All the countries in the world are struggling to improve their healthcare systems regardless of being rich or poor. Talking about Cuba, it represents an example of well-developed healthcare system and policies which is comparable to developed countries of the world. The success o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130298
Asmaa A. Alfarisi, Mohammed Osamah Ezwaie, Hadir Gawili, Areej O. AlFerjany, Soha B. AlTalhi, Aisha A. Gandrah & Nora M. Bushaala·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: A single 4-hour dialysis treatment can require up to 400 liters of water per week for dialysis patients compare that with healthy person who drinks less than 15 liters of water per week. Therefore, it is clearly important to know and monitor the chemical and microbiol...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130297
The bubonic plague is an extremely old disease (apparentely from the late Neolitic era). The so-called “Justinianic plague” of the sixth century was the first well-attested outbreak of bubonic plague in the history of the Mediterranean world. It was thought that the Justinianic P...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130296
Oluwalana Timothy Oyekale, Samsudeen Adeniran Adegbile, Oluwatosin Bola Ojo, Damilola Esther Oguntunmbi & Oluwatoyin Ige Oyekale·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: The most common means of transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) is the contaminated hand of Healthcare Workers (HCWs), proper handwashing by HCWs is the best method of halting this transmission, however, there is poor adherence to the practice of the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130295
Aim: To detect the prevalence of asymptomatic neuropathy using nerve conduction study among alcohol dependence syndrome patients and to investigate the existence or not of correlation between duration, quantity of alcohol consumption and neuropathy. Study Design: Observational cr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130294
Mobolaji Usman Dada, Adekunle Olatayo Adeoti, Tobiloba Elebiyo, Banji Ferdinand ` Kumolalo & Adedotun Samuel Ajiboye·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Aims: This study was designed to examine the pattern of psychoactive drugs use among long-distance truck drivers in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration: The study was conducted at the converging motor par...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130293
Aim: The main purpose of this paper is to look at the Indian healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic and how COVID-19 acts as barrier and also presents some opportunities towards the road of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Background: COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130291
Aim: To undertake a comparative assessment of healthcare access of people in Ekiti and Kogi States of Nigeria. This further provided hard data for health program development towards attainment of universal health coverage and health sustainable development goal. Study Design: A c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i130292
Background and Aims: In Bangladesh, a significant number of individuals experienced a faux coronavirus test, especially at the profit oriented private hospitals or clinics during the COVID-19 emergency. Therefore, the prime purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of he...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230290
Background: Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a very important topic; it contains a variety of factors: temperature, humidity, the presence of chemicals and the quality of outdoor air brought inside are typical metrics used to define IAQ. However, with poor quality usually lead to Sick...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230288
Background: The diseases due to nutritional deficiencies or imbalanced diet can be due to different factors. These factors can be biological or environmental. The study indicated that there will be increase risks of acquiring diseases as a result of irregular intake of diet. Thes...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230283
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common among community acquired infections worldwide affecting men as well as women, many reports suggested that uropathogens are becoming more resistant towards antibiotics, which can cause various problems during treatment....
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230282
Background: Early diagnosis of breast cancer has been associated with better outcomes in diagnosed cases. Breast self-examination (BSE) is an inexpensive but effective method of identifying breast masses that may be cancerous. Objectives: To identify the knowledge, attitude and p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230281
Background: Mercury is a widespread environmental and industrial pollutant that is used in food preservation, cosmetics, pharmaceutical companies and laboratories. The aim of this present study was to investigate the possible effects of mercury chloride (HgCl2) exposure on the ce...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230280
Objectives: The purpose of this research was to study the epidemiology of H1N1 influenza A virus infection during lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic in Uttarakhand. Methodology: An analysis of primary data, obtained from DNA Labs-A Center for Applied Sciences, Dehradun after detec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1230279