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An 80 year old hermaphroditic with HughBrenner Brenner tumor: A rare case report and review of literature
(African Journal of Urology; https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aju, 2018-03-09)Introduction: Hermaphroditism is a general term used to describe a sexual development disorder usually diagnosed at an early stage in sexual development. However, this is a report of an 80 year old sexual ambiguity patient ... -
Achieving public and global health competencies: a teaching case study of Botswana's cervical cancer screening program
(Wiley, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/, 2018-02-18)Objectives: To design and implement a case study on the cervical cancer screening program in Botswana to teach public and global health competencies to undergraduate nursing students. Design and Sample: The case study was ... -
Addressing the challenge of p-value and sample size when the significance is borderline: the test of random duplication of participants as a new approach
(Lifescience Global, https://www.lifescienceglobal.com/, 2016)The issue of borderline p-value seems to divide health scientists into two schools of thought. One school of thought argues that when the p-value is greater than or equal to the statistical significance cut-off level of ... -
Adherence to anti-diabetic drugs among patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania- A cross-sectional study
(Pan African Medical Journal in partnership with AFNET,www.panafrican-med-journal.com, 2014-04-07)Introduction: Adherence to diabetes mellitus treatment regimens among Type 2 diabetes patients in Tanzania has not been well documented. This study sought to assess adherence to antidiabetic drugs and associated factors ... -
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 ... -
Assessing nurses’ adherence to the see-and-treat guidelines of Botswana's national cervical cancer prevention programme
(American Association for Cancer Research, https://www.aacr.org/, 2019-12-18)The see-and-treat approach for cervical cancer screening (VIA followed by immediate cryotherapy) was first pilot tested in Botswana in 2009. Botswana’s Ministry of Health and the Botswana-UPenn Partnership collaborated to ... -
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 ... -
Asthma prevalence, knowledge, and perceptions among secondary school pupils in rural and urban coastal districts in Tanzania
(Biomed Central, http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth, 2014)Background: Asthma is a common chronic disease of childhood that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma among secondary school pupils in urban and rural areas ... -
Availability of guidelines and policy documents for enhancing performance of practitioners at the Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in Gaborone, Tlokweng and Mogoditshane, Republic of Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/, 2016-08)This study aimed to determine the profile and availability of policies and guidelines as reference documents at Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in Gaborone and its surrounding in Botswana using the World Health ... -
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 ... -
Bilateral loss of vision after spinal anaesthesia on a dwarf patient
(OMICS Internationa, www.omicsonline.org/, 2019-01-04)Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism. Achondroplasia poses multiple anaesthetic challenges ranging from securing intravenous line, monitoring and drug dose calculations and airway management among others. ... -
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 ... -
Building health system capacity through medical education: a targeted needs assessment to guide development of a structured internal medicine curriculum for medical interns in Botswana
(Annals of Global Health, https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/, 2018)Background: Medical internship is the final year of training before independent practice for most doctors in Botswana. Internship training in Botswana faces challenges including variability in participants’ level of ... -
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. ... -
A case report of a giant appendiceal mucocele and literature review
(Pan African Medical Journal, http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2017-10-04)A 43-year-old female presented at the accident and emergency department of Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana. She reported a deep dull aching pain of two years duration in the right iliac fossa that has been ... -
A case report of an asymptomatic late term abdominal pregnancy with a live birth at 41 weeks of gestation
(BioMed Central, http://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/, 2016)Background: Despite advances in diagnostic imaging and focused antenatal care, cases of undiagnosed abdominal pregnancies at term are still reported in obstetric practice. It is atypical and very rare for a patient to be ...