The United States’ Centre for Disease Control (CDC) first recognized Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in June 1981 after 5 agile homosexuals between the ages of 29 and 36 were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles. (1) Five years later, in March 1986, the first case of HIV was […]
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HIV continues to be a significant public health issue throughout the world affecting almost 38 million in the year 2020.1 More than two-thirds of these people live in the WHO African sub-region. Statistics show that, in 2020, over half a million people died from HIV-related causes and nearly two million people were newly diagnosed with […]
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Dr. Elliot Koranteng Tannor1 Senior Specialist Physician/Nephrologist – Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana World Kidney Day is a day set aside every year to create awareness on the impact of kidney disease globally. This has become necessary as a result of the increasing prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) globally, in Africa and in […]
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DOI: 10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i1.55 Obed Ofori Nyarko, Yasmine O. I. Hardy, Gilda Opoku and Saabea Owusu Konadu INTRODUCTION In the last quarter of 2019, there were several reported cases of severe lower respiratory tract disease of unknown aetiology in the Wuhan, Hubei province of China. In the first week of 2020, a previously unknown betacoronavirus was isolated […]
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By: Obed Ofori Nyarko, Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Saabea Owusu Konadu and Gilda Opoku Diabetes mellitus is a major cause of disability and death in both rural and urban areas in Ghana(1). It is a chronic condition characterized by an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin leading to elevated blood sugar levels(2). As a non-communicable disease […]
Read MoreBy: Nana Ama Walker, Obed Ofori Nyarko The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not just the absence of disease (WHO, 1984) which implies that being healthy doesn’t only mean physical health. Also, the WHO defines mental health as a state in which an […]
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World TB Day 2018 is on the theme “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World” . This is to mobilise both political and social commitment to end TB. The African Journal of Current Medical Research (AfriJCMR) stands, using its platform to speak and engage the public towards a TB-free world. Dr Robert Koch discovered the causative bacterium of […]
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By: Gilda Opoku, Saabea Owusu Konadu, Obed Ofori Nyarko International Women’s Day(IWD) is a global day for celebrating the achievements of women. World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap report tells us that gender parity is over 200 years away but we are not discouraged because women are making positive gains and progress every day IWD […]
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2016 worldwide estimates indicate that there were 36.7 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) out of which 1.8 million were newly infected. Only 53% of the PLHIV were receiving treatment globally. An estimated 1.0 million deaths was also recorded from HIV related events in the year. The WHO African Region is the greatest affected holding about two-thirds of PLHIV […]
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Mr Tumi senses something is not right with his beautiful 5-year-old daughter, Tumiwaa. Yes, she picked up the usual cold from school a few weeks ago but now, she spends too much time in bed, appears pale and has not played outside for the past three days. The high temperatures have been ongoing for over […]
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