Abstract
Trends of Incidence of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers in Kampala and Wakiso Districts, Uganda: 2009 to 2014
Highlights
Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide
Of the 88 interviewed mothers, 57% were secondary school educated with an age range of 20 to 49 years old (Mean of 27). 41% were aware of the organic nature of the disease, 19% thought it might have a spiritual nature and 40% weren’t aware of the nature of the disease. 77.3% thought epilepsy is not a hereditary disease and 16% thought it’s infectious
Of the 78.4% who thought the disease is curable 71.6% believed in medical treatment alone and 28.4% thought spiritual treatment is possible as well. 56.8% of the mothers reported good responses to the attack and 43.2% reported poor responses. 60% of the mothers stated that epilepsy had a negative effect of their child socially
Summary
Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide. The common malignant diseases of childhood are leukaemia, lymphomas, central nervous system tumors and embryonic solid tumors whereas among the adolescents, sarcomas of bone and soft tissue, and tumors of the male and female genital tracts. Risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) are increasingly prevalent in developing countries. We aimed to identify the optimal WC cut off points to predict different CVD risk factors in an indigenous population in Guatemala as an alternative and more cost-effective method to assess risk in a resource limited setting. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of and attitudes toward health care services and the current practices in healthcare related to NCD services in urban settings where JSI’s Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program is being implemented
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