A Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study Investigating the Profile and Motivations of Women Seeking Unsafe Abortions in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Background: Unsafe abortions represent a significant public health issue in Cameroon, often resulting in severe health consequences. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, motivations, and factors associated with unsafe abortions among women in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among women of childbearing age attending three urban health facilities in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Prevalence, complications and factors associated with severely elevated blood pressure in patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional study in two hospitals in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Introduction: severely elevated blood pressure significantly increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertensive Black patients. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, complications and factors associated with severe high blood pressure in hypertensive patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study in the outpatient and cardiology units of two teaching hospitals in Yaoundé.

Pancreatic and splenic tuberculosis mimicking a pancreatic cancer with splenic metastases in an immunocompetent adolescent: a case report.

We present a case of pancreatic and splenic tuberculosis (TB) in a 15-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient who was initially misdiagnosed as suffering from a pancreatic carcinoma with splenic metastases. Pancreatic and splenic TB are extremely rare in young immunocompetent patients, with a nonspecific clinical presentation, making the diagnosis elusive.