Objectives To determine patients’ acceptability, satisfaction and adherence to shorter all-oral multidrugresistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) regimen in Tanzania. Design A two-phase cross-sectional study with data collected ...

Mating is a vital behavior for mosquito reproduction, yet it remains poorly understood under captive conditions. We examined the copulation dynamics of two key malaria vectors, Anopheles funestus, and Anopheles arabiensis, ...

Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcer is a common complication of Diabetic mellitus. Uncontrolled hyperglycemia leads to diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), which eventually results in amputation. Prevention and management of DFU ...

Introduction Contingency management in addiction behaviors has been widely applied in high income settings. Contingency management entails modification of behavior via the control or manipulation of consequences ...

Rwanda is currently facing its frst-ever Marburg virus outbreak, a deadly zoonotic disease with a high fatality rate. As of September 2024, the virus has spread across seven districts, with 26 confrmed cases and six ...

Background: Knowledge translation (KT) tools are vital for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) through Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM). While EIDM is known to improve decision outcomes, the use of KT tools ...

Introduction Scaling up public health interventions in the health systems of resource poor settings come with technical and operational challenges. Little is documented on scaling up complex health financing interventions ...

Background: Gossypiboma is the mass formed as a result of a retained foreign material commonly sponge or gauze that is left accidentally during surgery. It tends to occur in different parts of the body but is more pronounced ...

Background Despite the global progress in bringing health services closer to the population, mothers and their newborns still receive substandard care leading to morbidity and mortality. Health facilities’ capacity to ...

Mesenteric cysts have been documented as a rare occurrence in children. They are mostly renowned to be benign intra-abdominal tumors with no known etiology. The symptoms are non-specific ranging from being asymptomatic to ...