scholarly journals Prevalence and factors associated with anemia in patients with heart failure in Sub-saharan Africa, Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-52
Author(s):  
C. Nganou-Gnindjio ◽  
C.A. Pieme ◽  
C. Dongmo Nanfack-Géondo ◽  
D.L. Wouna Angong ◽  
B. Hamadou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Parasympathetic Dysfunction in Black African Patients with Heart Failure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 178-187
Author(s):  
Ba Hamadou ◽  
Sylvie Ndongo Amougou ◽  
Ismaila Daouda ◽  
Chris Nadège Nganou-Gnindjio ◽  
Liliane Mfeukeu-Kuate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Black African ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Patients ◽  
Parasympathetic Dysfunction

scholarly journals Decomposing the rural–urban gap in factors associated with childhood immunisation in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from surveys in 23 countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e003773
Author(s):  
Edward Kwabena Ameyaw ◽  
Yusuf Olushola Kareem ◽  
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah ◽  
Abdul-Aziz Seidu ◽  
Sanni Yaya
Keyword(s):  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys ◽  
Childhood Immunisation ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Full Immunisation ◽  
Sub Saharan

BackgroundAbout 31 million children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffer from immunisation preventable diseases yearly and more than half a million children die because of lack of access to immunisation. Immunisation coverage has stagnated at 72% in SSA over the past 6 years. Due to evidence that full immunisation of children may be determined by place of residence, this study aimed at investigating the rural–urban differential in full childhood immunisation in SSA.MethodsThe data used for this study consisted of 26 241 children pooled from 23 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2010 and 2018 in SSA. We performed a Poisson regression analysis with robust Standard Errors (SEs) to determine the factors associated with full immunisation status for rural and urban children. Likewise, a multivariate decomposition analysis for non-linear response model was used to examine the contribution of the covariates to the observed rural and urban differential in full childhood immunisation. All analyses were performed using Stata software V.15.0 and associations with a p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.ResultsMore than half of children in urban settings were fully immunised (52.8%) while 59.3% of rural residents were not fully immunised. In all, 76.5% of rural–urban variation in full immunisation was attributable to differences in child and maternal characteristics. Household wealth was an important component contributing to the rural–urban gap. Specifically, richest wealth status substantially accounted for immunisation disparity (35.7%). First and sixth birth orders contributed 7.3% and 14.9%, respectively, towards the disparity while 7.9% of the disparity was attributable to distance to health facility.ConclusionThis study has emphasised the rural–urban disparity in childhood immunisation, with children in the urban settings more likely to complete immunisation. Subregional, national and community-level interventions to obviate this disparity should target children in rural settings, those from poor households and women who have difficulties in accessing healthcare facilities due to distance.

scholarly journals Factors associated with maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: an ecological study

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Alvarez ◽  
Ruth Gil ◽  
Valentín Hernández ◽  
Angel Gil
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract 65: Anemia-related Heart Failure in Sub-saharan African Sickle Cell Disease Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo C Atanda ◽  
Yahya Aliyu ◽  
Oluwafunmilayo Atanda ◽  
Aliyu Babadoko ◽  
Aisha Suleiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Sickle Cell Disease ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Systolic Pressure ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Hemoglobin Level ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cell Disease ◽  
Jet Velocity ◽  
Sub Saharan

Introduction: Anemia has been implicated in heart failure. Existing literatures, involving predominantly African-Americans, suggests that Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) maybe linked to various cardiovascular complications including pulmonary hypertension and left venticular dysfunction. Peculiarly, our study involves exclusively Sub-Saharan population. Method: We conducted a cross sectional observational study of 208 hydroxyurea-naive consecutive SCD patients aged 10-52 years at steady state and 94 healthy non-matched controls who were studied in an out patient clinic in Sub-Saharan Africa. SCD patients were required to have electrophoretic or liquid chromatography documentation of major sickling phenotypes. Control group was required to have non-sickling phenotypes. Cardiac measurements were performed with TransThoracic Echo according to American Society of Echocardiography guidelines. Hemoglobin level was also obtained. Results: Hemoglobin level in SCD group (8.5+/- 1.5) was significant (P<0.001) compared to control (13.8+/- 1.7). Although SCD group had significantly higher values of left ventricular (LV) size, there was no qualitative evidence of LV dysfunction. SCD group had higher values of Ejection Fraction but not statistically significant. There was no evidence of LV wall stiffening to impair proper filling in SCD group, with the ratio of early to late ventricular filling velocities, E/A ratio elevated (1.7+/-0.4 compared to 1.6+/- 0.4; P=0.010). Right ventricular systolic pressure was determined using the formula of 4x Tricuspid Reugurgitant jet (TRV) square as an indirect measurement of Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure. SCD patients had significantly higher mean±SD values for tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity than did the controls (2.1±0.6 vs. 1.8±0.5; p= 0.001). Within the SCD group, there was no clear pattern of worsening diastolic function with increased TRV. Furthermore, E/A had a significant positive relationship with jet velocity in bivariate analysis (R=0.20; P=0.013). Conclusions: We were unable to demonstrate existence of anemia-associated left ventricular dysfunction in Sub-Saharan African with SCD. Further studies is required to highlight the reason behind this finding.

scholarly journals Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: A clinical approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Kraus ◽  
Gboyega Ogunbanjo ◽  
Karen Sliwa ◽  
Ntobeko A B Ntusi
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Clinical Approach ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Factors associated with oral cavity cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Summary of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
A Dieng ◽  
AD Faye ◽  
MM Ndiaye ◽  
G Diop ◽  
A Bouazé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Manual Search ◽  
African Populations ◽  
Localization Strategy ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Oral Cavity Cancers

INTRODUCTION: Oral cavity cancers are now a public health problem according to WHO epidemiological data. There are several risk factors or factors associated with cancers of the oral cavity but they vary according to geographic regions. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with cancers of the oral cavity in Sub-Saharan African populations through a systematic literature review. METHODOLOGY: Using the data available for the period from January 1980 to December 2019, a synthesis of the literature was carried out. The literature localization strategy included an electronic search of the MEDLINE, EMBASE and GOOGLE SCHOLAR databases from 1980 to 2019 and a manual search of the list of references of articles identified by snowballing. The data were extracted independently by two researchers on an Excel© spreadsheet. Parameters collected from each study were author, country, type of study, period of study, size, age, gender, and factors studied. RESULTS: Out of 1,318 articles found, 24 were selected. The data contained 17,290 patients including 8,229 men, i.e. a male / female sex-ratio of 0.91. Factors studied were tobacco, alcohol, diet, infection, genetics and social factors. CONCLUSION: The results reported showed that several factors are associated with the occurrence of oral cavity cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is a need to conduct further studies with more structured methodologies for more convincing results.

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