"We Don't Have Any Clue What Will Happen to Them": Perspectives of Women Who Had Gestational Diabetes About Long-Term Child Outcomes.

In utero exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with adverse long-term outcomes. Little is known about how mothers perceive these outcomes and the support they need for optimal outcomes for their children. We aimed to explore how women perceive the risk of adverse outcomes for their children exposed to GDM and the support they require for their optimal health.

Interventions to enhance corporate sector engagement in tuberculosis response in Africa: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health crisis in Africa. TB control programmes implemented by various state and non-state actors in different African countries over the years have recorded significant gains in the reduction of the incidence and prevalence of TB through the vehicle of private care provider engagement in the diagnosis, treatment and care. However, the corporate sector, which often represents a large pool of resources and access to individuals, is neglected or underestimated in the public-private mix of TB control efforts.

Personal and Social Transformative Learning through Community‑Based Education: Insights from Training Socially Accountable Medical Doctors at a Historically Disadvantaged University in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

In 2014, the Faculty of Health Sciences at Walter Sisulu University introduced a 20‑week long integrated longitudinal clinical clerkship (ILCC) rotation block as part of its commitment to community‑based education and social responsiveness, with the goal of ensuring that the curriculum is updated to align with the contemporary health system challenges in South Africa. To explore whether medical student participants underwent social and personal transformative learning in understanding complex societal health needs during their integrated longitudinal community clerkship program. This was an exploratory qualitative research study conducted among 113 5 year medical students based at 8 selected hospitals during their 20‑week‑long community clerkship.

Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase and paraoxonase-1 levels in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease patients in Nigeria.

Background: Recent evidence has linked changes in plasma lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) and paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) levels with increased risk for development of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in different populations. However, studies on this in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa are scarce.

Objective: This study assessed the association between reduced plasma LCAT and PON-1 levels and an increased risk of ASCVD, and their potential as biomarkers for ASCVD.