Alcohol consumption by young people continues to be a social problem that is associated with major health complications later in life. More youth engage in alcohol consumption frequently with a decreasing age of debut. The ...

Background: Illicit drug use among university students has been recognized as a global public health issue in recent years. It may lead to poor academic performance that in turn leads to poor productivity in their later ...

Background: Stillbirth rates are a health problem and they cause distractions in the families. There are more than 5 million perinatal deaths occurring each year, ending preventable stillbirths and neonatal deaths continues ...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with malnutrition and nutritional status of rural and urban primary school children aged 6–9 years. Literature background: Malnutrition ...

Background: Ear pathologies such as middle ear infections are most common in children (Einhorn, 2017) and if remain untreated they can result in hearing loss which is the most common sensory deficit in the human population ...

Introduction Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) constitutes almost 50% of all cancer conditions diagnosed and treated at the Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex (PMHC). HIV infection is also a very common condition. There is ...

Objectives To determine the prevalence and survival rate; and to assess the maternal risk factors as well as complications of prematurity, associated with the mortality of very low and extremely low birth weight ...