Commendable steps by Amref Health Africa in addressing Obstetric Fistula among Women and Adolescent Girls
Christine Muthengi is a 59-year-old nurse and mother of nine children, four of which are adopted. Upon qualifying as a nurse in 1978 in Kenya, she began her career in 1979. In 2006, she underwent training on diagnosis and examination of obstetric fistula patients thus qualifying as a fistula nurse. Since then, she has been engaged actively in training of nurses on preventive measures and repair of obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal that causes incontinence. She advocates for pregnant women to attend antenatal clinics without fail because this way the health workers are able to monito
Read MoreThe effect of bi-annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin on the incidence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic villages in South Sudan: a study protocol
Nodding syndrome (NS) is a devastating epileptic illness of unknown aetiology mainly affecting children 5–15 years of age. Head nodding distinguishes NS from other forms of epilepsy. Other manifestations of the illness include mental and physical growth retardation. Many children die as a result of falling in fires or drowning. Recently, it was shown that NS is only one of the phenotypic presentations of onchocerciasis associated epilepsy (OAE). Despite the strong epidemiological association between epilepsy and onchocerciasis, the causal mechanism is unknown. After
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