Spontaneous haemopneumothorax: will it ever be common enough to raise some clinical suspicion?Jacob Mufunda
Department of Medicine, Thames Hospital, Thames, New Zealand
N Z Med J 116:U714. 2003
- Challenges in training the ideal Doctor for Africa: lessons learned from Zimbabwe
Jacob Mufunda
Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Med Teach 29:878-81. 2007
..The University of Zimbabwe Medical School simultaneously decided to increase the quality and quantity of doctors to address shortages...
- Emerging non-communicable disease epidemic in Africa: preventive measures from the WHO Regional Office for Africa
Jacob Mufunda
Department of Physiology, Orotta School of Medicine Asmara, Eritrea
Ethn Dis 16:521-6. 2006
..NCD risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes are increasing in Africa...
- Prevalence of tobacco use in Eritrea: results from a noncommunicable disease risk factor survey
Jacob Mufunda
Orotta School of Medicine, Asmara, Eritrea
Nicotine Tob Res 9:777-9. 2007
..3%) used commercially available cigarettes. A study on knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding tobacco use is needed to determine the behavioral factors leading to tobacco smoking among the vulnerable groups...
- Roll back malaria--an African success story in Eritrea
Jacob Mufunda
Orotta School of Medicine, Asmara, Eritrea
S Afr Med J 97:46-50. 2007
..In 1999 Eritrea introduced malaria policies, strategies and multi-level interventions targeting households, communities and health facilities...
- Body mass index and blood pressure: where are we now?
J Mufunda
WHO Eritrea Country Office, Asmara, Eritrea
J Hum Hypertens 21:5-7. 2007
- Prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in Zimbabwe: results from analysis of data from the National Central Registry and Urban Survey
Jacob Mufunda
Orotta School of Medicine, Eritrea
Ethn Dis 16:718-22. 2006
..In spite of the limitations of the centrally generated hospital-based data, its analysis is still valuable. Countries are therefore encouraged to utilize this easily accessible resource for policy formulation and resource mobilization...
- Continuing communicable disease burden in Eritrea
J Mufunda
Orotta School of Medicine, Asmara, Eritrea
S Afr Med J 96:221-4. 2006
..The disease burden from TB and STDs declined over the 6-year study period, while that from ARTI and HIV/AIDS increased. Consequently the overall disease burden from communicable diseases remained unchanged over the study period...
- The prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity: results from a national blood pressure survey in Eritrea
J Mufunda
Department of Physiology, Orotta School of Medicine, Asmara, Eritrea
J Hum Hypertens 20:59-65. 2006
..02). BMI and age appear to play a synergistic role in creating a strong association with BP...
A steep decline of malaria morbidity and mortality trends in Eritrea between 2000 and 2004: the effect of combination of control methodsPeter M Nyarango
Orotta School of Medicine, P, O, Box 10549, Asmara, Eritrea
Malar J 5:33. 2006
..This study examines the impact of Eritrea's Roll Back Malaria Programme: 2000-2004 and the effects and possible interactions between the public health interventions in use...
Comparison of exercise-induced hypertension in low birth weight and normal birth weight young black adults in ZimbabweJephat Chifamba
Department of Physiology, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 19:123-7. 2012
..The objective of the study was to compare blood pressure changes during exercise between low and normal birth weight young Black adults...
- Prevalence of non-communicable disease risk factors in Eritrea
Abdulmumini Usman
WHO Eritrea Country Office, State of Eritrea
Ethn Dis 16:542-6. 2006
..No significant rural/urban or sex difference was seen in hypertension prevalence. CONCLUSION: The baseline data are useful for developing interventions designed to prevent and control NCDs in Eritrea...
