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Study design:
ASOS-2 is an African, international, multicentre, cluster randomised trial.
Inclusion criteria:
- Patients: All consecutive adult patients aged 18 years and over admitted to participating centres undergoing elective and non-elective surgery
- Participating surgical centres: Randomised
Uterine fibroids are the commonest benign gynecological tumors in pre-menopausal women affecting over 80% of African women by age of 50. Myomas are clinically apparent in approximately 12 to 25% of reproductive age women and noted coincidentally on pathological examination in approximately 80% of
Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term adult disability in the United States. Stroke remains more common in North and South Carolina, part of the "buckle" of the stroke belt, and disproportionately impacts African Americans. The reasons for this racial
As many as 30% of ischemic strokes in the U.S. population can be attributed to physical inactivity. With the goal of eliminating racial/ethnic stroke disparities, this interdisciplinary team proposes to develop, implement, and test a culturally-tailored behavioral intervention to reduce stroke risk
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To conduct focus groups to elicit perceptions and knowledge among African American women (AAW) and white women (WW) concerning abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB)/post-menopausal bleeding (PMB), endometrial cancer (EC) risk factors, barriers to seeking medical evaluation, sources
This sub-study is a mixed-methods analysis of a prospective case-series of maternal deaths within the African Surgical OutcomeS-2 trial cohort. The aims of the sub-study are i) to describe the contextual factors that contribute towards maternal deaths after caesarean delivery in Africa using a
- Uterine leiomyoma (also known as fibroids) are benign estrogen-dependent tumors of the uterine wall. Uterine fibroids are the most common tumors of the female reproductive tract, occurring in 20-70% of premenopausal women in the reproductive age women and cause multiple clinical complications such
Yellow fever (YF) is a mosquito-borne viral disease that is endemic in 34 countries in the African region and 14 in South America. YF virus infection can be asymptomatic or cause a wide spectrum of disease, from mild symptoms to severe, potentially lethal illness with jaundice, renal failure and
1. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- What is the prevalence of periodontitis among rthematoid arthritis patients attending the Mulago rheumatology clinic?
- Does non-surgical treatment for periodontitis improve the disease activity score in 28 joints of rheumatoid arthritis in this local setting?
2. Problem
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive disorder and the most common genetic disease affecting African-Americans. Approximately 0.15% of African-Americans are homozygous for sickle cell disease, and 8% have sickle cell trait. Hemoglobin S polymerization leads to red cell rigidity,
The objective of this research study is to evaluate the relationship between sickle cell trait and the progression of diabetic retinopathy. People with diabetes have high blood sugar that damages small blood vessels. Damage to the blood vessels that supply the retina in the back of the eye is called
This project focuses on an area unmet clinical need, oral anticoagulation, in patients with a variety of cardiovascular diseases. The investigators' ambition is to translate their internationally renowned expertise in warfarin anticoagulation into low and middle income country (LMIC) settings where
Background Plasmodium falciparum causes malaria and approximately 665 000 deaths each year. Previously chloroquine (CQ) and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine were the principle drugs for the treatment of malaria. Due to widespread resistance to these drugs1, the World Health Organization recommends that P.