Publications by authors named "G J Mhango"
Over 46% of African pregnant women are anemic. Oral iron is recommended but often suboptimal, particularly late in pregnancy. Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) could treat anemia in women in the third trimester in sub-Saharan Africa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Anaemia is common in mothers and infants in the first year postpartum, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated whether treating anaemia in the second trimester of pregnancy with a single dose of intravenous iron, ferric carboxymaltose, compared with standard-of-care oral iron could alleviate anaemia in postpartum women and their infants.
Methods: REVAMP (ACTRN12618001268235), an open-label, individually randomised, controlled trial done across nine urban and five rural health centres in Malawi, recruited women if they were in the second trimester of singleton pregnancy, had a capillary haemoglobin concentration of less than 10·0 g/dL, and had a negative malaria rapid diagnostic test.
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- This report analyzes the trends in statin prescriptions for breast cancer survivors with diabetes, a group at significant risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
- The study utilized data from the SEER cancer registry and Medicare claims, evaluating prescription rates based on various factors like age and race.
- Results indicated that 68% of participants received statin prescriptions, with an increasing trend over the years and a notable racial disparity, suggesting the need for improved prescription practices in this high-risk population.