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Apr 28, 2018Open AccessArticle
There are few studies on
the travel safety of child passenger in China. The study aims to describe the seating
position and restraint practice of child passenger in China’s first-tier cities. The
travel information on the children enrolled in 10 early education institutions,
15 kindergartens and 10 primary schools was randomly selected in
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing and Jinan in recent years. A total of 4900 parents
we ...
Feb 23, 2018Open AccessArticle
Malaria is a global health problem, affecting
millions of people annually. According to the World Malaria Report 2015, there
were 214 million new cases of malaria globally (range 149 - 303 million) with an estimated mortality of 438,000
(range 236,000 -
635,000). The vast majority of the cases occur in the WHO African Region (88%),
with the rest being in the WHO South East Asian Region (10%) and the WHO
Eastern Mediterranean Regio ...
Jul 14, 2017Open AccessArticle
The period of pregnancy is
a very important aspect of fetal growth and development. Maternal weight gain
during pregnancy is associated with fetal macrosomia. Generally, delays in low
maternal weight gain have been linked to limitations in fetal growth and
development, and there is some evidence that low maternal weight gain is
associated with an increased risk of pre-term delivery. Objective: ...
Oct 17, 2016Open AccessArticle
Background: Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is a simpler, easy to read malaria diagnostic
test. It was introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) to supplement
the use of microscopy and can be used alone in areas where microscopy is
unavailable. Its introduction was necessary to maintain the WHO test-based
treatment protocol for malaria, as dependence of microscopy which is the gold
standard is not possible in many areas in S ...
Nov 13, 2015Open AccessArticle
Background: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases in particular
diabetes is rising worldwide especially in low income countries. Information on
the risk factors at the community level is of paramount importance to enable
strategic preventive programs. This study is undertaken to investigate the prevalence
of Type 2 diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose and associated risk factors
among Maasai communities of Simanjiro District, Tanzania. Methods: This is a
cross- sectional population based ...
Jul 16, 2015Open AccessArticle
Dracunculus medinensis is a parasitic infection that can be prevented but still endemic in few
countries today. Most individuals are not even aware that they are infected
until when the symptoms develop. Contaminated drinking water, endemicity for
the disease, and previous history of infection are the major risk factors for
transmission of this disease. The Guinea worm’s life-cycle begins in
contaminated water and ends within the human body. A host is necessary for the
survival of this pa...
Jul 15, 2015Open AccessArticle
Abdominal pregnancies are rare; however, they are still frequently missed
pre-operatively. This presents diagnostic and treatment dilemma especially in
resource-constrained settings where CT-scan and MRI are not readily available
for accurate diagnosis. Five cases of abdominal pregnancies were managed over
an eighteen-year period. In 2 cases, the condition was diagnosed preoperatively.
The age range of the patients was from 32 to 36 years with a mean of 32.4
years. All 5 patients recovered fully...
Jun 11, 2015Open AccessArticle
Background: In Bangladesh, more than two-thirds of total food consumption
is rice as main staple, especially for the
poor, in addition to some vegetables, pulses and small quantities of fish, meat,
egg, etc. if and when available. The similar dietary pattern and
practices were found for under two years old children in the intervention areas
of Alive and Thrive (A & T) project where consumption of animal foods by
children was minimal even after being counseled on its rightly mentioned. Premis...
Mar 23, 2015Open AccessArticle
Background: Tobacco use is one of the important preventable causes of death
and a leading public health problem all over the world. Multiple factors are involved
in the initiation of smoking in adolescents and young adults. Adolescents may incorrectly
believe that cigarette smoking is less risky than other behaviors, such as alcohol
consumption and drug use, and they do not understand the short-term effect and addictive
nature of smoking. Objectives: The main objective of the study was to find o...
Feb 13, 2015Open AccessArticle
Introduction: Oncoplasty has developed for 20 years in order to avoid
potentially major deformations of conservative treatment. We report the results
of our oncoplastic breast operations. Patients and Methods: We conducted a
descriptive and retrospective study of 48 patients treated by oncoplastic
technique in the national center of burn and plastic surgery in the U.H.
IBN-ROCHD of Casablanca between 2011 and 2014. Patient and tumor
characteristics, as well as information on the procedures and c...
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