Artemether/lumefantrine/tinidazole (A/L/T) has shown additive antiplasmodial activity; therefore its safety assessment is imperative. This study examined its hepatotoxic effect on healthy and diseased mice. Fifty four Swiss albino mice of n=6 were used. The mice were diseased wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330314
Aim: Consumption of alcohol plays a key role in traumatic injuries The capacity of alcohol to distort human cognitive ability and reasoning makes it an important factor in the causation of motor vehicle and interpersonal violence-related injuries The aim of this study was to inve...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330313
UNAIDS recommends the 90-90-90 policy for controlling HIV infection (identify 90% of HIV cases, provide care for 90% of these, and have 90% of the treated achieve viral suppression). 90-90-90 requires an accurate measurement of HIV prevalence, which is impossible to achieve. Prev...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330312
Aim: To present the case report of an incidental finding of disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL) found during an emergency caesarean section in a young Nigerian woman who presented with slow progress in labour and maternal exhaustion. Presentation of Case: We present the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330311
Okia David, Iramiot Jacob Stanley, Kagoya Kawala Enid, Nekaka Rebecca, Karungi Veronica, Musoki Drake, Oteko Alfred, Nakisuyi Janet & Aisu Emmanuel·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Aim: This study aimed to assess Infectious Waste Management in face of COVID-19, among Health care workers in Rural Health Facilities in Amuria district, Eastern Uganda. Little evidence exists of the challenges that occur while implementing Infectious waste management in the face...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330310
Aims: To assess the prevalence of herbal use and factors that predispose (predictors). dermatology patients to the use of herbal preparations and medications at the Dermatology clinic of University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330309
Background: War trauma includes some of the most complex injury entities that require complex techniques, often in austere settings. After body armor use and advanced resuscitation and evacuation plans, limb injuries and salvage has increased. In this article, we review the recen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i330308
Onyechi Nwankwo, Lois N. Omaka-Amari, Eunice N. Afoke, Ifeyinwa M. Okeke, Jude N. Nwafor, Precious I. Igwenyi, Michael O. Okereke & Christian O. Aleke·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Aims: The purpose of this paper is to appraise the perceptions of teachers on the implementation of school health services in Private and Public Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Background: Health is an essential commodity that every living human bargain for and is the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230307
This is a systemic review to identify the essentials of health care marketing. The objective of this study is to critically analyze, assess, and document the literature [1,2,3] (Balogun and Ogunnaike, 2017; Awaand Eze, 2013) on elements of health care marketing, to establish its...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230306
Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a rare, severe and lasting autoimmune disease that can vary in severity from mild to possibly life-threatening with a multi-system manifestation characterized by symptoms relating to joint, skin or mucosal inflammation, or with a v...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230305
Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Joseph Onuwa Umunnah, Ebere Yvonne Ihegihu, Fatai Adesina Maruf, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Chukwuebuka Olisaemeka Okeke & Chisom Godswill Chigbo·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Introduction: Physiotherapists are exposed to contracting infectious diseases because of the level of contact they have with patients in the course of performing their statutory clinical duties. Objective: The major objective of the study is to determine the availability and util...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230304
A. D’Alessio, M. Cottini, C. Lombardi, M. Uccelli, F. Bracchi, G. Cesana, D. Di Mauro, A. Fargnoli, C. Giussani, F. Martini, M. Motta, S. Olmi, N. Sertori, M. Taverna & P. Del Poggio·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been used against SARS-CoV-2, but large non randomized studies failed to show any clinical benefit. However, in these studies the drug was started in the hospital setting, a significant time after the onset of symptoms. Aim of the Study: t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230301
Background: It has been shown that patients would like to discuss their spiritual beliefs with their physicians and that they have spiritual needs which are often under addressed by health care professionals. Whereas, addressing those needs in clinical practice is a component of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230302
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. The early and accurate diagnosis is crucial for disease management and to control disease transmission and the emergence of drug resistance TB. Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the diagnostic accur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230299
Abir Farouk Megahed, Abeer Mohammed Abd Eltwab, Amany R. Youssef, Reem Mohamed Farouk Saleh & Nagy Sayed-Ahmed·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: Hepatitis b virus infection (HBV) was recognized as an important hazard for patients and staff in Hemodialysis Units (HDU), and this issue was first recognized in the 1960s with a set of guidelines for the control of HBV in HDU. HCV is a blood-borne infection and is t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230300