January 2018

Malaria among relatives escorting sick patients during the dry season to Karume Health Centre, Mwanza, Northwestern Tanzania

Malaria is still a public health problem in the world. It accounted for an estimated 214 million cases and 438,000 deaths in the year 2015. During the dry season, most people are likely to be asymptomatic and therefore fail to be diagnosed with malaria. This study established the proportion of people who came to health facility, escorting sick relatives and had detectable malaria parasites. This was a cross sectional...

Author(s): Erasmus Kamugisha, Julius Karol Marwa, Emelie Lund and Göte Swedberg

January 2018

Substance use and factors associated with risky sexual practice in school youth in Asella Town, South-East Ethiopia, 2017

Globally, risky sexual behavior accounts for large number of opportunities for sexually transmitted infection including human immunodeficiency virus and unintended pregnancy. The study is intended to describe substance use and factors associated with risky sexual practice among school youth. School based cross sectional study was conducted through self-administered questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique was...

Author(s): Solomon Mariam W., Nega Assefa, Solomon Tejineh and Hiwot Zelalem

January 2018

The characteristics of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an enlarged prostate gland caused by progressive hyperplasia of glandular cells or stoma cells from prostate tissues. BPH is a common problem that increases in people from 40 years old. The symptom is lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) that consist of the followings: Strenuous urination, frequent urination, urinary hesitancy and retention. This study aims to know the characteristic...

Author(s): Shahrul Rahman

January 2018

Effects of some micronutrients on mice infected with Plasmodium berghei

Malaria is a disease which is prevalent in tropical regions; however, it is preventable and curable with the use of certain micronutrients thereby reducing the life threatening disease. The effect of micronutrients (vitamin C, calcium, iron and magnesium) on mice infected with Plasmodium berghei NK-65 species was evaluated using standard methods. The percentage suppression and the parasitemia levels were counted daily...

Author(s): Omoya Funmilola Oluyemi and Oyebola Taiwo Folayele