Background: Neonatal period is the most vulnerable period of human life as it accounts for very high morbidities and mortalities and most of these are preventable. It is estimated that 130 million neonates are born each ...
Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a serum bilirubin greater than 85 μmol/L (5 mg/dL). It is the yellowish discoloration of the skin, sclera and mucous membranes resulting from deposition of bilirubin. Based on ...
Background: Optimal breastfeeding is among the best and effective ways to promote optimal development of children in early childhood. Recent estimates suggested that optimal breastfeeding could prevent around 12% of deaths ...
Introduction: - Inconsistent use of antiretroviral therapy poses the risk of cross-resistance across the drugs. This narrows the subsequent regimen alternatives. As evidences showed that the magnitude of initial antiretroviral ...
INTRODUCTION: In spite of recent advances in health care, neonatal sepsis is still one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in neonates and is an ongoing major global public health challenge. Its incidence of ...
BACKGROUND: Neonatal intestinal obstruction is the most common surgical emergency in the neonatal period. It is a life-threatening condition with high mortality especially in developing countries. There is limited study ...
Background: Despite ranges of anti-malaria interventions worldwide, it lasts one of the top
public health problems causing morbidity, mortality and high cost for care. It has varying
magnitude across countries and has ...
Background: - delayed pregnancy return, refers to the inability of a couple to conceive after
having 12 months of regular sexual intercourse without using any contraceptive method Family
planning is the capability of ...
Background: Sunlight has been used for therapeutic purposes such as treating neonatal jaundice,
nappy rash and best known sources to vitamin D which is crucial to the development of bone.
However, the status of sunlight ...
Background: The quality of air inside homes where people spend a large part of their life is an
important determinant of a healthy life. However, household air pollution (HAP) from biomass fuel combustion in traditional ...
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infections are two
major public health problems of the world. TB is the leading killer among people a common
condition in infected with HIV. The ...
Background: Early detection of breast cancer using breast self-examination (BSE) plays an
important role in decreasing morbidity and mortality due to breast cancer, which is the
second leading cause of death in women ...
Background: - Pesticides are widely used in agriculture to increase yielding of crop by
preventing plant and animal pest and other plant pathogens. A significant increase in pesticide
use with poor implementation of ...
Introduction: - Severe community-acquired pneumonia affects all age groups of children, but under-five children are the most vulnerable. Globally, nearly 11.9 million under-five children experience severe community-acquired ...
BACKGROUND- Neonatal bacterial meningitis is inflammation of the meninges due to bacterial invasion. Signs are those of sepsis, central nervous system irritation. The diagnosis of meningitis was based on either the presence ...
BACKGROUND-The mortality and neurologic sequelae associated with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) Remain high despite advances in medical care. In our country information on clinical outcomes of meningitis and associated ...
Background: Pain is a global challenge that has complexity and a multidimensional phenomenon. According to International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the newest definition of pain is a distressing experience ...
ABSTRACT
Background: Infection prevention practice is a serious concern for health care workers; it is a major risk for the transmission of infections in the hospital. Infection prevention practice is low and not well ...
Introduction - Burns are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world, which disproportionately affect those 15 years old. It results in a scores of preventable deaths and disability every year ...
Background
Necrotizing enterocolitis is one of the commonest neonatal gastrointestinal diseases. Which stays similar in terms of epidemiology despite many preventive strategies have been done longer. Despite the etiologies ...