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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 ...
Post abortion care data in Botswana
(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 ...
Maternal risk factors for childhood anaemia in Ethiopia
(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
(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, ...
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 ...
HIV infection is not associated with the initiation of curative treatment in women with cervical cancer in Botswana
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Co-infection with HPV types from the same species provides natural cross-protection from progression to cervical cancer
(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 ...
Factors related to advanced stage of cancer presentation in Botswana
(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 ...