Background Floods make up 12 % of all natural hazards that occur yearly in Cameroon. The city of Limbe has been experiencing floods since 1999 due to rapid economic and population growth. This study sought to determine ...

Background In times of a disease pandemic, people's compliance with preventive measures is affected by their knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards the disease. This study was designed to evaluate the knowledge, ...

BACKGROUND Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 6.1 implies that both rural and urban (RU) households have access to “safely managed drinking water services” by 2030. Hence, this study assessed households' ...

BACKGROUND Uterine fibroid is the commonest gynecologic tumour in women of reproductive age but there is a disparity in research to understand the aetiologyand risk factors of the disease in Calabar. This study analyzed ...

INTRODUCTION Measles has been among the many vaccine-preventable diseases, and it remains a significant public health concern in Kenya. Immunization coverage is the most common indicator used to ...

BACKGROUND Although the maternal mortality ratio in Uganda declined from 505 to 336 maternal death per 100,000 live births between 2001 and 2016, it is still far above the Sustainable Development Goal target of 70 by ...

BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac arrest remains a global health concern. In Kenya 25% of all hospital admissions are related to cardiovascular diseases thus all healthcareworkers and trainees should have updated ...

BACKGROUND Valvular heart diseases with their varying aetiologies are becoming common in developing countries. Certain biochemical abnormalities exist in this group of patients which may contribute to adverse outcomes. ...

BACKGROUND The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aim to improve the health and well-being of the population, as well as the expansion of universal access to drinking water and sanitation by 2030. It is ...