Editorial: Infections, non-communicable diseases, and reproductive health issues in a world beset by conflict and climate change
James K Tumwine
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TopicsHealth and Conflict Studies · Climate Change and Health Impacts
Welcome to this December issue of African Health Sciences in which we have selected for you papers on infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, and sexual reproductive health issues.
Infectious diseases covered in this treatise include tuberculosis1-6; COVID-197-18; and others including bacterial, fungal and viral illnesses19-26.
Communicable diseases, on the other hand, cover breast cancer27-29, hypertension30-33, diabetes mellitus34-36 and others. Others cover a host of subjects ranging from goiter37, alloimmunization38, kidney diseases39 and trauma40. The next set of papers, is on sexual reproductive health41-52. The rest are on nutrition53-55, mental health56-58 and a couple of hybrid issues59-62.
This issue is being released when the international climate change conference (COP28) is being held in the Middle East which, paradoxically, is a theater of un precedented conflict. One hopes that the goodwill shown at COP28 can permeate through our planet earth ushering in peace and common sense as mother earth tinkers on the verge of catastrophic extinction. We wish you fruitful reading and a peaceful festive season.
The reference list from the paper itself. Each links out to its DOI / PubMed record.
- 1Gebre KK Hussen NM Application of joint modelling on the determinants of TB Status and CD 4 cell count among antiretroviral therapy attendants in Gondar teaching referral hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia Afri Health Sci 202323411210.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.2 · doi ↗
- 2Kiyemba T Mugabe RM Kirirabwa NS Tumwesigye P Muyanja SZ Ocero A Turyahabwe SA comparative analysis of two national tuberculosis reporting systems and their impact on tuberculosis case notification in Uganda Afri Health Sci 2023234132010.4314/ahs.v 23i 43 · doi ↗
- 3Muzanyi G Mafigiri DK Salata R Joloba M Mukonzo J Ntale M Bbosa G Acceptability of hair harvest as a method of tuberculosis therapeutic drug monitoring among adult pulmonary TB patients: a qualitative study Afri Health Sci 2023234212710.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.4 · doi ↗
- 4Muzanyi G Ntale M Salata R Joloba M Mukonzo J Mafigiri DK Bbosa G Isoniazid hair drug levels among TB patients as a tool to monitor adherence, exposure, and TB treatment outcomes and its acceptability in a multicultural setting. A narrative review Afri Health Sci 2023234283410.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.5 · doi ↗
- 5Muzanyi G Mafigiri DK Salata R Joloba M Mukonzo J Ntale M Bbosa G Preferred techniques of hair harvest for medical testing among adult pulmonary TB patients Afri Health Sci 2023234354110.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.6 · doi ↗
- 6Limungi GM Mburugu PM Kirigia C Orsolya M Treatment outcomes and challenges of treating tuberculosis in children in a nomadic pastoralist community in Kenya Afri Health Sci 2023234424710.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.7 · doi ↗
- 7Silva HMA plausible hypothesis for the higher Covid-19 mortality in Brazil Afri Health Sci 2023234485010.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.8 · doi ↗
- 8Arrais MLT Dias W A F Silva MPA Neto L E S Pedro N M F Jungo S F I Brito M D Clinical characteristics and variables associated with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in Luanda, Angola, in the first year of the pandemic Afri Health Sci 2023234516310.4314/ahs.v 23i 4.9 · doi ↗