INTRODUCTION Tobacco use is one of the leading and preventable causes of global morbidities and premature mortalities. The study explores gender differences in the prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among school-aged adolescents (11-17 years) in Sudan and South Sudan. METHODS The study utilized the national Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data collected in 2005 for Sudan (4,277 unw...

People living in contexts affected by conflict suffer from many forms of deprivation. Failure the delivery assistance can translate into further deterioration their conditions. This pa...

Sudan has a large and species-diverse array of domestic animals. Estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) puts the Republic of Sudan–since its partition with the Republic of South Sudan in 2011–as having the third largest total livestock population of all African countries. The country ranks first to third in Africa in cattle, sheep, goat and camel numbers, third in poultry and ...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is increasingly becoming a major chronic disease burden all over the world. This requires a shift in healthcare priorities and up-to-date data on the epidemiology and impact of diabetes in all regions of the world to help plan and prioritize health programs. We systematically reviewed the literature on diabetes prevalence and its complications in the UN sub region of Norther...

The earliest literature report on infant oral mutilation (IOM) was recorded in the year 1932 and related to the Nilotic people of Sudan. Since then, there have been more reports on the practice of IOM coming from more countries in the Eastern region of Africa. Among these countries mentioned in relation with this practice are Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Democ...