Pan African Medical Journal
We believe that scientific work done in Africa should be rapidly and freely made available to all researchers worldwide. Aim: To create, stimulate and perpetuate a culture of information sharing and publishing amongst researchers and other health actors of the African health scene in ways that will contribute to availability of health information, better understanding of Africa specificities and overall, to improve health outcomes of the people on the continent. Scope: We publish original scientific research on clinical, public health, social, political, economic and all other factors affecting the health of populations in Africa.

Editor´s pick

Essay

Left in the lurch: a junior doctor´s scathing critique of the Nigerian healthcare system

Muhammed Raji Modibbo et al.
04 Oct 2024

Research

Understanding readiness for transition from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization support for immunization at the subnational level in Kenya: the case of 15 counties

Alex Adjagba et al.
04 Oct 2024

Research

An audit of the establishment of a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging service in a public tertiary hospital setting in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Carien van Schalkwyk et al.
12 Sep 2024

Research

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen, associated risk factors, and liver enzyme abnormalities among individuals with diabetes in Aksum town public hospitals, Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Mengstab Teklehaymanot Gebrelibanos et al.
04 Sep 2024

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Santé bucco-dentaire des Pygmées Baka dans la ville de Dimako au Cameroun: une étude transversale de 205 cas (Research)
Lionel Berthold Keubou Boukeng, Charly Ebogo Etoa, Leonie Dapi Nzefa, Ariane Nouko, Claude Axel Minkandi, Jean Yves Bevela, Djouwairiyatou Sali
PAMJ. 49(25). 30 Sep 2024

Complications de la stimulation cardiaque définitive: étude observationnelle, rétrospective à propos de 462 cas au Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Sfax, Tunisie (Case series)
Rahma Kallel, Rania Hammami, Aiman Dammak, Faiza Safi, Malek Akrout, Leila Abid, Samir Kammoun, Jedidi Jihen
PAMJ. 49(24). 30 Sep 2024

Improvements of acute flaccid paralysis and measles surveillance performances in response to outbreak of circulating vaccine derived polio virus (2021-2022): the case of Southwest Ethiopia Province, Ethiopia (Research)
Amenu Wesen Denegetu, Tadesse Gossaye Birru, Eshetu Wassie Asemahaegn
PAMJ. 49(23). 27 Sep 2024

Contribution of the West African Health Organization to the prevention and control of the Mpox outbreak in West Africa two weeks after the declaration as a public health emergency of international concern (Letter to the editors)
Sombie Issiaka, Lokossou Kuassi Virgil, Sani Ali, Usman Aishat Bukola, Keita Namoudou, Diallo Ely, Agbla Felix, Aissi Athanase Melchior
PAMJ. 49(21). 23 Sep 2024

Human genetics and genomics as a unifying factor for harmony and progress in Africa: a report from the 12^th African Society of human genetics meeting in Bamako, Mali (Report)
Abdoulaye Yalcouyé, Djénéba Dabitao, Oumar Samassékou, Victoria Nembaware, Fousséyni Kané, Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed, Ghada El-Kamah, Leon Mutesa, Rokhaya Ndiaye, Michele Ramsay, Seydou Doumbia, Scott Williams, Mahamadou Traoré, Ambroise Wonkam, Guida Landouré
PAMJ. 49(19). 19 Sep 2024

Visual acuity improvement after treatment of central retinal artery occlusion: a case report (Case report)
Muhammad Indra Mahardika Iridika Humeri, Ima Yustiarini, Ady Dwi Prakosa, Sauli Ari Widjaja, Muhammad Firmansjah, Wimbo Sasono
PAMJ. 49(18). 19 Sep 2024

Acquired methemoglobinemia in infancy secondary to diarrhea: a case report (Case report)
Mariam Hany Aly, Hessa Mohammed Bukhari, Mohammed A.H. Aldirawi, Lemis Yavuz
PAMJ. 49(17). 19 Sep 2024

Efficacité et tolérance de l´azathioprine lors du traitement de base de la sclérose en plaques: cas du Maroc (Research)
Ali Mirhani, Nabila Auajjar, Chouki Slimani, Benaissa Attarassi
PAMJ. 49(16). 18 Sep 2024

An audit of the establishment of a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging service in a public tertiary hospital setting in the Western Cape Province of South Africa (Research)
Carien van Schalkwyk, Beulah Christina van Zyl, Phillipus George Herbst, Christelle Ackermann
PAMJ. 49(15). 12 Sep 2024

Cardiac pacing: indications, modalities, complications, and challenges: results of a multicenter cross-sectional study in four hospitals in Dakar, Senegal (Research)
Khadidiatou Dia, Simon Antoine Sarr, Waly Niang Mboup, Youssou Diouf, Nadia Benghazi, Alassane Mbaye, Adama Kane
PAMJ. 49(14). 11 Sep 2024

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Jejuno-jejunal intussusception secondary to feeding jejunostomy tube: a case report (Accessed 334 times)

Analysis of social investment in health systems reform: a case study of results-based financing (RBF) in Marondera District, Zimbabwe (Accessed 302 times)

A rare case aggressive of uterine leiomyosarcoma: a case report (Accessed 299 times)

Supplements

Global Partnership towards Polio Eradication Efforts

Providing information for decision-making in the Nigerian Polio Eradication Program, 2016-2020
Tesfaye Erbeto et al. PAMJ . 45(2):11. 07 September 2023.

Innovative strategies developed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on polio surveillance in Nigeria, 2020
Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho et al. PAMJ . 45(2):10. 07 September 2023.

Experience and findings from surveillance peer review in Nigeria, August 2017-May 2019
Abdullahi Walla Hamisu et al. PAMJ . 45(2):9. 24 August 2023.

The role of polio emergency operations centers: perspectives for future disease control initiatives in Nigeria
Fiona Braka et al. PAMJ . 45(2):8. 08 August 2023.

Historical reconstruction of inaccessibility status in Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, 2010-2020
Joseph Che Forbi et al. PAMJ . 45(2):7. 14 July 2023.

Implementing a robust adverse event of special interest surveillance for novel oral polio vaccine type 2 rollout, Nigeria, March-July 2021
Samuel Luka Abbott et al. PAMJ . 45(2):6. 14 July 2023.

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2	Le cancer du sein: quelles avancées en 2021?
3	The public health situation in South Sudan, a humanitarian context: successes, challenges and key lessons for the future
4	A guide for epidemiological investigation of malaria outbreaks and response in varied scenarios
5	Country experiences in response to COVID-19 in the WHO African region
6	National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP) in Nigeria and its role in eradication of polio and control and prevention of other vaccine preventable diseases and malaria, 2012 - 2017: progress, impact and lessons learned.

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Editor´s pick

Left in the lurch: a junior doctor´s scathing critique of the Nigerian healthcare system

Muhammed Raji Modibbo et al.
04 Oct 2024

Understanding readiness for transition from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization support for immunization at the subnational level in Kenya: the case of 15 counties

Alex Adjagba et al.
04 Oct 2024

An audit of the establishment of a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging service in a public tertiary hospital setting in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Carien van Schalkwyk et al.
12 Sep 2024

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen, associated risk factors, and liver enzyme abnormalities among individuals with diabetes in Aksum town public hospitals, Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Mengstab Teklehaymanot Gebrelibanos et al.
04 Sep 2024

Recently published

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Providing information for decision-making in the Nigerian Polio Eradication Program, 2016-2020
Tesfaye Erbeto et al. PAMJ . 45(2):11. 07 September 2023.

Innovative strategies developed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on polio surveillance in Nigeria, 2020
Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho et al. PAMJ . 45(2):10. 07 September 2023.

Experience and findings from surveillance peer review in Nigeria, August 2017-May 2019
Abdullahi Walla Hamisu et al. PAMJ . 45(2):9. 24 August 2023.

The role of polio emergency operations centers: perspectives for future disease control initiatives in Nigeria
Fiona Braka et al. PAMJ . 45(2):8. 08 August 2023.

Historical reconstruction of inaccessibility status in Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, 2010-2020
Joseph Che Forbi et al. PAMJ . 45(2):7. 14 July 2023.

Implementing a robust adverse event of special interest surveillance for novel oral polio vaccine type 2 rollout, Nigeria, March-July 2021
Samuel Luka Abbott et al. PAMJ . 45(2):6. 14 July 2023.

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Volume 49 (Sep - Dec 2024)

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Editor´s pick

Left in the lurch: a junior doctor´s scathing critique of the Nigerian healthcare system

Muhammed Raji Modibbo et al. 04 Oct 2024

Understanding readiness for transition from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization support for immunization at the subnational level in Kenya: the case of 15 counties

Alex Adjagba et al. 04 Oct 2024

An audit of the establishment of a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging service in a public tertiary hospital setting in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Carien van Schalkwyk et al. 12 Sep 2024

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen, associated risk factors, and liver enzyme abnormalities among individuals with diabetes in Aksum town public hospitals, Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Mengstab Teklehaymanot Gebrelibanos et al. 04 Sep 2024

Recently published

Supplements

Providing information for decision-making in the Nigerian Polio Eradication Program, 2016-2020 Tesfaye Erbeto et al. PAMJ . 45(2):11. 07 September 2023.

Innovative strategies developed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on polio surveillance in Nigeria, 2020 Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho et al. PAMJ . 45(2):10. 07 September 2023.

Experience and findings from surveillance peer review in Nigeria, August 2017-May 2019 Abdullahi Walla Hamisu et al. PAMJ . 45(2):9. 24 August 2023.

The role of polio emergency operations centers: perspectives for future disease control initiatives in Nigeria Fiona Braka et al. PAMJ . 45(2):8. 08 August 2023.

Historical reconstruction of inaccessibility status in Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, 2010-2020 Joseph Che Forbi et al. PAMJ . 45(2):7. 14 July 2023.

Implementing a robust adverse event of special interest surveillance for novel oral polio vaccine type 2 rollout, Nigeria, March-July 2021 Samuel Luka Abbott et al. PAMJ . 45(2):6. 14 July 2023.

Images in clinical medicine

Volume 49 (Sep - Dec 2024)

PAMJ

For authors

Recently in the PAMJ Blog

About PAMJ - Manuscript Hut™

Muhammed Raji Modibbo et al.
04 Oct 2024

Alex Adjagba et al.
04 Oct 2024

Carien van Schalkwyk et al.
12 Sep 2024

Mengstab Teklehaymanot Gebrelibanos et al.
04 Sep 2024

Providing information for decision-making in the Nigerian Polio Eradication Program, 2016-2020
Tesfaye Erbeto et al. PAMJ . 45(2):11. 07 September 2023.

Innovative strategies developed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on polio surveillance in Nigeria, 2020
Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho et al. PAMJ . 45(2):10. 07 September 2023.

Experience and findings from surveillance peer review in Nigeria, August 2017-May 2019
Abdullahi Walla Hamisu et al. PAMJ . 45(2):9. 24 August 2023.

The role of polio emergency operations centers: perspectives for future disease control initiatives in Nigeria
Fiona Braka et al. PAMJ . 45(2):8. 08 August 2023.

Historical reconstruction of inaccessibility status in Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, 2010-2020
Joseph Che Forbi et al. PAMJ . 45(2):7. 14 July 2023.

Implementing a robust adverse event of special interest surveillance for novel oral polio vaccine type 2 rollout, Nigeria, March-July 2021
Samuel Luka Abbott et al. PAMJ . 45(2):6. 14 July 2023.

About PAMJ - Manuscript Hut^™