Richard Adair, M. Obinna Nwaneri,
Despite increasing numbers of African immigrants to the United States, there is a lack of detailed information about their health problems.Data on communicable diseases were obtained from the charts of all 102 patients who had emigrated from Africa in the last 5 years and were seen at an urban clinic in Minneapolis, Minn, during the last 7 months of 1997.Eight patients had active tuberculosis, 10 had hepatitis B, 7 trichuriasis, 2 amebiasis, 1 schistosomiasis, 1 ascariasis, 2 human immunodeficiency ...
Tópico(s): Amoebic Infections and Treatments
1999 - American Medical Association | Archives of Internal Medicine
Richard Adair, M. Obinna Nwaneri, Nicole Elizabeth Barnes,
Tópico(s): Migration, Health and Trauma
1999 - PNG Publications | American Journal of Health Behavior
IL Okoronkwo, JN Ekpemiro, Obinna Onwujekwe, AC Nwaneri, PN Iheanacho,
Aim: Given the enormous economic burden of diabetes in Nigeria and in sub-Saharan Africa, the study was designed to determine how different population groups cope with payment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Materials and Methods: A total of 292 exit interviews were conducted with patients who attended the outpatient diabetic clinic in a specialist public health facility in southeast Nigeria. The monthly expenditures and strategies that were used to cope with payments for diabetic treatment were ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare Systems and Reforms
2016 - Medknow | Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
Miriam GU Nwaneri, Obinna C.D. Anejionu, Udochi Anayo Ugo,
Global public health is threatened by increasing incidence of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), usually referred to as “superbug, is a prominent AMR that is generating concerns across the world. They are resistant to commonly used antibiotics, thereby making treatment of common infections very difficult; resulting in prolonged illness and hospitalisation, disability and in some cases, death. Despite the concerns and threats posed by MRSA, studies of ...
Tópico(s): Antibiotic Use and Resistance
2023 - | GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Runcie C. Chidebe, Ramatu Mas’ud Alabelewe, Darlingtina Esiaka, Gloria C. Okwu, Charles T. Orjiakor, Nwamaka Lasebikan, Jacinta Emejulu, Adamu Abubakar Umar, Ndifreke Okwuegbunam, Funsho David, Toyosi Adepoju, Krishna Prasad Sapkota, Candidus Nwakasi, Agha A. Agha, Simeon Chinedu Aruah, Katy Graef, Richard Mshelia, Rob Duncombe, matthew Obinna nwaneri, Noel N. Wannang, Cindy L. O’Bryant, R. Donald Harvey, Peace C. Babalola, Folakemi T. Odedina,
Abstract BackgroundNigeria has the highest cancer burden in Africa with 124,815 cancer cases and 78,899 cancer deaths in 2020. The limited number of oncology specialists, inaccessibility of essential cancer medicines like chemotherapies, and suboptimal delivery of cancer care lead to poor treatment outcomes. Oncology pharmacy (OP) practitioners are critical oncology professionals in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) for cancer treatment globally. In Nigeria, there is a limited number of OP practitioners ...
Tópico(s): Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
2023 - American Association for Cancer Research | Cancer Research
Sandra Megally, matthew Obinna nwaneri, Joseph Kim, Limaya Atembina, Lorna Lucas, Lu Anne Bankert,
10609 Background: As cancer clinicians develop increasingly complex treatment plans, the results from somatic and/or germline tests are guiding personalized treatment decisions. Many patients with cancer do not get optimal genetic counseling/testing when indicated. To ensure that cancer clinicians are following the latest clinical recommendations around genetic counseling/testing, the Iowa Oncology Society (IOS), working in collaboration with the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), developed ...
Tópico(s): BRCA gene mutations in cancer
2022 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Journal of Clinical Oncology
Runcie C.W. Chidebe, L. Tauriainen, Charles T. Orjiakor, N. Okoro, D.G. Zhinnamie, E.J. Nwagboso, J. Abdulazeez, M. Obinna Nwaneri, OF Emelumadu,
Background and context: Through the UICC and Pfizer Oncology SPARC MBC grant, Project PINK BLUE - Health and Psychological Trust Centre implemented Breast Cancer Navigation and Palliative Program (BCNPP) with strategic activities focused on metastatic breast cancer with the goal “to empower women at risk of, or living with advanced breast cancer and to reduce incidence of stage III or IV breast cancer”. The project established Nigeria´s first patient navigation program which trained 138 health workers ...
Tópico(s): Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
2018 - American Society of Clinical Oncology | Journal of Global Oncology