Human tick-borne diseases are generally neglected but they are expanding in scope and emerging asa significant public health problem. This study sought to determine relationship among socio-demographicfactors, awareness ...

Prostate and cervical cancers are among the leading cancers in men and women respectively. In 2012 the world health organization reported an estimated 266,000 deaths from cervical cancer worldwide, while 1.1 million ...

Background. Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite and a major cause of diarrhea in children and immunocompromised patients. Current diagnostic methods for cryptosporidiosis such as microscopy have low sensitivity while ...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care is a key high impact strategy to improve maternal and child health globally. This study examined the effects of a targeted mobile-phone intervention on ANC and Postnatal Clinic (PNC) attendance ...

Introduction: Diarrhea has been one of the principal causes of death and the major cause of diarrhea is rotavirus. The global mortality caused by rotavirus is 453,000 annually and 80% of these deaths occur in developing ...

Several studies have shown that odors of plant and animal origin can be developed into lures for use in surveillance of mosquito vectors of infectious diseases. However, the effect of combining plant- and mammalian-derived ...

Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses type 1 and 2 (HTLV1/2) and HumanImmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-infections show a worldwide distribution. Theprevalence varies according to geographic region, racial group and populationtype. ...

Background: Viral hepatitis is a public health problem wide world. Hepatitis A, transmitted by fecal-oral route, is an infectious viral disease caused by hepatitis A virus and mainly due to poor sanitation. This study aimed ...

Objective: To assess the effect of early intermittent Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in improving neonatal weight gain and length of stay in stable Low-Birthweight (LBW) infants Design: A multi-site quasi-experimental study. ...

Since the discovery of HIV in the early 1980s in Kenya, Civil Society Organizations have played a major role in its fight. The aim was to study effect of intervention on improved health, nutrition and income generation ...