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Evaluation of Factors Associated with HIV Prevalence among 15- to 49-Year-Olds in Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe: Divergence and Similarity of the Two Statistical Methods
(2009-08)Introduction AIDS surveillance has been the cornerstone of national efforts to monitor the spread of HIV infection in the world and to target HIV-prevention programs and health-care services. HIV case surveillance provides ... -
Evaluation of serum S100B as a biomarker of head injury in patients admitted into a neurological ward at Parirenyatwa hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe
(2013-09)Background: - CT scanning is the gold standard for head injury diagnosis. However, the high costs of imaging in Zimbabwe makes it difficult to manage patients with head injuries as most admitted in public hospital are ... -
Evaluation of the Cavidi Exavir load reverse transcriptase assay (version 3.0) for HIV viral load against the Roche Amplicor Monitor (version 1.5) for use in monitoring viral load in patients infected with the HIV -1 virus.
(2013-06-27)Title: Evaluation of the Cavidi ExaVir load Reverse Transcriptase Assay (version 3.0) for HIV Viral Load against the Roche Amplicor Monitor (version 1.5) for use in monitoring viral load in patients infected with the HIV ... -
Evaluation of the prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity at Parirenyatwa group of hospitals and Harare central hospital
(2017-07)Background: Retinopathy of prematurity is notably one of the causes of avoidable blindness. The risk factors for the development of ROP are very low birth weight(<1500g), low gestational age (GA) (<32 weeks) and duration ... -
Evidence of the development in man of acquired resistance to infection of schistosoma SPP
(University Of Rhodesia, 1966-01) -
The evolution of tuberculosis in Southern Rhodesia Part 1
(The Central African Journal of Medicine, 1960-08) -
The evolution of tuberculosis in Southern Rhodesia Part 2, Pathogenesis: the relation of infection to disease
(The Central African Journal of Medicine, 1960-09) -
The evolution of tuberculosis in Southern Rhodesia Part 3, Examination: a comprehensive tuberculin survey of the African school children of Manicaland
(The Central African Journal of Medicine, 1960-10) -
Experience in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Africans in Salisbury
(The Central African Journal of Medicine, 1960-06) -
Experiences and coping strategies 3 months post-stroke of patients in Harare and Chitungwiza: 3 months follow-up prospective study
(2014-05-21)Background and purpose: Problems encountered by survivors of stroke need to be adequately addressed to promote the individual’s well being. In Zimbabwe it is not known to what extent survivors of stroke are affected by ... -
Experiences of health science students during clinical placements at the University of Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2014)Background: Clinical placement is an essential component of training in health sciences because it is where theory and practice interface. Objective: To explore experiences of health sciences students during clinical ... -
Exploring Africa for family planning
(The Central African Journal of Medicine, 1957-03) -
An extended field trial of pyrimethamine combined with dapsone in the prophylaxis of malaria
(University of Rhodesia, 1975-09) -
Extralobar lung sequestration in a newborn infant. An unusual cause of respiratory distress
(University of Rhodesia, 1973-04) -
factors affecting the outcome of treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Sub-optimal conditions: An 18-month follow-up of 224 patients
(University Of Rhodesia, 1971-01) -
Factors associated with 1st line ART failure among patients at Newlands Clinic, Harare
(2014-03-13)First line ART treatment failure occurs when drugs being administered for the treatment of HIV are no longer able to kill the virus i.e. virus would have developed resistance to the drugs. This study sought to determine ... -
Factors associated with Adherence to Anti-retroviral therapy among HIV clients, Kadoma city, Zimbabwe 2015
(2015)Abstract Introduction: Adherence is defined as the extent to which patient follows prescribed health care regimen. Non-adherence is associated with resistance and the risk of resistance is 80-90% with incomplete adherence. ... -
Factors associated with chronic malnutrition in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central province, 2012
(2013-08)Introduction: The rate of stunting in Zimbabwe was recorded as 35% in 2012. Mashonaland Central Province recorded 2168 cases of malnutrition and 964(44%) were from Mazowe District, despite the fact that the district has ...