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Managing fertility challenges in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Women with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) should be seen before conception (per conception consultation) by a sickle cell specialist care giver to receive information about how this condition affects pregnancy and effect of pregnancy on the patient with this disease, and also how to improve overall outcome for mother and the baby.

Diabetes “Silent pandemic” 3 times more deadlier than COVID-19

'Silent pandemic' rages on, claiming more lives, weighing down healthcare systems

Diabetes and Cataracts

Diabetes is a condition in which your body doesn’t make enough insulin or doesn’t use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone that allows sugar to enter the cells in your body. If your body has problems with insulin, glucose can accumulate in your bloodstream, resulting in high blood sugar.

Malaria forgotten as COVID steals the limelight

Malaria is an example of where the needs of the Global South, or developing world, clash against the interests of the Global North, or developed world.

TB Skin Test

A TB skin test shows if your immune system has responded to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). It is also called a PPD test, tuberculin test, or Mantoux test.

Vaccination stalled in Africa

While India battles a catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 infections, health officials in Africa are watching with alarm as their immunisation campaigns, heavily dependent on vaccine imports from the subcontinent, stutter to a halt.

Pneumococcal Disease

Pneumococcal disease (PD) is a common infection. It is caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known known as pneumococcus

Chest Infection

A chest infection is an infection that affects the lower respiratory tract, including bronchitis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis.

Graciano Masauso answers questions about AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine

High Blood Pressure control measures without medication