Adeseye Akintunde, Olayinka Akinwusi, George Opadijo
Left ventricular hypertrophy can be due to various reasons including hypertension. It constitutes an increased cardiovascular risk . Various left ventricular geometric patterns occur in hypertension and may affect the cardiovascular risk profile of hypertensive subjects. One hundred and eighty eight hypertensive subjects participated in this study. Left ventricular hypertrophy was diagnosed by echocardiography. Relative wall thickness was derived by 2 x PWT/LVIDd. Subjects were arbitrarily ca ...
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Monocular blindness has not received much attention in developing countries despite its numerous disadvantages. A monocularly blind person is at high risk of being bilaterally blind. The objective of this study was to determine the causes of monocular blindness in the study population and to suggest strategies for prevention. ...
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Shiobhon Yiu Luk, John Sing Fai Shum , John Kam Wai Chan , Jennifer Lai San Khoo
Bilateral parietal thinning is an uncommon condition. We present a 72 year-old female with no history of head injury, inflammatory or malignant disease who presented with painless scalp depression in ..
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Joseph Becker, Landry Tsague, Peter Twyman, Ruben Sahabo - 04 September 2009
Testing is the gateway to HIV care and support services, and efforts to broaden treatment must include a proactive and inclusive approach to testing. Provider Initiated Testing and Counseling (PITC) for HIV utilizes the opportunity afforded by the clinical encounter for the care provider to make a clinical recommendation that the patient have a voluntary HIV test. It is hoped that by broadening testing by such strategies as PITC more patients may be identified and linked to treatment and support. However, there exist multiple challenges and questions regarding the provision of routine HIV testing and counseling in clinical facilities. In order to support further PITC efforts and scale up of current testing programs, a research agenda that addresses the ethical, social and operational components of PITC programming in health facilities, is critically needed to further guide its expansion.
Sr Appolonia Budzee, Jacques Cabral Tantchou Tchoumi, Jean Claude Ambassa, Alessandro Gimberti, Sylvia Cirri, Alessandro Frigiola, Gianfranco Butera - 29 January 2010
The only cardiac centre in the Central African Sub-region was officially inaugurated in Shisong (Cameroon) on November 19, 2009 by the Cameroon Minister of Public Health. This health facility brings hope to 37,000 children and 500,000 adults with congenital cardiac disorders in Cameroon and the sub-region
A consortium of six universities (Harvard, Yale, Brown, Boston Univ, the University of Pennsylvania, Oregon Health & Science University and AUTM) and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) announced their endorsement of a far-reaching “Statement of Principles and Strategies for the Equitable Dissemination of Medical Technologies” in the developing world. More
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Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela and The Game That Made a Nation
By John Carlin
As we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela liberation from 27 years of captivity, this book will give you both an exceptional recap of the milestones toward this historical event, but more, you will have a unique opportunity to live through Mandela´s first year presidency (1994), and learn how he used his inspirational leadership and political genius to unite a Nation close to chaos. Madiba picked one of the more far-fetched causes imaginable: the Springboks, the national rugby team, who would host the sport´s World Cup in 1995. Available from Penguin Press (2008)
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