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On 7th April, we’ll be marking World Health Day, a day that was first commemorated in 1950 following inception during the First Health Assembly in 1948 with an aim to create awareness on a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the WHO . Looking forward to this day, I’m both […]

A society is made up of it’s various components i.e. the people who live, work and interact with each other in a particular environment. The aspiration of every community is to live in harmony, joy and peace. The question then is why should there not be any of these aspirations? Most often it’s because of

Ryculture Health and Social Innovation is a forward looking social enterprise committed to improving access to healthcare services and promoting general human wellbeing through human capacity development and health systems strengthening.Acknowledging the contribution of the youth in addressing social challenges in their communities, we identified some pertinent shortcomings that either cause these interventions to fail

It’s been a year. One we ventured into with high hopes, plans and resolutions. It was to be the year but then we’ll now consider it to be a year that was. At the onset of the year as an organization, we had set out to operationalize a couple of our programs. Little did we

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. (SARS-CoV-2) SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in Wuhan China in December 2019 and rapidly spread worldwide. Infections have risen to 4 million with the outbreak being classified as a pandemic. Unfortunately, there is no established cure for the disease necessitating compassionate use of

Abstract In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 infection a pandemic. The management and treatment plan have been based on previous evidence on use during viral pandemics such as Spanish flu, Ebola Virus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 presents a lot of complications as the disease progresses and most of these complications contribute

Abstract With the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID 19) and no specific therapy for its management, varied drugs and drug combinations have been tried. This has led to repurposing of different drugs which have been in use for varied diseases e.g. Lopinavir/ritonavir which is used in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) management among other therapies.

Abstract: Good sanitation and hygiene have been recommended as an effective response in managing and controlling transmission of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Adherence to given recommendations reduces the transmission rate and lowers overall infections and number of cases in a disease. Hand washing has been identified to be one of the key measures that will help

Coagulopathies and bleeding disorders are a group of disease states characterized by impaired clotting of blood. This can lead to either clotting of blood in circulation or excessive bleeding both of which are fatal. Normal control of bleeding is controlled by platelets and clotting factors (produced from the liver) in a coordinated mechanism such as

Heart failure is characterized by the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to supply different body organs with sufficient nourishment for optimal function. There are varied causes of heart failure and depending on the manifestation, the management approaches adopted also vary. When the ability of the heart to pump blood out is compromised,