African genomic medicine and microbiome datasets are usually not well characterized in terms of their origin, making it difficult to find and extract data for specific African ethnic groups or even countries. The Pan-African H3Africa Bioinformatics Network (H3ABioNet) recognized the need for developing data portals for African genomic medicine and African microbiomes to address this and ran a hackathon to initiate their development. The two portals were designed and significant progress was made in their development during the hackathon.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a 28 year old young man with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, detected at a later stage due to occlusive syndrome manifesting on the scanner as small intestine and colonic distension upstream of a strangulated Bochdalek's diaphragmatic hernia. The patient underwent laparotomy with reduction of the hernia and closure of the diaphragmatic rupture. This study aims to update the current understanding of a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, strangulated Bochdalek's diaphragmatic hernia, whose diagnosis is essentially based on radiological examinations based on the scanner data, which allows early management.
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