Publications by authors named "Asha Abdirahman Yussuf"
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- Retinoblastoma is a rare eye cancer that mostly affects kids and makes up about 3% of childhood cancers in rich countries but is more common in Africa.
- A 3-year-old girl had symptoms like a white spot in her eye and her eye turning inward, which led to her being diagnosed with a serious form of this cancer.
- She had to have her eye removed to save her life, and this shows why it's super important for children to have their eyes checked from birth to catch problems early.
Background: Anemia in pregnancy is a serious global public health problem in most developing countries and a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Somalia which already had very high maternal mortality ratio of 829 per 100,000 live births, pregnant women in internally displaced camps (IDPs) remain at most exposed. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence, severity and associated risk factors of anemia among pregnant women in internally displaced camps in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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