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Typhoid colitis
(University of Zimbabwe,College of Health Sciences, 1986-02)
Salmonellosis is one of the commonest endemic diseases in Tropical Africa. Furthermore, typhoid fever is a disease that is unique to man with no other animal species acquiring an illness similar to man even after oral ...
Organochlorine pesticide residues in Mothers’ milk; evaluation of possible Drug interaction in humans
(2012-08-29)
The aim of the study was to investigate exposure levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in mother’s milk and in selected staple foods. The study also aimed to evaluated effects of 1,1,1-trochloro-2-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)ethane ...
Use of packed red cells in a major hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1999)
Objectives: To document the current pattern of packed red cell (PC) usage and the crossmatch to transfusion ratio (C/T ratio) in a major city teaching hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe. Design: Restropective, (audit). Setting: ...
Factors associated with the nutritional status of children from primary schools in Chitungwiza: Secondary data analysis
(2016-05)
Background: Studies have shown high morbidity and mortality in primary school going children due to malnutrition. Few studies have looked at nutritional status of primary school going children in Chitungwiza and factors ...
The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Gender Based Violence among Zimbabweans Deported through Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, 2013.
(2013-08)
Background: Gender Based Violence (GBV) is gaining recognition in Zimbabwe due to rising prevalence and long term health consequences of the survivors. Beitbridge district handles an influx of deported migrants over any ...
Prevalence and intensity of the schistosomiasis situation along the Zimbabwean urban and peri-urban shoreline of Lake Kariba
(Central African Journal of Medicine, 2003-01)
The potential health impacts of Lake Kariba were recognised before the construction of Kariba Dam.1 A medical team that assessed health impacts associated with the construction of the dam did not consider schistosomiasis ...
An echocardiography audit to determine and characterise rheumatic heart disease lesions seen in 2012
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2015)
Introduction: Rheumatic heart disease is still a common problem in Zimbabwe. It has a significant mortality rate due to heart failure, stroke or endocarditis. Timely surgical interventions can reduce mortality. An ...
An Experimental Pharmacokinetic Computer Program to Predict Potential Drug-Drug Interactions
(Bentham Open, 2008)
Polypharmacy as a result of combating co-infections, or combination therapy for better efficacy and reducing
the emergency of drug resistance, is on the increase in the African clinical setting in the advent of HIV/AIDS, ...
A critical incident reporting system in anaesthesia
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2001)
Objective: To audit the recently established Critical Incident Reporting System in the Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School. The system was set up with the purpose of ...
Mortality within 24 hours of admission to the Paediatric Unit, Harare Central Hospital, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2012)
Objective: To determine the proportion of deaths, characteristics of children and risk factors for mortality within 24hours of admission to a Paediatric hospital in Harare.
Study Design'. Prospective cohort study.
Settings: ...