To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis B infection in rural Sudan, 2 villages in the Gezira were surveyed. There were 851 subjects (age 1-89 years; mean age 24.6 years) of equal sex distribution, 408 from Khalawaat and 443 from Saleim. HBsAg was found in 18.7%, and seropositivity for any hepatitis marker (HBsAg, anti-HBs, or anti-HBc) was found in 63.9%. The prevalence of...

Estimation of flooded area in the Bahr El-Jebel basin using remote sensing techniques M. A. H. Shamseddin, T. Hata, A. Tada, M. A. Bashir, and T. Tanakamaru Water Management and irrigation institute, University of Gezira, P.O. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan Dept. of Food Systems and Field Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Faculty of Agri...

In 2001 the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Gezira (FMUG) started to introduce the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy into its medical curriculum. The emphasis was on pre-service training that addresses standard case management and the IMCI community component. This report presents the experience of FMUG in integrating such a training package into the medical cu...

2015 Vol 7 No 1 South Afr J Gynaecol Oncol Elhassan MMA,1 FCRadOnc, MMedRadOnc, Radiation Oncologist Wu H-T,2 FCPathAnat, MMed, Senior Consultant Van Wijk AL,3 FFRAD(T), Senior Consultant Radiation Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town National Health Laboratory Service, Groo...