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African Health Sciences
Makerere University Medical School
ISSN: 1680-6905 EISSN: 1729-0503
Vol. 11, Num. 3, 2011, pp. 524-525

African Health Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 3, Sept, 2011, pp. 302

Editor’s Choice

James K. Tumwine

Editor in Chief

Code Number: hs11069

Welcome to this September 2011 issue of African Health Sciences. We bring you three main themes: non communicable diseases, health systems and nutrition. And this choice has been deliberate because this year the international community has been focusing on non communicable diseases. Whether this emphasis is justified remains debatable with some arguing that infectious diseases will remain a big challenge in low income countries. It would be foolhardy, none the less, to bury our heads in the sand because non communicable diseases are a real issue adding a real burden to the already poorly resourced health systems in Africa and elsewhere.

Non communicable diseases articles include; one on spirometry in teenage sickle cell anemia patients. The second article reports experience with snoring and disordered breathing while the next one is on nose and throat complications associated with passive smoking! South African authors report factors associated with early smoking initiation in adolescents in seven African countries. Excellent material!

We follow this with another South African article on actual and perceived substance use by health science students. Then comes the famous brain-fag syndrome originally described by Prince in 1960. Akin-Odanye and colleagues describe factors associated with depression among breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Abakay muses over mesothelioma while Ahmed Adamu reports on the management and outcome of gastric carcinoma in Zaria. Lewis on the other hand compares triage methods for Kenyan women screening positive for cervical intra epithelial cancer by visual inspection of the cervix using acetic acid. Their second paper is on a cryotherapy service for women with cervical cancer.

Kazaura and others describe causes of obstetric fistula in Tanzania while Eva Britta describes self- reported sexual behaviour among adolescent girls. Regassa on the other hand caps this sexuality theme with an account of health service utilization for antenatal and post natal care. We move to Rwanda where Musanze district is in focus: exploring the environmental barriers experienced by stroke patients.

We launch into lipid profiles, metabolic syndrome, bipolar disorders and type 2 diabetes mellitus. That elusive appendicitis in children: can we use platelet volume for its diagnosis?

We then have a few case reports: one on talipes equinovarus, pancreatic cancer in a boy, and type 2 diabetes in a child. Under the health systems theme we have an article on health information access, use of personal digital assistants and out of pocket payments for health services and violence against health workers dampen the climax. The nutrition section has articles on breast feeding: Italy and Ethiopia. I wish you happy reading and look forward to your comments on these or other articles from African Health Sciences.

Finally, I wish to thank our editorial staff, reviewers, authors and readers for the enormous support. We also thank our partners and funders for the confidence. God bless you all.

References

  1. Adeniyi AF, Saminu KS. Local incentive spirometry improves peak expiratory flow rate in teenage sickle cell anaemia patients: a randomized pilot trial. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 303 - 308
  2. Sogebi OA, Oyewole EA, Olusola-Peters OO. Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) experiences associated with snoring in adult Nigerians. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 309 - 314
  3. Sokolo Gedikondele J, Longo-Mbenza B, Matanda Nzanza J, Lukoki Luila E, Reddy P, Buso D. Nose and throat complications associated with passive smoking among Congolese school children. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 315 - 319
  4. Peltzer K. Early smoking initiation and associated factors among in-school male and female adolescents in seven African countries. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 320 - 328
  5. Steyl T, Phillips J. Actual and perceived substance use of health science students at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 329 - 333
  6. Ola BA, Igbokwe DO. Factorial validation and reliability analysis of the brain fag syndrome scale. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 334 - 340
  7. Akin-Odanye EO, Asuzu Chioma C, Popoola Abiodun O. Measured effect of some socio-demographic factors on depression among breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 341 - 345
  8. Carkanat AI, Abdurrahman A, Abakay O, Cengizhan S, Selimoglu Sen H, Senyigit A. The incidence of mesothelioma has not decreased for the last twenty years in Southeast Region of Anatolia. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 346 - 352
  9. Ahmed A, Ukwenya AY, Makama JG, Mohammad I. Management and outcome of gastric carcinoma in Zaria, Nigeria. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 353-361
  10. Lewis KCL, Tsu VD, Dawa A, Kidula NA, Chami IN, Sellors JW. A comparison of triage methods for Kenyan women who screen positive for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 362 - 369
  11. Lewis KCL, Sellors JW, Dawa A,Tsu VD, Kidula NA. Report on a cryotherapy service for women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in a district hospital in western Kenya. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 370376
  12. Kazaura MR, Kamazima RS, Mangi EJ. Perceived causes of obstetric fistulae from rural Southern Tanzania. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 377 - 382
  13. Råssjö EB1, Mirembe F, Elisabeth Darj. Self-reported sexual behaviour among adolescent girls in Uganda: reliability of data debated. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 383 - 389
  14. Regassa N. Antenatal and postnatal care service utilization in southern Ethiopia: a population-based study. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 390 - 397
  15. Urimubenshi G, Rhoda A. Environmental barriers experienced by stroke patients in Musanze District in Rwanda: a descriptive qualitative study. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 398 - 406
  16. Hilal Yildiran, Acar Tek N, Koksal E, Gezmen Karadag M, Akbulut G, Bilici S, Sanlier N. The association of Anthropometric measurements and lipid profiles in Turkish hypertensive adults. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 407 - 413
  17. Ezzaher A, Haj Mouhamed D, Mechri A, Neffati F, Douki W, Gaha L, Najjar MF. Metabolic syndrome in Tunisian bipolar I patients. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 414 - 420
  18. Adamu AN. Comparative performance of HbA1c 6.5% for FPG >7.0 vs 2hr PG>11.1 criteria for diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 421 - 426
  19. Bilici S, Sekmenli T, Göksu M, Melek M, Avci V. Mean Platelet volume in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 427 - 432
  20. Adeoye PO, Adebola SO, Adesiyun OAM, Braimoh KT. Peripheral vascular surgical procedures in Ilorin, Nigeria: indications and outcome. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 433 - 437
  21. Chalya PL, Gilyoma JM, Mabula JB, Simbila S, Ngayomela IH, Chandika AB, Mahalu W. Incidence, causes and pattern of cancellation of Elective Surgical operations in a University Teaching Hospital in the Lake Zone, Tanzania. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 438 - 443
  22. Ezeukwu AO, Maduagwu SM. Physiotherapy management of an infant with Bilateral Congenital Talipes Equinovarus. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 444 - 448
  23. Kitara DL, Wabinga HR. Pancreatic cancer in an 18year-old boy. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 449 453
  24. Otaigbe BE, Imafidon EE. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Nigerian Child: a case report. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 454 - 456
  25. Royall J, Lyon B. Sea-change or change challenge? Health Information access in developing countries: The U.S. National Library of Medicine experience. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 457 - 463
  26. Onono MA, Carraher N, Cohen RC, Bukusi EA, Turan JM. Use of personal digital assistants for data collection in a multisite AIDS stigma study in rural South Nyanza, Kenya. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 464 - 473
  27. Gwimbi P. The microbial quality of drinking water in Manonyane community: Maseru District (Lesotho). African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 474 - 480
  28. Oyibo PG. Out-of-pocket payment for health services: Constraints and implications for government employees in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 481 - 485
  29. Azodo CC, Ezeja EB, Ehikhamenor EE. Occupational violence against dental professionals in southern Nigeria. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 486 - 498
  30. Lubinga SJ, Uwiduhaye E. Potential drug-drug interactions on in-patient medication prescriptions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) in western Uganda: prevalence, clinical importance and associated factors. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 499 - 507
  31. Kambale Mastaki J. Social determinants breastfeeding in Italy. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 508 - 517
  32. Oche MO, Umar AS, Ahmed H. Knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding in Kware, Nigeria. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(3): 518 - 523

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