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Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by Subject "Africa"
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Antibiotic and antifungal use in paediatric departments at three academic hospitals in South Africa (Elsevier, 2024-03)OBJECTIVES : South Africa implemented a National Strategic Framework to optimise antimicrobial stewardship in 2014; however, there is limited data on how this has affected prescribing, especially to children treated in ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2023-03)Proper asthma control can lessen the negative effects of asthma in adolescents, such that they can lead a normal and physically active life. The study aimed to compare self-reported asthma control and actual test scores ...
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)OBJECTIVE : To identify reasons for poor asthma control in African children and adolescents. DESIGN : Systematic review DATA SOURCES : PubMed, Scopus, CINHAL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE and Web of Science databases were systematically ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2022-11-17)Paediatric neuromuscular diseases are under-recognised and under-diagnosed in Africa, especially those of genetic origin. This may be attributable to various factors, inclusive of socioeconomic barriers, high burden of ...
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(Nature, 2012-06)Mitochondrial disease can be attributed to both mitochondrial and nuclear gene mutations. It has a heterogeneous clinical and biochemical profile, which is compounded by diversity of the genetic background. Disease-based ...
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(Cancer Intelligence, 2022-07-07)Together with the Africa Continental Branch of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP Africa), the Uganda Cancer Institute, a tertiary governmental institution for specialised cancer care services, research ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-04)BACKGROUND: Human rotavirus vaccine (HRV; i.e., Rotarix) reduced the incidence of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) by 77% (95% Conficence interval: 56% to 88%) during the first year of life in South Africa. Persistence ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-06)COVID-19, and the novel coronavirus causing it, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. It presents with signs and symptoms of respiratory illness, and other nonspecific symptoms. These symptoms ...
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(MDPI, 2020-09)Children who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed but uninfected (CHEU) accumulate maternal HIV and antiretroviral exposures through pregnancy, postnatal prophylaxis, and breastfeeding. Here, we compared the ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2019-08)BACKGROUND : Up to 50% of children diagnosed with cancer in low- and middle-income countries are malnourished, which likely affects survival. SUBJECTS AND METHODS : An online survey to paediatric oncology units (POUs) in ...
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Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in Africa and the Middle East, despite year-round sunny days (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-07)Exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), is essential for cutaneous vitamin D synthesis. Despite significant daily sunlight availability in Africa and the Middle East, persons living in these regions are ...
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