March 2020

Vitamin D status of pregnant Moroccan women during the last gestational trimester

This work is a prospective study that aims to evaluate the vitamin D status of Moroccan women during the last trimester of their pregnancy to establish the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D. We carried out, within the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital (HMIMV), a six-month prospective study on the vitamin status D of 152 Moroccan women during their last gestational trimester. Maternal blood was collected at the...

Author(s): Raoul Karfo,, Marie-Christelle Yélamto Touré, Aboubacar Dit Tietie Bissan, Elie Kabré, Jean Sakandé, Rahali Driss Moussaoui, and Saida Tellal,  

March 2020

The level of adherence to food by prescription (FBP) program among adults living with HIV/AIDS in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study

Considering the importance of nutritional health for people living with HIV, programs delivering nutritional support have been scaled up globally. Among various programs, the Food by Prescription (FBP) program has been implemented in Ethiopia since 2010. This study was undertaken to assess the level of adherence to the FBP program and identify the associated factors among HIV infected adults. Facility-based...

Author(s): Biniyam D. Kabtyimer, Ribka D. Gebre and Tesfalem T. Tessema