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Metabolic control and determinants among HIV-infected Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a tertiary llinic in Botswana
(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 ...
Prevalence and risk Factors for hepatitis B and C among end‑stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis in Gaborone, Botswana
(Medknow Publishers, www.medknow.com, 2021-01)
Background: Patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) are at risk of blood transmitted infections such as hepatitis B and C. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus ...
Gynecologic cancer: new and follow-up patient appointments in Botswana during the COVID-19 pandemic
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, https://beta.asco.org/, 2021-04-06)
The article presents descriptive data on oncology appointments during COVID-19 lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa. Mobile applications can provide a platform for tracking missed and attended appointments. There was a significant ...
The Impact of China’s lockdown policy on the incidence of COVID-19: an interrupted time series analysis
(Hindawi, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/, 2021-10-28)
Background. Policy changes are often necessary to contain the detrimental impact of epidemics such as those brought about by coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In the earlier phases of the emergence of COVID-19, China was the ...
University of Botswana Public Health Medicine Unit contributions to the national COVID-19 response
(Pan African Medical Journal, https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2021-05-27)
COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020. Botswana reported its first case on 30th March 2020 and as of 31st January 2021 had 21,293 cases ...