ABSTRACT Background: The Competence-Based Education and Training curriculum is a curriculum that emphasizes the complex outcomes of a learning process (knowledge, skills and attitude to be applied by learner). Tanzania adopted and started the implementation of CBET Curriculum among diploma nursing schools since 2008. This study intended to determine the factors influencing nurse students’ perception on implementation of Competence-Based Education and Training curriculum among diploma nursi...
ABSTRACT Background : Neonatal sepsis is the clinical infection categorized as early and lateonset that is a public health challenge all over the world. Number of factors; Premature rupture of membrane >18hours, repeated per vaginal examination, Prolonged/obstructed labor, antenatal care attendances have been associated with neonatal sepsis. Despite of all national interventions, Tabora Region is still the region with a high morbidity of neonatal sepsis at the western zone by 6.8%. Risk facto...
ABSTRACT Background : The caregivers’ level of knowledge on T1DM plays a major role in the management of affected children. However, limited studies have evaluated the knowledge of caregivers on type one diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of caregivers’ level of knowledge on blood glucose control in children with type one diabetes mellitus in Zanzibar. Methods: A cross- sectional study was carried out at the diabetic clinics hospitals in Zanzibar. A co...
Abstract : In this paper, we discuss the application of the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart for the monitoring blood glucose in type-II diabetes patients. We present tables for the practical use in healthcare. From the simulation results and a real example, the efficiency of the proposed chart in detecting a shift in diabetic level is compared with the existing chart. It is found that the proposed chart provides a strict method to monitor the diabetic levels in diab...
Abstract Introduction Malaria is an Italian word composed of “mala” and “aria”, derived from malus (bad) and aeris (air). It is a disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, namely, P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, and P. ovale, while P. Knowles commonly affects nonhuman primates [1]. The parasite is transmitted by an infected female Anopheles mosquito. The disease remains to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality in many tropical developing countries w...
Abstract Introduction Chronic respiratory diseases in Tanzania are prevalent and a silent burden to the affected population, and the healthcare system. We aimed to explore the availability of services and level of health facilities readiness to provide management of chronic respiratory diseases and its associated factors. Methods The current study is a secondary analysis of the 2014–2015 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey data. Facilities were considered to have a high readiness ...
Abstract Osteoporosis Is A Highly Prevalent Public Health Problem With Osteoporosisrelated Fractures That Account For High Morbidity And Mortality. The Study Compared The Plasma Level Of Alkaline Phosphatase, Calcium And Phosphorous Of 50 Women With Osteoporosis As Test Group And 50 Apparently Healthy Women As Control Group And It Is Case Control Study Carried Out In A Period From March To December 2018 In Khartoum State, Sudan. Venous Blood (3ml) Was Collected From The Participants In...
Abstract Hepatitis B infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases and health care workers (HCWs) have a high risk of occupational exposure to HBV. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during March to October 2019, to detect the frequency of HBV serologically among health care workers in McNimir Hospital. One hundred (n=100) blood specimens were collected from each eligible participants and structured questionnaire was used to collect both demographic and clinical...
Abstract Cupping is an ancient mode of therapy for various ailments, practiced and recommended by ancient healers. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of blood cupping on some biochemical parameters. Fourty peoples were selected randomly between ages 20 to 70 years. Blood samples were collected from World Center for Prophetic Medicine and Organization of Rawabh in Khartoum State. The samples were collected from vein before and ten to fourteen days after cupping of each individ...
Abstract This is a case control study carried out to assess the activity of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphataes (AST, ALT and ALP) liver enzymes. The study was conducted in Omdurman Teaching Hospital from August to October 2014. A hundred type 2 diabetic patients and forty apparently healthy individuals were included in the study. Age of selected group ranged between 30−60 years, both males and females were included. Five ml of venous blood was col...
Abstract Background: Today it is known that TB and HIV/AIDS are the two of the world's major pandemics. HIV infection is now prevalent, to varying degree, in all areas of the world where TB is prevalent. The pandemic of HIV/ AIDS opened a new chapter on the role of mycobacteria in causing human disease in both the developed and less – developed world. Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize and genotype Mycobacterium TB isolated from HIV/AIDS patients. The study was conducted ...
Abstract Background: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common metabolic and reproductive disorders among women of reproductive age. The study was aimed to estimate Leutinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle Stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in women with PCOS. Method: A case control analytical study was conducted at Alsir Abu Hassan fertility center in Khartoum State, included 100 blood samples, 50 samples from women with PCOS and 50 from apparently health individual as contro...
ABSTRACT The most common complaint among patients in the out-patient clinics are sore throat, and the most frequent diagnosis is chronic non-specific pharyngitis. Chronic pharyngitis is still controversial. Helicobacter pylori, besides being the major cause of chronic gastritis, might also be involved in playing role in the upper respiratory tract infection. This study aimed to determine the relationship between H. pylori infection and throat infection and its possible role in the etiology a...
Abstract The term 'malnutrition' usually means the inappropriate intake of one or more of the nutrients essential for normal growth and development of the body. This study was carried out to measure plasma levels of sodium and potassium in malnourished children. Sixty samples were collected from malnourished children in period between January to March 2017, chosen randomly from Mohammed AL Amin Hamid for pediatric hospital in Khartoum State, and Sixty apparently healthy individuals as contro...
ABSTRACT The term "myocardial infarction" focuses on the myocardium (the heart muscle) and the changes that occur in it due to the sudden deprivation of circulating blood. The main change is necrosis (death) of myocardial tissue. The word "infarction" comes from the Latin "infarcire" meaning "to plug up or cram." It refers to the clogging of the artery. Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major health problem, with relatively high rates of morbidity and mortality. Among epidemiologists, there has...