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Assessment of palliative care services in western Kenya
(AME, 2017-01)
Background: The need for palliative care services is rapidly increasing due to the rising number of patients with non-communicable diseases. The objective of this study was to assess the current availability and barriers ...
Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and …
(SPRINGER, 2017-10-01)
After decades on the margins of primary health care, surgical and anaesthesia care is
gaining increasing priority within the global development arena. The 2015 publications of
the Disease Control Priorities third edition ...
Integrative microRNA and mRNA deep-sequencing expression profiling in endemic Burkitt lymphoma
(Springer, 2017)
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is characterized by overexpression of the c-myc oncogene, which in the vast majority of cases is a consequence of an IGH/MYC translocation. While myc is the seminal event, BL is a complex amalgam of ...
developing and implementing a Pediatric emergency Care Curriculum for Providers at district level Hospitals in sub-saharan africa: a Case study in Kenya
(Frontiers, 2017-12-11)
Introduction: Emergency medicine is a relatively new field in sub-Saharan Africa and dedicated training in pediatric emergency care is limited. While guidelines from the African Federation of Emergency Medicine (AFEM) ...
Comprehensive Transcriptome and Mutational Profiling of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma Reveals EBV Type–Specific Differences
(OnlineFirst, 2017)
e most common pedi atric cancer in malaria-endemic equatorial Africa and nearly
always contains Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), unlike sporadic Burkitt
lymphoma (sBL) that occurs with a lower incidence in developed
countries. ...