Publications by authors named "G Narcisse"
Article Synopsis
- Community-based mobile clinics in Miami-Dade County are shown to effectively increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), particularly for underrepresented groups.
- The study involved over 1,800 clients from fixed and mobile clinics over nearly five years, revealing that mobile clinics successfully reached more cisgender women, Black clients, and older individuals compared to fixed locations.
- Clients using the mobile clinics, especially uninsured and male individuals, demonstrated a higher likelihood of continuing PrEP treatment over 48 weeks, indicating the importance of these services in sustaining care engagement.
Background: Approximately 114 million people are infected with Mansonella perstans in large proportions of Africa. In contrast to other filariae that infect humans, M. perstans-infected individuals show no distinct pathology or specific clinical picture, indicating a well-tuned adaptation to the host.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[The role of the pharmacist in the educational charge of the asthmatic patient].
Allerg Immunol (Paris)
October 2000
The problem of educative charge of the asthmatic patient has mobilised general physicians, specialists and kinesitherapists for many years. The first mutual aid associations for asthmatic patients, created at the initiative of pneumologists and allergists or their patients date back for a score or so of years and their principal objectives are the adaption of educational measures, in transmission of clear information and in the loan of surveillance equipment, to ensure that inhalation equipment is adapted appropriately to the case. Since, the mediatisation has reinforced this action in all directions, in the interests of and for the great benefit of asthmatic patients; and so the role of the pharmacist has also become essential not only in the field of information but also in that of control of the self-evaluation of the patient; three inseparable aspects are thus emphasized: information aspect, technical aspect, initiation of surveillance of the illness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe synthesis of 54 3-phenacyl-5-benzylidene-thiazolidine-2,4-diones is reported. Eight of them were tested for anti-oedema, analgesic and anticonvulsant activity. Only one compound showed significant anti-oedematous and analgesic activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim was to compare the effects of two diuretics, indapamide and hydrochlorothiazide, on cardiac hypertrophy in stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-SP).
Methods: Six week old SHR-SP, on a 1% sodium chloride water intake, were treated with oral indapamide (3 mg.kg-1 x d-1) or hydrochlorothiazide (20 mg.