Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Subject "Sub-Saharan Africa"

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  • Assessing nurses’ adherence to the see-and-treat guidelines of Botswana's national cervical cancer prevention programme 

    Johnson, Lauren G.; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Teitelman, Anne M.; Jemmott, John B.; Buttenheim, Alison M. (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 ...

  • Metabolic control and determinants among HIV-infected Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a tertiary llinic in Botswana 

    Rwegerera, Godfrey Mutashambara; Shailemo, Dorothea H.P.; Pina Rivera, Yordanka; Mokgosi, Kathryn O.; Bale, Portia; Oyewo, Taibat Aderonke; Diaz Luis, Bruno; Habte, Dereje; Godman, Brian (Dove Medical Press Ltd, www.dovepress.com, 2021-01-11)
    Purpose: We primarily aimed at determining the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and abnormal individual metabolic control variables in HIV-infected participants as compared to HIV-uninfected participants given current ...

  • Population structure of human gut bacteria in a diverse cohort from rural Tanzania and Botswana 

    Hansen, Matthew E.B.; Rubel, Meagan A.; Bailey, Aubrey G; Ranciaro, Alessia; Thompson, Simon R.; Campbell, Michael C.; Beggs, William; Dave, Jaanki R.; Mokone, Gaonyadiwe G; Mpoloka, Sununguko Wata; Nyambo, Thomas; Abnet, Christian; Chanock, Stephen J.; Bushman, Frederic D.; Tishkoff, Sarah A. (BMC, https://www.biomedcentral.com/, 2019-01-22)
    Background: Gut microbiota from individuals in rural, non-industrialized societies differ from those in individuals from industrialized societies. Here, we use 16S rRNA sequencing to survey the gut bacteria of seven ...

  • A step toward timely referral and early diagnosis of cancer: implementation and impact on knowledge of a primary care based training program in Botswana 

    Narasimhamurthy, Mohan; Tapela, Neo M.; Peluso, Michael J.; Kohler, Racquel E.; Setlhako, Irene I.; Botebele, Kerapetse; Gabegwe, Kemiso; Nkele, Isaac; Mmalane, Mompati; Grover, Surbhi; Barak, Tomer; Shulman, Lawrence N.; Lockman, Shahin; Dryden-Peterson, Scott (Elsevier, www.elsevier.com, 2018-05-29)
    Health system delays in diagnosis of cancer contribute to the glaring disparities in cancer mortality between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries. In Botswana, approximately 70% of cancers are diagnosed ...