Resource-poor setting
Malaria Morbidity among Under-Five Nigerian Children: A Study of its Prevalence and Health Practices of Primary Care Givers (Mothers) in a Resource-Poor Setting of a Rural Hospital in Eastern Nigeria
... to poor treatment and prevention of malaria infection and invariably cause a rise in family healthcare ...a resource-poor setting of a rural hospital and evaluating the health practices of ...
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Antenatal HIV 1 RNA load and timing of mother to child transmission; a nested case control study in a resource poor setting
... this resource poor setting, TLC was used as a surrogate mar- ker for CD4 cell count since by then, the capacity to determine the latter was not readily available to the gen- eral public due to ...
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Optimizing the Treatment Options for Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer in a Resource Poor Setting: A Single Centre Experience
... Abstract: Background: Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) is invariably a terminal disease. Though international guidelines exist on mCRPC management, there are varied practices regarding the ...
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Anti-epileptic drug utilization and treatment outcome among epileptic patients on follow-up in a resource poor setting
... Regarding seizure treatment outcome in terms of seizure- freedom, this study showed that almost 57% of patients were found to be seizure free for a consecutive 3 years follow-up periods. This study showed that ...
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Mortality among Preterm Babies in a Resource-poor Setting: What Time is Crucial?
... In the developing parts of the world where the rate of preterm births is relatively higher, the risk of preterm mortality is commensurably high. Given the fact that the bulk of neonatal deaths occur very early in life as ...
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Challenges in the Management of Sepsis in a Resource Poor Setting
... in resource limited settings, the internationally recommended “Surviving Sepsis Campaign” guideline [29] [30] for the management of sepsis has many ...the resource-poor ...in resource limited ...
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Comparison of six methods to estimate adherence in an ART-naïve cohort in a resource-poor setting: which best predicts virological and resistance outcomes?
... a resource-poor setting: self-report (SR), clinic-based pill count (CPC) and pharmacy refill data (PR-average); and three requir- ing additional technology or calculation: therapeutic drug monitoring ...
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Concurrent hyperthyroidism and papillary thyroid cancer: a fortuitous and ambiguous case report from a resource poor setting
... Concurrent hyperthyroidism and papillary thyroid cancer: a fortuitous and ambiguous case report from a resource‑poor setting Benjamin Momo Kadia1, Christian Akem Dimala2,3*, Ndemazie Nk[r] ...
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Epidemiological, clinical and prognostic profile of childhood acute bacterial meningitis in a resource poor setting.
... How to cite this article: Kuti BP, Bello EO, Jegede TO, Olubosede O. Epidemiological, clinical and prognostic profile of childhood acute bacterial meningitis in a resource poor setting. J Neurosci ...
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How is household food insecurity and maternal nutritional status associated in a resource-poor setting in Ghana?
... The study comprised 422 households out of which 49.8 % (210) were resident in rural setting. The mean age of the women respondents was 29.4 ± 6.3 years. The other details of the sample characteristics including ...
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Survival of HIV Infected Children Born to Mothers Enrolled in a PMTCT Program in a Resource Poor Setting
... from resource poor ...this setting, there was un- acceptable high mortality from HIV infected children and loss to follow up prior to availability of ...in resource poor settings ...
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The role of routine post-natal abdominal ultrasound for newborns in a resource-poor setting: a longitudinal study
... This study has been able to demonstrate a 5.9% inci- dence of various types of genito urinary anomalies in this small population. Routine pre- and post- natal USS has been known to be very useful in early identification ...
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Predicting Virological Failure with Immunological Criteria in First Line ART Patients in a Resource Poor Setting
... Indroduction: National Aids control Organisation in India implementing National AIDS control program uses WHO’s immunological criteria to screen virological failure. Using immunological criteria to detect virological ...
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Endometrial ablation using silicon foley catheter: An alternative modality of treatment in a resource poor setting
... Second Generation techniques for Endometrial ablation have proved to be efficacious in several studies in the past. Development of a technique that utilises easily available resources which are not too costly can help a ...
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Latent tuberculosis among pregnant mothers in a resource poor setting in Northern Tanzania: a cross sectional study
... Abbreviations AFB: Acid-fast bacilli; ANC: Ante-natal care clinic; CXR: Chest radiograph; DTLC: District TB and Leprosy Coordinator; IFN-gamma: Interferon gamma assay; LTBI: Latent TB in[r] ...
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare ethics among resident doctors and ward nurses from a resource poor setting, Nepal
... There have been few studies assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare ethics among doctors and nurses in resource poor countries such as ours. Moreover, there has been no such study prior to ...
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HIV associated Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia: a clinical, histological and radiographic study from an HIV endemic resource-poor setting
... The clinical (non-productive cough, progressive dys- pnoea, and crackles) [1,5,9,10] and radiological features (ground-glass appearance, centrilobular nodules, and interstitial thickening) of LIP, using both chest x-ray ...
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Verbal autopsy completion rate and factors associated with undetermined cause of death in a rural resource-poor setting of Tanzania
... Verbal autopsy (VA) is a commonly used tool to ascertain causes of death. In many developing countries, cause of death data are limited because most deaths take place out- side health facilities [1]. In addition, in some ...
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Developing capacity in health informatics in a resource poor setting: lessons from Peru
... In resource poor settings, informatics represents an important and emerging focus in healthcare settings, applicable, for example, to functional genomics, pro- teomics, clinical care, prevention, disease ...
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Treating Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a Resource Poor Setting: Challenges and Outcome
... Abstract Objectives: To assess the problems encountered in managing children with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL) in a resource poor Indian setting and to describe the clinical profile and outcome of these ...
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