Chickens are the most important and widely distributed of all livestock in Africa. They play very significant socio-cultural and economic roles in African societies. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, chickens are generally ...

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of heart disease such as coronary artery disease and heart failure along with stroke and kidney damage among other conditions. Known as the “silent killer", hypertension is largely ...

Health insurance is a system of financing healthcare and is designed to protect individuals from high medical costs. It provides a financial safety net by covering a portion of the expenses associated with medical care. ...

Due to the nature of activities associated with artisanal gold mining, there is an increase in among gold miners. This study sought to assess the occupational health risk in artisanal gold miners in Rosterman village-Isulu ...

Chlorpromazine and haloperidol are typical antipsychotics and among the commonly prescribed medicines to manage psychosis in expectant mothers. However, their com-parative teratogenic effects on the fetal appendicular ...

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a rich source of protein and is increasingly being consumed in urban Kenya. However, fish from multisource pollution waters can harbor antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria that can ...

Non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses among healthcare workers are ranked among the highest in any industry sector. In the context of the highly complex and hazardous work environment, particular challenges arise ...

Endometrial cancer is the most frequent gynecologic malignancy in countries that are developed with 54,870 new cases projected in the United States in 2022. In Kenya, cancer of the uterine corpus has an incidence of 1.7%. ...

Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance has been linked to Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) on chloroquine resistance transporter (Pfcrt), multidrug resistant-1 (Pfmdr1), dihydrofolate reductase (Pfdhfr), and ...

Many adolescents at some point in their lives experience bullying victimisation at school. This has been amplified by its co-occurrence with depression and suicide that has also been linked to bullying. In recent years ...