Publications by authors named "J Matenga"
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- - A study was conducted to see if clinical guidelines for warfarin dosing could be practically applied to black Zimbabwean patients.
- - Out of 62 patients, 62.90% did not get the recommended starting dose of warfarin according to guidelines from the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC).
- - CPIC guidelines consider African-specific genetic variations, making them more suitable for Zimbabwean patients compared to US FDA and Dutch guidelines, which do not account for these variants.
Background: Approximately 25% of colorectal cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa are younger than 40 years, and hereditary factors may contribute. We investigated the frequency and patterns of inherited colorectal cancer among black Zimbabweans.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study of ninety individuals with a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer was carried out in Harare, Zimbabwe between November 2012 and December 2015.
Background: The rising incidence of colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa may be partly caused by changing dietary patterns. We sought to establish the association between dietary patterns and colorectal cancer in Zimbabwe.
Methods: One hundred colorectal cancer cases and 200 community-based controls were recruited.
The interplay between hereditary and environmental factors in the causation of colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is poorly understood. We carried out a community based case-control study to identify the risk factors associated with colorectal cancer in Zimbabwe. We recruited 101 cases of colorectal cancer and 202 controls, matched for age, sex and domicile.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Sub-Saharan Africa has an inadequate number of health professionals, leading to a reduced capacity to respond to health challenges, including HIV/AIDS. From 2010 to 2015, the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)-sponsored by the U.S.
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