''Practices and factors affecting on-site medical equipment maintenance at Wau Teaching Hospital, South Sudan''.

Background Of The Study: Along with developments in the clinical domain, medical equipment is becoming more sophisticated, and it needs to function at peak efficiency. In this case, hospitals should priorities the prompt and effective maintenance of life-saving equipment. The purpose of the study was to determine medical equipment maintenance practices, to find out an important factor that influences on-site medical equipment maintenance practices and to suggest possible areas for improvement.

Evaluating drug use patterns among paediatric outpatients in Burundi.

Background: Rational prescribing is key to optimising therapeutic outcomes and avoiding risks associated with irrational use of medicines. Using WHO drug use indicators, this study evaluated drug use patterns among paediatric outpatient encounters at Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in Bujumbura Mairie, Republic of Burundi.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional research assessed paediatric medicine use in 20 PHCs.

Assessment of vaccine management performance in health facilities of Mwanza Region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) initiative provides the platform needed to monitor and assess the vaccine supply chain system to identify strengths and weaknesses of the system at all levels and enhance the development of continuous improvement plan to strengthen the system. This study was conducted to determine the vaccine management performance in Health Facilities of Mwanza Region, Tanzania.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was carried out in 102 health facilities providing immunization services from eights districts of Mwanza Region in Tanzania.

Evaluation of vaccine storage and distribution practices in rural healthcare facilities in Kenya.

Background: Vaccines require cold chain storage conditions, and good distribution practices throughout the supply chain to maintain their quality and potency. However, in the last mile of the vaccines supply chain, these requirements may not be guaranteed resulting in reduced effectiveness which could lead to an upsurge in vaccine preventable morbidity and mortality. The aim of this research was to evaluate vaccine storage and distribution practices in the last mile of vaccine supply chain in Turkana County.

Conglomeratin: a new antibacterial flavonol derivative from Brenan (Euphorbiaceae).

A new prenylated kaempferol, conglomeratin (), alongside known compounds including flavonoids ( and ), ellagic acid derivatives ( and ), triterpenoids ( and ), and a coumarin () were isolated from the leaves () and stem bark () of . Their structures were elucidated using spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques. The antibacterial assay was performed using disc diffusion method against Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms.

Factors that affect vaccines availability in public health facilities in Nairobi City County: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: over 1.5 million children die from vaccine-preventable diseases yearly. To avert these deaths and improve their livelihood, vaccine availability is important.