OBJECTIVE As part of a larger study designed to understand how to protect the food and nutrition security of individuals living in a protected area of Gabon, we assessed their nutritional status and its relationship to dietary adequacy and health status. DESIGN A 7 d food consumption survey was conducted during each of the two major seasons using a weighing method. Data were also collected on...

Muraminomicin is a lipopeptidyl nucleoside antibiotic produced by Streptosporangium amethystogenes SANK 60709. Similar to several members of this antibiotic family such as A-90289 and muraymycin, the structure of muraminomicin consists of a disaccharide comprised of two modified ribofuranose units linked by an O-β(1 → 5) glycosidic bond; however, muraminomicin holds the distinction in that both...

Background: In Nigeria, between 60% and 80% of children with febrile illness had received home-care prior to reporting at health facilities but only 15% of such home-care is appropriate. A major component of the integrated management of childhood illness is improved home-care. This study assessed caregivers‟ home-care practices towards childhood febrile illnesses and the determinants in rural c...

BACKGROUND The 1990 contract and the 1991 fundholding scheme encouraged speculation that general practitioners (GPs) may remove patients from their lists for financial reasons. Despite assertions that patient removals are increasing, little evidence exists on the number or trends in removals. AIM To describe the epidemiology of removals by time, place, and person, and to determine whether rem...

PURPOSE This study was undertaken to evaluate the insertion forces utilized during simulated placement of a urethral catheter by healthcare individuals with a variety of catheter experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 21F urethral catheter was mounted to a metal spring. Participants were asked to press the tubing spring against a force gauge and stop when they met a level of resistance that woul...

OBJECTIVE To report late reactivation and progression of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) after intravitreal bevacizumab monotherapy. METHODS Retrospective review of 9 patients (17 eyes) with recurrence of ROP after initial treatment with intravitreal bevacizumab monotherapy. Data collected included (1) location and stage of ROP activity, (2) number and timing of treatments, and (3) structura...

Using longitudinal data from the Nairobi Urban and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS), we examined the seasonal pattern of pneumonia mortality among under-five children living in Nairobi's slums. We included 17,787 under-five children resident in the NUHDSS from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 in the analysis. Four hundred thirty-six deaths were observed and cause of death was ascert...

High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans are increasingly used in hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). This study looked at HRCT findings at different phases of farmer's lung (FL), a common form of HP. A cross sectional analysis of 95 HRCT scans of FL cases (20 acute, 75 with a history of FL, 48 still in contact (Ex +) (dairy farm), and 27 who had ceased contact (Ex-)) was made. All scans...

The international health gap is widening. The lagging health status of poor countries is largely due to the lack of material resources and barriers to economic development. The lack of resources and barriers to development reflect the dynamics of a single integrated global system, the New World Order, which is structured in a way that discriminates against the poor countries. The structured unf...