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Cause-specific mortality in the Kombewa health and demographic surveillance systems site, rural Western Kenya from 2011-2015.
CONCLUSIONS: The analysis established the main CODs among people of all ages within the area served by the Kombewa HDSS. We hope that information generated from this study will help better address preventable deaths in the surveyed community as well as help mitigate negative health impacts in other rural communities throughout the Western Kenya region. PMID: 29502491 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Global Health Action - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Glob Health Action Source Type: research

Realizing Effectiveness Across Continents with Hydroxyurea: Enrollment and Baseline Characteristics of the Multicenter REACH Study in sub ‐Saharan Africa
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Source: American Journal of Hematology - January 10, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Patrick T. McGann, Thomas N. Williams, Peter Olupot ‐Olupot, George A. Tomlinson, Adam Lane, José Luís Reis da Fonseca, Robert Kitenge, George Mochamah, Ham Wabwire, Susan Stuber, Thad A. Howard, Kathryn McElhinney, Banu Aygun, Teresa Latham, Brígida Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

The clinical epidemiology of sickle cell anemia in Africa
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Source: American Journal of Hematology - November 23, 2017 Category: Hematology Authors: Alex W Macharia, George Mochamah, Sophie Uyoga, Carolyne M Ndila, Gideon Nyutu, Johnstone Makale, Metrine Tendwa, Emily Nyatichi, John Ojal, Mohammed Shebe, Kennedy O Awuondo, Neema Mturi, Norbert Peshu, Benjamin Tsofa, J Anthony G Scott, Kathryn Maitland Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Promoting evidence-based health care in Africa
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Director ofCochane  South Africa, gave an interview to the World Health Organization Bulletin. Here is a re-post , with premission, from their  recent publication.Charles Shey Wiysonge is devoted to encouraging better use of scientific evidence for health policies and programmes in African countries. He is the director of the South African Cochrane Centre, a unit of the South African Medical Research Council, and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the department of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He was Chief Res...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Assessment of healthcare personnel knowledge of stroke care at a large referral hospital in sub-Saharan Africa – A survey based approach
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Volume 42 Author(s): Chen Lin, Ravi Vakani, Peter Kussin, Mary Guhwe, Alfredo E. Farjat, Kingshuk Choudhury, David Renner, Chrispine Oduor, Carmelo Graffagnino There is no published literature regarding sub-Saharan health-care providers’ understanding of stroke management patterns. Understanding current stroke management knowledge is important in formulating future education opportunities for providers to optimize patient outcomes. A cross-sectional survey of acute stroke diagnosis, hospital management, and secondary prevention questions was administ...
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - June 29, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research