Caring for the Elderly with Dementia in Africa
Country Year 2000 population ≥60 years in thousands Year 2025 population ≥60 years in thousands % increase over 5 years in people ≥60 years % increase of general population Algeria…
Children with Neurodegenerative Development Disorders in Uganda
Neurodegenerative disorder System involved Neurologic/psychiatric/behavioral abnormalities Inheritance pattern Infantile Refsum’s disease Peroxisomal disorders Rapid, jerky eye movements (nystagmus); progressive muscle weakness and wasting; poor balance and coordination (ataxia); hearing loss…
A 24-Hour Walk Through Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda: What Kind of In-Patients Do You See?
Fig. 3.1 Distribution of the in-patients by sex and ward Figure 3.2 shows a population pyramid for patients in Mulago and the national population pyramid. While patients’ age distribution is…
Strokes as Seen in Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Fig. 8.1 Disease burden on the neurology unit in Mulago Hospital, 2012 (Matovu et al. 2012 data unpublished) Risk Factors for Stroke In a study carried out in Uganda’s Mulago…
HIV-Associated Cognitive Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa
ANI HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment Cognitive impairment involving at least two cognitive domains (performance of at least 1 SD below the mean for norms on neuropsychological tests) 1. The…
Childhood Threats to Adult Cognition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Malaria, Anemia, Stunting, Enteric Enteropathy, and the Microbiome of Malnutrition
Fig. 7.1 Childhood strategies to improve adult cognition It is generally agreed that in adults, the prevention, identification, and treatment of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome may prevent or delay…
Case Presentation of Epilepsy Secondary to Cerebral Malaria
Fig. 20.1 EEG trace findings of NP Treatment and Outcome Before visiting the Mulago hospital MHC because her epilepsy illness, NP was being managed by traditional healers where she used…
Secondary Mania of HIV/AIDS
Major depressive disorders Dysthmic disorder Depressive disorders not otherwise specified Bipolar 1 disorder Bipolar II disorder Cyclothymic disorder Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified Mood disorder due to a medical condition…
Vitamin Deficiencies and Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa
22. Galukande M, Jombwe J, Fualal J, Baingana R, Gakwaya A. Reference values for serum levels of folic acid and vitamin B12 in a young adult Ugandan population. Afr Health…
Psychiatric Aspects of HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author Location Study design Setting Sample size % Females Measures of depression symptoms Validation measure % depression symptoms Measure of major depression % major depression Association between depression and ART…
