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

Policy recommendations to reduce high cesarean section rate in Türkiye

Mert Küçüket al.
02 Jul 2024

Research

Pattern of fall and its determinants among elderly patients attending the general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Muazu Shuaibu Ishaqet al.
01 Jul 2024

Research

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding diabetic retinopathy among patients with diabetes in Dongola, Northern State, Sudan, 2022: a cross-sectional study

Mohammed Abumhadiet al.
28 Jun 2024

Program assessment

Assessment of the efficiency of the routine epidemiological surveillance system for malaria at the Tambacounda Health District, Senegal

Tidiane Gadiagaet al.
04 Jun 2024

Recently published

Policy recommendations to reduce high cesarean section rate in Türkiye (Essay)
Mert Küçük
PAMJ. 48(83). 02 Jul 2024

Pattern of fall and its determinants among elderly patients attending the general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study (Research)
Muazu Shuaibu Ishaq, Zainab Abdulazeez Umar, Bukar Alhaji Grema, Michael Chinedu Godpower, Abdulgafar Lekan Olawumi, Abubakar Abiso Muhammad
PAMJ. 48(82). 01 Jul 2024

Mucinous cystadenoma of the caecum: a rare cause of recurrent intussusception in a 3-year-old boy (case report) (Case report)
Jessica Dei-Asamoa, Abigail Anima Owusu, Samira Abdulai, Samuel Essoun, Antoinette Bediako-Bowan, Benjamin Akinkang, Solomon Edward Quayson, Victor Etwire, Hope Glover-Addy, Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse
PAMJ. 48(81). 01 Jul 2024

Body composition analysis using bioelectric impedance in Bissau: reproducibility and level of agreement between two available devices (Research)
Lilica Sanca, Stine Byberg, Cipriano Có, Geovane da Costa, Marceano Indami, Luis Rama, Ana Teixeira, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Eugénia Carvalho
PAMJ. 48(80). 28 Jun 2024

Knowledge assessment of women of reproductive age on birth defects: a descriptive cross-sectional study in Kenya (Research)
George Nyadimo Agot, Joseph Kibuchi Wang´ombe, Marshal Mutinda Mweu
PAMJ. 48(79). 28 Jun 2024

Teaching under pressure: assessing burnout among high school teachers (Research)
Hicham Guider, Fatine Hadrya, Mohammed Amine Lafraxo, Youssef El Madhi, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Abdelrhani Mokhtari, Hinde Hami
PAMJ. 48(78). 28 Jun 2024

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding diabetic retinopathy among patients with diabetes in Dongola, Northern State, Sudan, 2022: a cross-sectional study (Research)
Mohammed Abumhadi, Othman Amin, Sigoud Mohammed, Anas Mohamedelkhair, Esra Osman, Mohamed Issak, Wadah Mohammed, Omer Abdelmajid, Asjed Abdoun, Mohamed Abdelaziz
PAMJ. 48(77). 28 Jun 2024

Factors associated with pelvic organ prolapse: case-control study in two hospitals of Bon-Berger and Saint Georges of the city of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Research)
Antoine Tshimbundu Kayembe, Patrick Kahindo Muyayalo, Andy Mbangama Muela, Rahma Raschid Tozin
PAMJ. 48(76). 27 Jun 2024

Distal humerus fractures in subjects over 65 years old: about a 62 cases in moroccan population (Case series)
Anass Abaydi, Tarik Bouziani, Amine Tbatou, Jihad Radi
PAMJ. 48(75). 27 Jun 2024

Giant basal cell carcinoma in a non-sun exposed area with four years follow-up: a case report (Case report)
Ghadah Alhetheli
PAMJ. 48(70). 27 Jun 2024

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Effect of post-discharge postnatal educational intervention on postnatal practices among low-income primiparas in Nairobi informal settlements, Kenya: a post-test quasi-experiment (Accessed 1076 times)

Striking rise of cesarean section rates in Türkiye: there is a need for a whole new perspective (Accessed 1025 times)

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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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Editor´s pick

Policy recommendations to reduce high cesarean section rate in Türkiye

Mert Küçüket al.
02 Jul 2024

Pattern of fall and its determinants among elderly patients attending the general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Muazu Shuaibu Ishaqet al.
01 Jul 2024

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding diabetic retinopathy among patients with diabetes in Dongola, Northern State, Sudan, 2022: a cross-sectional study

Mohammed Abumhadiet al.
28 Jun 2024

Assessment of the efficiency of the routine epidemiological surveillance system for malaria at the Tambacounda Health District, Senegal

Tidiane Gadiagaet al.
04 Jun 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.

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Editor´s pick

Policy recommendations to reduce high cesarean section rate in Türkiye

Mert Küçüket al. 02 Jul 2024

Pattern of fall and its determinants among elderly patients attending the general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Muazu Shuaibu Ishaqet al. 01 Jul 2024

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding diabetic retinopathy among patients with diabetes in Dongola, Northern State, Sudan, 2022: a cross-sectional study

Mohammed Abumhadiet al. 28 Jun 2024

Assessment of the efficiency of the routine epidemiological surveillance system for malaria at the Tambacounda Health District, Senegal

Tidiane Gadiagaet al. 04 Jun 2024

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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.

Images in clinical medicine

Volume 48 (May - Aug 2024)

PAMJ

For authors

Recently in the PAMJ Blog

About PAMJ - Manuscript Hut™

Mert Küçüket al.
02 Jul 2024

Muazu Shuaibu Ishaqet al.
01 Jul 2024

Mohammed Abumhadiet al.
28 Jun 2024

Tidiane Gadiagaet al.
04 Jun 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^™