Abstract. In sub-Saharan Africa the HIV epidemic has changed remarkedly due to expanded testing and easier access to antiretroviral medication. The rate of new ...

Abstract. Sub-Saharan Africa is home of 85 % of pregnant women living with HIV and 90 % of HIV-infected children. WHO issued the first prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) recommendations in ...

Abstract. In Africa, mortality due to heart failure is twice as high as in other low- to middle-income countries and five times as high as in high-income countries. Arterial hypertension is ...

Abstract. Tuberculosis (TB) remains among the top 10 infectious diseases with highest mortality globally since the 1990s despite effective chemotherapy. Among 10 million patients that fell ill with tuberculosis in ...

Abstract. In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remains under appreciated, but emerging evidence suggests it to be substantial. NCDs such as arterial hypertension, heart diseases, ...

Abstract. When we speak about «medicine in the tropics» it is malaria epidemics, diarrheal diseases and worm infections that come to mind. A lesser-known ...

Abstract. Presentation of two practical cases from the ultrasound course in Ifakara, Tanzania. Case 1 shows the diagnostic value of abdominal and thorax ...

Abstract. While tuberculosis mostly manifests as pulmonary infection, a dissemination in any extrapulmonary organ is possible. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis mostly affects lymph nodes,...