Research articles (Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology)

 

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  • Gynecologic cancer: new and follow-up patient appointments in Botswana during the COVID-19 pandemic 

    Davey, Sonya MD; Bazzette-Matebele, Lisa MD; Monare, Barati RN, MPH; Seiphetleng, Alexander RN, BPH; Ramontshonyana, Gaobakwe RN; Vuylsteke, Peter MD; Chiyapo, Sebathu MD; Luckett, Rebecca MD; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen MD; Grover, Surbhi MD, MPH (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 ...

  • HIV infection and survival among women with cervical cancer 

    Drysen-Peterson, Scott; Bvochora-Nsingo, Memory; Suneja, Gita; Efstathiou, Jason, A.; Grover, Surbhi; Chiyapo, Sebathu; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Kebabonye-Pusoentsi, Malebogo; Clayman, Rebecca; Mapes, Abigail, C.; Tapela, Neo; Asmelash, Aida; Medhin, Heluf; Viswanathan, Akila, N.; Russell, Anthony H.; Lin, Lilie, L.; Kayembe, Mukendi K.A.; Mmalane, Mompati; Randall, Thomas C.; Chabner, Bruce; Lockman, Shahin (American Society of Clinical Oncology, https://beta.asco.org/, 2016-08-29)
    Purpose Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among the 20 million women with HIV worldwide. We sought to determine whether HIV infection affected survival in women with invasive cervical cancer. Patients ...

  • Explaining disparities in oncology health systems delays and stage at diagnosis between men and women in Botswana: A cohort study 

    Iyer, Hari S.; Kohler, Racquel E.; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Brown, Carolyn; Molebatsi, Kesaobaka; Grover, Surbhi; Kablay, Irene; Bvochora-Nsingo, Memory; Efstathiou, Jason, A.; Lockman, Shahin; Tapela, Neo; Dryden-Peterson, Scott L. (Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/, 2019-06-06)
    Purpose Men in Botswana present with more advanced cancer than women, leading to poorer outcomes. We sought to explain sex-specific differences in time to and stage at treatment initiation. Methods Cancer patients who ...

  • Botswana's HIV response: policies, context, and future directions 

    Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Poku, Ohemaa; Mazhani, Loeto; Ndwapi, Ndwapi; Misra, Supriya; Arscott-Mills, Tonya; Blank, Lilo; Ho-Foster, Ari; Becker, Timothy D.; Yang, Lawrence (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 ...

  • Factors related to advanced stage of cancer presentation in Botswana 

    Anakwenze, Chidinma; Bhatia, Rohini; Rate, William; Bakwenabatsile, Lame; Ngoni, Kebatshabile; Rayne, Sarah; Dhillon, Preet; Narasimhamurthy, Mohan; Ho-Foster, Ari; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Grover, Surbhi (American Society of Clinical Oncology, https://beta.asco.org/, 2018-12)
    Purpose: Botswana, a country with a high prevalence of HIV, has an increasing incidence of cancer related mortality in the post–antiretroviral therapy era. Despite universal access to free healthcare, the majority of ...

  • Achieving public and global health competencies: a teaching case study of Botswana's cervical cancer screening program 

    Okatch, Harriet PhD, MPH; Sowicz, Timothy Joseph PhD, CRNP; Teng, Helen MSN; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen MD; Buttenheim, Alison M. PhD, MBA (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 ...

  • Co-infection with HPV types from the same species provides natural cross-protection from progression to cervical cancer 

    Sobota, Rafal S.; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Williams, Scott M.; Zetola, Nicola M. (BioMed Central (BMC), http://www.infectagentscancer.com/, 2014-08)
    Background: The worldwide administration of bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines has resulted in cross-protection against non-vaccine HPV types. Infection with multiple HPV types may offer similar cross-protection in the ...

  • Availability of WHO essential medicines for cancer treatment in Botswana 

    Martei, Yehoda M.; Chiyapo, Sebathu; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Dryden-Peterson, Scott M.; Shulman, Lawrence N.; Tapela, Neo (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 ...

  • HIV infection is not associated with the initiation of curative treatment in women with cervical cancer in Botswana 

    Grover, Surbhi, MD, MPH; MacDuffie, Emily, C., BA; Wang, Qiao, MPH; Bvochora-Nsingo, Memory, MD; Bhatia, Rohini K., BA; Balang, Dawn, MD; Chiyapo, Sebathu P., MD; Luckett, Rebecca, MD, MPH; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen, MD; Dryden-Peterson, Scott L., MD; Lin, Lilie, L., MD; Shin, Sanghyuk, S., PhD; Zetola, Nicola M., MD, MPH (Wiley, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/, 2019-02-25)
    BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Sub-Saharan Africa. The risk of developing cancer is increased for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. It is unknown which ...

  • 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 ...

  • Maternal risk factors for childhood anaemia in Ethiopia 

    Habte, Dereje; Asrat, Kalid; Magafu, Mgaywa GMD; Ali, Ibrahim M.; Benti, Tadele; Abtew, Wubeshet; Tegegne, Girma; Abera, Dereje; Shiferaw, Solomon (Women's Health and Action Research Centre [WHARC], https://www.ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh, 2013-09)
    A total of 8260 children between the ages of 6-59 months were analyzed to identify the risk factors associated with childhood anaemia in Ethiopia. The overall mean (SD/ standard deviation) haemoglobin (Hgb) level among the ...

  • Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy 

    Mwita, Julius Chacha; Vento, Sandro; Benti, Tadele (PAMJ-Center for Public Health Research and Information, http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/, 2014-04-08)
    Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) is a rare pregnancy and postpartum complication that may simulate the more common obstetric complications, preeclampsia and the syndrome of haemolysis, ...

  • A case report of an asymptomatic late term abdominal pregnancy with a live birth at 41 weeks of gestation 

    Nassali, Mercy Nkuba; Benti, Tadele Melese; Bandani‑Ntsabele, Moreri; Musinguzi, Elly (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 ...

  • Post abortion care data in Botswana 

    Benti, Tadele (2014)
    Data summary: this is data collected between 2013 and 2014 in two referral hospitals namely Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone and Nyangabwe Referral Hospital in Francistown and also in two district hospitals namely ...