The effective management of acute pain remains a challenge to many households especially in resource-poor countries. In Kenya, healthcare seeking behavior associated with the management of acute pain at the household level ...

The introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in the management of HIV infection has led to a significant decline in HIV-related morbidity and mortality. This chronic condition has now become a manageable ...

Low amount of ingested fluoride is important for prevention of dental caries. However, ingestion of high levels of fluoride may lead to disease conditions that adversely affect the skeleton. Aluminium is not known to be ...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by recurrent airway inflammation, hyper-responsiveness and reversible airway obstruction. Warburgia ugandensis is widely used by herbalist due to its therapeutic ...

Plants may contain ingredients that have anti-parasitic activity against parasites of medical significance. Chenopodium ambrosoides (Wormseed) a wide spread herb in the Family Chenopodiacea was investigated for anti-schistosomal ...

Malaria continues to be a major global health problem mainly due to emergence of parasites that are resistant to well-established antimalarials. This persistent threat of resistance has continually pushed for the search ...

The marine environment is a source of biologically active metabolites with great potential for the development of pharmaceuticals. Due to the rapidly increasing number of pathogenic microbes and tumorous cells that possess ...

The use of plants for medicinal purposes is an important part of the culture and tradition in Africa and the world at large. Up to 80% of the world’s population depends directly on traditional medicine for health care. The ...

The multidrug-resistant rate of K. pneumoniae has risen rapidly and is a major challenge. Since their description, the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing organisms have become recognized as a worldwide problem. ...

Antimicrobial use in agriculture, livestock and in human health has increased over the years leading to increase in antimicrobial resistance among strains that can also find their way into the aquatic environments. Rivers ...