Introduction: The global burden of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is estimated to be over 230 million people but few studies have measured the prevalence of …
Background: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a tertiary referral hospital in northern Tanzania, covers a catchment population of 12.5 million people. Femur fractures, the most …
Background: More people are surviving with chronic HIV because of excellent HIV antiretroviral therapy. Older adults with HIV tend to have an increased risk of …
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 65% of its population living under the national poverty line. They have the highest rates …
Introduction: An estimated five billion people lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical services. The scope of global otolaryngologic disease is broad and is …
Residents in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, suffer from a lack of access to healthcare resources, longitudinal care, and health education. As a result, citizens are …
Introduction: Acute Diarrhea is the 5th leading cause of disability adjusted life-years (DALYs) and accounts for 1.65 million deaths worldwide every year. Low and middle …
Endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma (eBL) is a malaria- and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated clonal B-cell lymphoma. eBL is the most common childhood cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, and …
Introduction: Rajasthan, India’s largest state, is 75% rural and home to over 80 million citizens. Rajasthan is currently a high focus state for India due …
During the fetal period through the first two years of life, maternal and fetal undernutrition can have long-term irreversible biological and psycho-social implications. We used …
No studies have estimated the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in Rwanda, especially when accounting for the increased rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …
Background: Directly Observed Treatment-Short term (DOTS) is one of the most widely adopted treatment paradigms for tuberculosis (TB). However, the inherent unpredictability of humanitarian crises …
