Abstract Rationale:Â Forty percent of households worldwide burn biomass fuels for energy, which may be the most important contributor to household air pollution. Objectives:Â To examine the association between household air pollution exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outcomes in 13 …
Abstract In most low and middle-income countries, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is on the rise. Areas covered: Unfortunately, COPD is a neglected disease in these countries. Taking sub-Saharan Africa as an example, in rural areas, COPD is even unknown …
Abstract Setting:Â The study was conducted at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Objective:Â As chronic respiratory disease (CRD) is a huge, growing burden in Africa, with few available treatments, we aimed to design and evaluate a culturally appropriate pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program in …
Abstract Introduction: Respiratory infections such as tuberculosis (TB) HIV and tobacco smoking has led to an epidemic of chronic lung disease (CLD). Many CLD patients in Africa have poor health status, and there is no affordable treatment. Aim: To investigate the acceptability …
Abstract Rationale:Â In 2007, World Health Organization (WHO) issued emergency recommendations on empiric treatment of sputum acid-fast bacillus smear-negative patients with possible tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-prevalent areas, and called for operational research to evaluate their effectiveness. We sought to determine if …
Content (no Abstract) BackgroundTuberculosis (TB), the disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a major public health problem globally. In 2014,more than 9.6 million people are estimated to have fallen ill withTB while 1.5 million people died of the disease Read …