Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has embarked on a mission to reduce tuberculosis (TB) prevalence by 90% and completely eradicate TB infection by the years 2035 and 2050 respectively (Barberis, Bragazzi, ...

Introduction: Obesity is a physical condition resulting from excessive fat storage in the body. Globally at least 2.8 million people die due to being overweight and obesity. Changes in life habits and patterns, such as ...

Introduction Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in females particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the fourth most frequently diagnosed malignancy globally. In 2020 cervical cancer was responsible for ...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of preterm deliveries amongst HIV-positive women, to describe the demographic characteristics of HIV-positive women delivering preterm babies and to determine the possible risk ...

Title: The relationship between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome and its components amongst adults from Dikgale HDSS in Limpopo Province. Background: Alcohol is the most consumed beverage worldwide and is linked ...

Obesity has been associated with dyslipidaemia (increased levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol and low levels of HDL-C together with small dense lipoprotein particles) in the absence of metabolic disorders such ...

Introduction: Pleural empyema in children is associated with high morbidity and high mortality. Staphylococcus aureus has been shown to be the most common causative organism in developing countries. Study design: ...

Background: Wound infections continue to be problematic in clinical practice where empiric treatment of infections is a routine, with non-healing wounds being a burden to the health care system. A gap has been noted ...

Background Breast cancer is known to be a heterogeneous disease that demands patient centered care. Establishing the clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer patients is a vital step in an effort to individualize ...

Introduction and background: Road traffic fatalities remain a worldwide burden with more than half of those fatalities comprising of vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists). This prompted the World ...