05 Dec
Intestinal parasites are endemic in Dominica. Grell and Watty, in a previous study in 1976, found parasites in 60% of all hospital admissions. There is a decline in the overall prevalence of parasites from 60% in Grell and Watty’s study to 10.47% reported in the present study. Simple microscopy of unconcentrated stool sample was used [...]
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05 Dec
BACKGROUND In April 2001, the federal government of Nigeria announced its decision to invest N500 million annually in the purchase of antiretroviral medication in the treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS. After some initial hiccups, the program finally took off in January 2002, with 25 tertiary hospitals designated as treatment centers, and people living with [...]
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