiple daily injections and conventional insulin pumps, impose substantial burdens on...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 79-83
Breast cancer risk is shaped not only by inherited genetic variation but also by dynamic and potentially reversible epigenomic modifications that reflect environmental exposures, ageing, and life-course influences. Epigenomic profiling, particularly DNA methy...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 72-78
Circadian timekeeping aligns cellular metabolism with daily cycles of light, feeding, and activity. In obesity-linked type 2 diabetes (T2D), misalignment between endogenous clocks and behavior via shift work, social jetlag, evening eating, short/fragmented sl...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 65-71
Circadian rhythms orchestrate 24-hour cycles in behavior and physiology that are fundamental to metabolic homeostasis. A central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and peripheral clocks in liver, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, pancreas, and gut coordinate...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 55-64
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remained a substantial global health challenge, with approximately 39 million people living with HIV worldwide as of 2022. The advent of integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) has transformed antiretroviral...
2026 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 12-17
Rheumatoid factor (RF), an autoantibody classically directed against the Fc portion of IgG, is most widely recognized for its diagnostic and prognostic roles in rheumatoid arthritis. Increasing evidence, however, implicates RF in broader systemic processes th...