Background: Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) is the major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide with the highest incidence in developing countries. In Tanzania Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) stands at 410 /100,000 ...

Background: Adverse perinatal outcomes are multifactorial in etiology, and remain a major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The contribution of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy to the adverse perinatal ...

Background: Depression is a common chronic mental disorder which affects individuals worldwide. Many patients with a chronic physical disease such as diabetes mellitus are estimated to suffer from depression. Depression ...

Background: Triage is an essential function in the emergency department. An effective triage system aims to ensure that patients seeking emergency care receive appropriate attention, in a suitable location, with the ...

Background: Life threatening arrhythmias are those arrhythmias that if not intervened on immediately can cost a patient‟s life. This study identified ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, pulseless electrical ...

Background: Injury is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity leading to premature death and disability worldwide. In Sub-Saharan African countries, the estimates for road traffic deaths for the year 2000 ...

Background: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) strategies are aimed at reducing delays in seeking, reaching, and receiving care. Counselling on birth preparedness is provided during antenatal care visits. ...

Infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers has been a major global public health dilemma and a highly controversial matter. The controversy is reflected in the different sets of WHO infant feeding guidelines that have been ...

Abstract: Burn injuries in low and middle income countries still remain a significant health problem, even though numbers of burn injuries in high income countries have decreased showing that such events are not “accidents” ...