background: schistosomiasis is one of the major communicable diseases of public health and socioeconomic importance in developing countries. this study assessed the situation of schistosomiasis among villagers of the new halfa agricultural scheme, sudan. methods: an epidemiological survey was carried out in three randomly selected residential sites: village 19, village 26 and talat shagrat camp...

INTRODUCTION Both malaria and anaemia have adverse effects on maternal and perinatal outcomes. Thus there is an urgent need to investigate the co-epidemiology of malaria and anaemia and their combined impact on maternal and perinatal outcomes in the different regions of Sudan. METHODOLOGY Various cross-sectional and case control studies conducted during the years 2003-2010 to investigate the ...

1New Halfa Hospital, New Halfa, Sudan. 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Received: 24/06/03; accepted: 29/09/03 ABSTRACT A prospective clinical trial was carried out to determine in vivo efficacy of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in New Halfa. Forty patients were enrolled; 31 completed the 28-da...

1University of Kassala, Kassala, Sudan. 2University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. New Halfa Hospital, New Halfa, Sudan (Correspondence to I. Adam: [email protected]). Received: 12/10/03; accepted: 17/05/04 ABSTRACT A prospective study investigated the epidemiology of malaria in an agricultural area in eastern Sudan from November 1999 to June 2000 (1 irrigation and 1 dry season). In monthly ...

1University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan. 2University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. New Halfa Hospital, New Halfa, Sudan. Received: 09/10/02; accepted: 14/09/03 ABSTRACT We carried out a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the clinical efficacy of ceftriaxone and ampicillin/cloxacillin prophylaxis in decreasing the frequency of post-caesarean section infection-related...

1New Halfa Hospital, New Halfa, Sudan. 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Received: 14/07/03; accepted: 28/10/03 ABSTRACT Pregnant Sudanese women who presented at a hospital in eastern Sudan with chloroquineresistant falciparum malaria were randomly allocated to one of two quinine regimens: low-dose (10 mg/kg 2 times/day) (18 patients) or standard (10 mg/kg 3 times/d...

1New Halfa Hospital, New Halfa, Sudan. 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Received: 14/07/03; accepted: 28/10/03 ABSTRACT A prospective clinical study in eastern Sudan described the efficacy and toxicity of quinine in early pregnancy in mothers with chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria. Twenty-six pregnant Sudanese women in their first trimester (mean gestational...