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Psychoactive substance use among first-year students in a Botswana University: pattern and demographic correlates
(BMC Psychiatry, https://www.biomedcentral.com/about, 2018-08-31)
BACKGROUND:
Substance use amongst university students is a recognized problem worldwide. Few studies have been carried out in this group in Botswana. These studies have been mostly limited to the use of alcohol and tobacco. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections in Botswana: findings and implications
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.taylorandfrancis.com, 2018-03-23)
Background and aims: Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery is known to reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSI) as well as shorten hospital stay. However, there is currently a scarcity of data on antibiotic prophylaxis ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...