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Research Article Pages 141-150
Abstract: This paper is a commentary on the potential as well as its limitations and challenges for African traditional medicine. The term “African traditional medicine” (also called African folk medicine or African indigenous medicine or African ethno- medicine) as used in this paper refers to the indigenous medicine of Africa, based on traditional indigenous knowledge systems (traditional medicinal knowledge) and passed down, by word of mouth, from generation to generation within the particular indigenous community either along familial lines or traditional apprenticeships.
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Research Article Pages 129-140
Abstract: Access to health care services without being plunged into financial hardship is a life blood of the Universal Health Coverage. Kenya’s health sector is heavily dependent on out of pocket health expenditure. This model of health financing is inequitable and leads to underutilization of the much needed health care services. Majority of Kenyans travel for longer distances to access health care services. The geographic access barrier is linked to delayed care, missed appointments, delayed medication and undue loss of life. This study examines the correlates of financial and geographic health care access barriers in the UHC implementing Counties in Kenya
Research Article Pages 126-128
Abstract: A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as a human pathogen, causing global pandemic and resulting in over 400,000 deaths worldwide. In the literature, there are several reports in patients with cancer and COVID-19 infection. These studies demonstrated that patients with solid tumors had a higher risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection, because of their systemic immunosuppressive state, caused by the
Case Study Pages 117-125
Abstract: In the aftermath of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, nations will have to rethink their healthcare systems and health care delivery in the face of this global health calamity. Hospitals and clinics are battling the rising COVID-19 problem, which puts our healthcare workers in danger of infection and death. As of mid-January 2021, there have been about 90 million verified cases of COVID-19 and nearly 1.93 million COVID-19-related fatalities throughout the world
Review Article Pages 106-116
Abstract: With the increasing COVID-19 pandemic healthcare burden, preventive and modifying measures could significantly affect patients’ outcome. In this regard, nutritional assessment tools, primarily based on laboratory inflammatory markers, could be affected by cytokine release, and thereby may not accurately reflect nutritional status of the severely ill patients. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of those factors with malnutrition in COVID-19 patients.
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