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Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef, Yohannes Gedamu Gebre, Petra Bauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of climatic risk factors on the prevalence, distribution, and severity of acute and chronic trachoma.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background and objectivesTrachoma is the most common cause of infectious blindness. Hot, dry climates, dust and water scarcity are thought to be associated with the distribution of trachoma but the evidence is unclear.
Anita Ramesh, Sari Kovats, Dominic Haslam, Elena Schmidt, Clare E Gilbert   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Completion of Baseline Trachoma Mapping in Malawi: Results of Eight Population-Based Prevalence Surveys Conducted with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project. [PDF]

, 2016
PURPOSE: Following a first phase of trachoma mapping in Malawi with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project, we identified and mapped trachoma districts previously suspected to be non-endemic, although adjacent to districts with estimated trachoma ...
Chinyanya, David, Chisambi, Alvin, Flueckiger, Rebecca M, Kalua, Khumbo, Kamwendo, Zachariah, Masika, Michael, Pavluck, Alexandre L, Solomon, Anthony W, Willis, Rebecca   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Transformative Pathways for Strengthening Climate‐Resilient Health Systems Among Indigenous Communities: Advancing Equity and Sustainability in Global Health

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most climate‐resilience health interventions are designed at the global level, with minimal attention to Indigenous communities' needs. The lack of consideration can lead to unintended harm and exacerbate health risks. This study aims to identify the capacities of Indigenous communities that can serve as transformative pathways in safely ...
Chrishma D. Perera, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Carol Zavaleta‐Cortijo, Timothy D. Baird, Korine N. Kolivras, James D. Ford, Michelle Dickson, Kerrie Pickering, Guangqing Chi, Joana Bezerra, Dhanya Vijayan, Victoria Chicamana‐Zapata, Cecil Togarepi, Kheminda G. Thilakarathne, Martha M. Hangula, Francis A. Akugre, Richard Nuwagira, Jonathan Nkalubo   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for trachoma in central and southern Malawi. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: Trachoma, one of the neglected tropical diseases is suspected to be endemic in Malawi. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of trachoma and associated risk factors in central and southern Malawi.
Khumbo Kalua, Tobias Chirwa, Linda Kalilani, Sam Abbenyi, Mavuto Mukaka, Robin Bailey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fibroblasts profiling in scarring trachoma identifies IL-6 as a functional component of a fibroblast-macrophage pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory feedback loop. [PDF]

, 2016
Trachoma is a conjunctiva scarring disease, which is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Yet, the molecular mechanisms underlying progressive fibrosis in trachoma are unknown. To investigate the contribution of local resident fibroblasts
Bailly, Maryse, Burton, Matthew J, Ezra, Daniel G, Kechagia, Jenny Z   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A Randomised Trial of Three Face‐Washing Methods for the Removal of Chlamydia trachomatis From the Faces of Children With Severe Active Trachoma

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives A three‐arm, open, parallel‐group randomised trial compared three face‐washing methods for cleaning Chlamydia trachomatis from the faces of children with severe active trachoma. The impact of face‐washing on Chlamydia trachomatis on the hands of children and their caregivers and Chlamydia trachomatis duration on faces and hands were
Katie Greenland, Robert Butcher, Edao Sinba Etu, Wake Abebe, Mesfin Bekele, Gebeyehu Dumessa, Yohannes Sitotaw Addisie, Amen Tessema Ariya, Anthony W. Solomon, Alexandra Czerniewska, David Macleod, Anna Last, Oumer Shafi Abdurahman, Matthew J. Burton, Aida Abashawl, Wondu Alemayehu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor [PDF]

, 2005
Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of ...
Alan Fenwick, Commission for Africa, David H Molyneux, Peter J Hotez, The Lancet, The Lancet, UNAIDS, UNAIDS, What Works Working Group, What Works Working Group, World Bank, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization and Government of Mexico, World Health Organization, The Stop TB Partnership   +14 more
core   +6 more sources

Active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in two Gambian regions: on course for elimination by 2020?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BackgroundTrachoma has been endemic in The Gambia for decades. National trachoma control activities have been in place since the mid-1980's, but with no mass antibiotic treatment campaign.
Emma M Harding-Esch, Tansy Edwards, Ansumana Sillah, Isatou Sarr, Chrissy H Roberts, Paul Snell, Esther Aryee, Sandra Molina, Martin J Holland, David C W Mabey, Robin L Bailey   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Preserved Versus Preservative‐Free Artificial Tears on the Corneal Epithelial Thickness Mapping by MS‐39 in Dry Eye Patients

Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Purpose To compare clinical and corneal epithelial changes between preservative and preservative‐free artificial tear therapy using the MS‐39 in patients with dry eye disease (DED). Methods This prospective interventional comparative study included 88 eyes of 44 patients. Preserved artificial tears were given for the left eye (group A) and preservative‐
Ghada A. Nassar, Ahmed Rashad Ashor, Mohamed Hosny, Jorge Alio, Aliaa A. Farag, Karuna Sharma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source