Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Subject "Botswana"
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Alanine transaminase and hemoglobin appear to predict the occurrence of antituberculosis medication hepatotoxicity; findings and implications in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis. www.tandfonline.com, 2020-12-01)Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem, with medications having adverse effects including drug-induced hepatotoxicity. We determined the prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity and ... -
Antidiabetic medication adherence and associated factors among patients in Botswana; implications for the future
(Elsevier; https://www.elsevier.com/, 2017-03-06)Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major global public health problem. Lack of adherence to medication causes suboptimal glycemic control increasing complication rates, costs and mortality. The objective of the study ... -
Antimicrobial utilization research and activities in Botswana, the past, present and the future
(Taylor & Francis, www.tandfonline.com, 2019-09-23)A number of activities are ongoing to reduce AMR in Botswana by improving antimicrobial utilization across all sectors. However, there is a need to share experiences. With the objective of sharing these, the second one ... -
Assessment of prescribing practices at the primary healthcare facilities in Botswana with an emphasis on antibiotics: findings and implications
(Wiley,https://www.wiley.com/en-us, 2017-12-01)Background and Aims: Inappropriate drug prescribing has increased especially in developing countries where systems for monitoring medicine use are not well developed. This increases the rate of antimicrobial resistance. ... -
Assessment of the household availability of oral rehydration salt in rural Botswana
(PAMJ-Center for Public Health Research and Information, http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2013)Introduction: Diarrhea contributed for 17.6% of under-five deaths in Botswana. Oral rehydration salt (ORS) therapy has been the cornerstone in the control of morbidity and mortality secondary to diarrheal diseases. The ... -
Association between depression in carers and malnutrition in children aged 6 months to 5 years
(Aosis, http://www.aosis.org, 2017-01-30)Background: Childhood malnutrition is an important risk factor for child mortality and underlies close to 50% of child deaths worldwide. Previous studies have found an association between maternal depression ... -
Availability of WHO essential medicines for cancer treatment in Botswana
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, http://www.asco.org/, 2018-01-23)Purpose Stock outs of cancer drugs are potentially fatal but have not been systematically studied in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to determine the availability and alignment of the Botswana ... -
Botswana's HIV response: policies, context, and future directions
(Wiley, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/, 2020-01-17)This brief report describes key periods in the history of the national public health response to the HIV epidemic in Botswana. It reveals the context leading to the development of HIV policies presently in place and current ... -
A case of cryptococcal lymphadenitis in an HIV-Infected woman
(Israel Medical Association; https://www.ima.org.il/eng/, 2014-02)A 31 year old black African woman presented at a local clinic in Botswana with a 1 week history of a painless swelling on the left side of her neck. She did not have fever, night sweats, productive cough or weight loss. ... -
Designing a contextually appropriate surgical training program in low-resource settings: the Botswana experience
(Socie´te´ Internationale de Chirurgie, http://www.iss-sic.com/index.php?id=3, 2012-08-01)Background The global burden of surgical disease and severe shortage of trained surgeons around the world are now widely recognized. The greatest challenge in improving access to surgical care lies in sub-Saharan Africa, ... -
Epidemiology of patients presenting to the emergency centre of Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana
(African Journal of Emergency Medicine, http://www.afjem.org/, 2014)Introduction: Emergency medicine is a newly recognized specialty in Botswana and the country launched an emergency medicine residency in January 2011. Data regarding the practice of emergency medicine in Botswana are ... -
Explaining disparities in oncology health systems delays and stage at diagnosis between men and women in Botswana: A cohort study
(Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/, 2019-06-06)Purpose Men in Botswana present with more advanced cancer than women, leading to poorer outcomes. We sought to explain sex-specific differences in time to and stage at treatment initiation. Methods Cancer patients who ... -
Head injury burden in a major referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana
(Elsevier,https://www.elsevier.com/en-xm, 2018)Introduction: This study describes the demographics, aetiology, emergency centre diagnosis and severity indicators of patients with head injuries presenting to the largest referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana. Methods: ... -
Head trauma: a significant public health concern among young men in Botswana. Etiology referral patterns and opportunities for interventions
(Page press, https://www.pagepress.co/, 2018-10)This study aims to present and discuss acute Head Injury (HI) presentations including etiology, referral patterns and disposition in patients presenting to a major referral hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. Cross-sectional ... -
Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus in Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com, 2017-06-09)Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important aspect of diabetes mellitus care. The objective of the study was to determine the HRQOL of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in Botswana as little known in ... -
HIV hospital admissions attributable to specific opportunistic infections and factors associated with them at a Botswana Referral Hospital
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2015-08-31)Hospital admissions among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Botswana are high. Opportunistic infections (OIs) are responsible for most of these admissions. Although leading OIs causing these admissions have been identified ... -
HIV infection and survival among women with cervical cancer
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, https://beta.asco.org/, 2016-08-29)Purpose Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among the 20 million women with HIV worldwide. We sought to determine whether HIV infection affected survival in women with invasive cervical cancer. Patients ... -
HIV infection is not associated with the initiation of curative treatment in women with cervical cancer in Botswana
(Wiley, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/, 2019-02-25)BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Sub-Saharan Africa. The risk of developing cancer is increased for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. It is unknown which ... -
HIV infection: its impact on patients with appendicitis in Botswana
(Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp, 2019-06-11)Background: To compare the presentation, management, and outcome of HIV-positive patients with appendicitis to those of HIV-negative patients with appendicitis. Summary Background Data: The literature is limited regarding ... -
Impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on survival and acute toxicities from chemoradiation therapy for cervical cancer patients in a limited-resource setting
(Elsevier, https://www.elsevier.com/en-xm, 2018-05-01)Purpose—To prospectively compare survival between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected versus HIV-uninfected cervical cancer patients who initiated curative chemoradiation therapy (CRT) in a limited-resource ...