Prescription of antimalarials at Kisangani University Clinics, Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Programme outcome: The IFRC 2010 support strategy and plan for the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Red Cross of DRC) was based on the National Society’s (NS) 20092013 Strategic Development Plan and was designed to help the NS provide vulnerable communities with life-saving first aid, clean water and sanitation, health and hygiene promotion, HIV/AIDS support, sexual and gender bas...

An outbreak of West Nile fever among migrants in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

In February 1998, an outbreak of acute febrile illness was reported from the Kapalata military camp in Kisangani, the Democratic Republic of Congo. The illness was characterized by an acute onset of fever associated with severe headache, arthralgia, backache, neurologic signs, abdominal pain, and coughing. In 1 individual, hemorrhagic manifestations were observed. The neurologic signs included ...

Epidemiological Profile of ICU Mortality at the Lubumbashi University Teaching Hospital, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Purpose: ICUs are the places where patients requiring organ support are admitted, for this reason they are many deaths. The inefficiency of DR Congo health system and the deplorable socio-economic situation can affect the ICU outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess mortality risk factors in a polyvalent intensive care unit Methods: A retrospective cross sectional study was carried out on ...

The assessment of job satisfaction for the healthcare providers in university clinics of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

INTRODUCTION In the world, the health policies are necessary to satisfy with efficiency the requirements of the quality management in the health sector. The laboratory of the academic clinics of Lubumbashi in Africa was inspired by the EFQM model to improve its performance and the quality of its services offered to the community. The aim of this survey is to evaluate the level of job satisfacti...

Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo