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COVID arm that appeared in the contralateral upper extremity after mRNA-1273 booster inoculation
We report the findings of a 60-year-old female patient with metastatic breast cancer who presented with severe edema and neuralgia in the...
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Vaccine promotion strategies in community pharmacy addressing vulnerable populations: a sco** review
ContextSocial determinants of health are drivers of vaccine inequity and lead to higher risks of complications from infectious diseases in under...
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Urban-rural disparities in immunization coverage among children aged 12–23 months in Ethiopia: multivariate decomposition analysis
BackgroundImmunization is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions for improving children’s health and survival. In Ethiopia, low...
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Inter-district and Wealth-related Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Service Coverage and Child Mortality within Addis Ababa City
In sub-Saharan Africa, urban areas generally have better access to and use of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services than rural areas,...
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Healthcare service utilization of hill tribe children in underserved communities in Thailand: barriers to access
BackgroundHill tribe children, an ethnic minority group in Thailand, experience wide-ranging social and health inequalities. Previous reports...
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Drug hypersensitivity in children: a retrospective analysis of 101 pharmacovigilance reports
Our objective was to describe and discuss management of recent cases of drug hypersensitivity in children reported in a pharmacovigilance center. Two...
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Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children aged 6–23 months, in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta analysis
IntroductionDespite several strategies exist for anemia prevention and control, it has been the major public health important problem in the world....
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Determinants of pentavalent and measles vaccination dropouts among children aged 12–23 months in The Gambia
BackgroundEvery year, vaccination averts about 3 million deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). However, despite that immunization coverage...
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Elevated plasma interleukin-8 as a risk factor for mortality in children presenting with cerebral malaria
BackgroundCerebral malaria (CM) is a neuropathology which remains one of the deadliest forms of malaria among African children. The kinetics of the...
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mRNA vaccination in breast cancer: current progress and future direction
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination has proven to be highly successful in combating Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has recently sparked...
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Primary intratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma in children: a case report and review of the literature
BackgroundThe importance of this paper is to help to emphasize the importance of chemotherapy for children with pure intratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma...
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Humanitarian led community-based surveillance: case study in Ekondo-titi, Cameroon
BackgroundCommunity-based surveillance (CBS) has been used successfully in many situations to strengthen existing health systems as well as in...
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Is Guillain-Barrè syndrome triggered by SARS-CoV-2? Case report and literature review
BackgroundSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the infectious agent responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)....
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Recent developments in targeting breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs): a descriptive review of therapeutic strategies and emerging therapies
Despite recent advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer (BC), patient outcomes in terms of survival, recurrence, and disease...
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EPI immunization coverage, timeliness and dropout rate among children in a West Cameroon health district: a cross sectional study
BackgroundMonitoring of the expanded program on immunization’s performance is not only limited to routine periodic reports but equally includes...
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A missed opportunity: birth registration coverage is lagging behind Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) immunization coverage and maternal health services utilization in low- and lower middle-income countries
BackgroundCivil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems lay the foundation for good governance by increasing the effectiveness and delivery...
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A retrospective study of factors associated with treatment decision for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in adults without altered systemic immunity
BackgroundNontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung diseases are increasingly recognized as chronic opportunistic infections, occurring in individuals...
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Under-vaccinated groups in Europe and their beliefs, attitudes and reasons for non-vaccination; two systematic reviews
BackgroundDespite effective national immunisation programmes in Europe, some groups remain incompletely or un-vaccinated (‘under-vaccinated’), with...
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Infections of the Central Nervous System in Returning Travelers and Immigrants
Purpose of ReviewThis review highlights current knowledge in travel-related neuroinfectious diseases, providing insight on approaches to prevention,...
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Associations in the continuum of care for maternal, newborn and child health: a population-based study of 12 sub-Saharan Africa countries
BackgroundDespite the progress in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5, inequity in the utilization of maternal, newborn and child health...
