Brain injury is a common complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA). White matter (WM) and cortical and subcortical grey matter (GM), structures may have reduced volume in patients with SCA. This study focuses on whether ...

Background: Until a decade or so, ago, the general public demonstrated negative perceptions and attitudes towards homosexuality and homosexuals: lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT). However, there is empirical ...

Introduction: In this paper I present the public heath importance of vaginal douching or vaginal cleaning risk behavior among women and sexually active adolescent girls in Tanzania. I argue, vaginal douching control exclusion ...

Pathogenic variants in the nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 gene (NR5A1), which encodes steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1), result in 46,XY and 46,XX differences of sex development (DSD). In 46,XY individuals with ...

Background: The Zanzibar archipelago of Tanzania has become a low-transmission area for Plasmodium falciparum. Despite being considered an area of pre-elimination for years, achieving elimination has been difficult, likely ...

Background: The integration of patient–reported outcome measures (PROMS) into health care delivery systems is being increasingly recognized as an important component of quality, person-centered care, especially for chronic ...

Introduction: Hypersplenism with resultant thrombocytopenia is a common complication of chronic liver disease. Recent studies suggest the safety advantages of PSE over the definitive treatment, splenectomy. This review ...

Objective: Cultural norms, community-specific cultural or religious beliefs, and resultant patient health-belief models are known to pose a significant but imperceptible barrier to breast cancer care. However, there is a ...

Background: Dental caries and child oral impact on daily performance (C-OIDP) have been linked in several studies. However, the studies used caries indices, which limit the ability to examine how C-OIDP prevalence varies ...

The Open Science (OS) movement has been spreading rapidly among researchers with positive outcomes on accessibility of scientific knowledge. However, there is no clear evidence on the level of awareness and types of OS ...