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A Compariosn of efficacy of insecticide-Treated and Untreated Bednets in Preventing Malaria in Gambian Children
(Oxford University Press, 11/1/1995)
An evaluation of the Gambian national insecticide impregnated bed net programme, which has introduced insecticide treatment of bed nets into all primary health care (PHC) villages in The Gambia, provided an opportunity to ...
Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis B in Mwanza, Tanzania
(7/17/1997)
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is endemic and poses a grave public health problem in Africa where it is mainly transmitted from mother to baby or during childhood. Sexual transmission has also been suggested to play a role in ...
Improved Treatment Services Significantly Reduce the Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Rural Tanzania: Result of a Randomized Controlled Trial
(AIDS, 12/11/1997)
Objective: To evaluate the impact of improved case management for sexually
transmitted diseases (STD) at the primary health care level on the incidence and
prevalence of STD.
Design: Community-randomized controlled ...
Echinococcus granulosus: Ultrastructural Effect of Albendazole Therapy
(African Journal of Health Sciences, 1994-11)
The effects of the anthelmintic Albendazole against Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cysts in Turkana patients given orally were studied by means of ultrasound as well as light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron ...
Prevalence of malaria in southern Sudan
(African Journal of Health Sciences, 11/4/1996)
The prevalence of malaria in the human population of southern Sudan was studied during March to April, 1996. A total of 330 people including adults and children were screened for malaria by microscopic examination of Giemsa ...
Validation of a WHO Algorithm with Risk Assessment for the Clinical Management of Vaginal Discharge in Mwanza, Tanzania
(Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1998-07)
Objectives: (i) To determine the microbial aetiologies of vaginal discharge in STD clinic and antenatal clinic (ANC) attenders; (ii) to evaluate the performance and costs of a new WHO algorithm for the detection of gonococcal ...
Simplified PCR for Detection of Haemophilus ducreyi and Diagnosis of Chancroid
(1995-04)
A simplified PCR was developed for detection of Haemophilus ducreyi in samples from chancroid patients.
The strategy included a straightforward chloroform extraction sample preparation method, a one-tube nested
PCR to ...
Sexual and Reproductive Health among Primary and Secondary School Pupils in Mwanza, Tanzania: Need for Intervention
(AIDS Care, 1998)
A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 892 randomly selected pupils, aged 12 and above, attending 18 primary schools (PS) and five secondary schools (SS) in four communities of Mwanza Region in Tanzania. ...
Impact of User Charges on Vulnerable Groups: The Case of Kibwezi in Rural Kenya
(Elsevier, 1995-09)
The Government of Kenya introduced user fees for inpatient and curative outpatient care at its hospitals and health centres in December 1989. Children under five years old and those judged by the health staff to be indigent ...
Improved treatment services significantly reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in rural Tanzania - results of a randomized controlled trial
(AIDS: Rapid Science Publishers, 1997-08-07)
Objective: To evaluate the impact of improved case management for sexually
transmitted diseases (STD) at the primary health care level on the incidence and
prevalence of STD.
Design: Community-randomized controlled ...