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Experiences Of Diverse Health Care Workers’ Providing Maternal Care During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study At Five Hospitals In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania., Fatma Zahran

Theses & Dissertations

Background

There are drastic changes in patient care with respect to maternity due to the COVID-19 pandemic with negative impact to health care workers. With Interruption of everyday basic services, arose the need to redistribute the scanty health care workers across health care facilities in sub-Saharan Africa. Its effects and involvement on maternity practice in Sub-Saharan Africa are nevertheless to be analyzed. This study aims to explore the likely ramifications for obstetrics and gynecologic practice in Tanzania. At present there are limited studies looking at impacts of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa and Tanzania. No study has been carried out to …

Risk Factors And Outcomes Of Acute Kidney Injury Among Covid-19 Patients At A Tertiary Hospital In Kenya, Susan Cheruiyot

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Background: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infection caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus, was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Three years later, 350,000 Kenyans had gotten the infection, with approximately 5,700 reported related deaths. Despite emerging research on the new virus, studies from the African continent on the impact of COVID-19 on the kidneys have been few. Early studies suggest that up to 75% of patients with COVID-19 have a derangement in their kidney function as evidenced by new onset proteinuria and hematuria. That said, the prevalence of acute kidney injury has varied greatly across populations, …