The Central Sudan

Breast cancer burden in central Sudan

Breast cancer is a worldwide disease resulting in many deaths. Although breast cancer incidence is lower in Sub-Saharan African countries than in developed countries, African women are more likely than women in the developed world to be diagnosed at later stages of the disease and, thus, are more likely to die from it. This is due to the lack of awareness by women, accessibility to screening me...

Malaria and perinatal mortality in central Sudan.

Hospital and community studies were conducted in Central Sudan during 1989 and 1990 to determine the association between maternal malaria and perinatal mortality. There were 197 cases of stillbirth and 812 controls in the hospital study. In the community study, 36 perinatal and 31 neonatal deaths were compared with 1,505 and 1,495 survivors of the early neonatal and entire neonatal periods, res...

Ticks infesting cattle in Central Equatoria region of South Sudan.

Ticks infesting cattle represent a serious problem for improvement of cattle productivity in South Sudan. There has been limited information on ticks and tick-borne diseases in southern Sudan. This study was initiated to update the current distribution of ticks infesting cattle in the Central Equatoria region of South Sudan. The surveys for the present study were conducted at various cattle...

Leprosy in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, East and Central Africa.

Estimation of malaria transmission intensity in Sennar state, central Sudan.

Understanding the behaviour of malaria vectors is crucial for planning mosquito control programmes. The aim of this study was to estimate the malaria transmission intensity in 2 different ecological zones in a highly endemic malaria area of Sennar state in central Sudan over the main transmission period. Species confirmation by PCR indicated that Anopheles arabiensis was the only malaria vector...