Background: Hypertension remains an important public health challenge in Imenti North Sub-County, Meru County, Kenya, where Community Health Promoters (CHPs) support community-based screening, monitoring, education, and treatment adherence. Aim: This study assessed the effectiven...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i91434
Background: Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) may worsen organ impairment in persons living with HIV (PLHIV). Objective: To assess the effect of ART adherence on hepatic and renal functions in patients with HIV. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i91422
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) involves hyperglycemia from insulin resistance, inadequate insulin secretion, and excess glucagon. Nigeria faces the highest diabetes prevalence in Africa, with T2DM dominating cases, particularly in the south-south region, including Rivers State....
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i41379
Aldijana Mahmutović Milićević, Lana Lekić, Halida Mahmutbegović Poljaković, Dževida Kamenjašević, Džemila Jahić, Emina Zahirović & Belkisa Joldić·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Aims: To determine the effectiveness of using a therapy diary in improving adherence and blood glucose levels. Study Design: A randomized multicenter study. Place and Duration of Study: The research was conducted in the primary Health Centers of Tuzla Canton from March to Augus...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i91095
Introduction: The COVID-19 cases in Malaysia increased dramatically and every individual must comply with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent the high burden on health facilities. Since it has no effective treatment; nonetheless, early recognition of the disease and a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i630465
Aims: Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen which infection caused devastating morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. The present study investigated the effect of culture starting inoculum size and culture age towards cellular properties of C. neoformans an...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16464
Background: Infertility outcomes may be associated with the infections that would lead to morphological defects of spermatozoa in vitro. The purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of Lactobacillus plantarum 2621 (L. plantarum) on adherence of sperm agglutinating Esche...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/12129
Eighteen Lactobacillus strains were isolated from Moroccan traditional dairy products and evaluated for their in vitro probiotic potential. The results showed that all strains tested tolerate acid gastric conditions (pH 2.0 and pH 3.0), while ten of them were bile resistant. Alth...