1. Bacteremia in hospitalized patients in the Gambia
(Journal Club/Infectious Diseases)

...he link below to the full article (free). Bacteraemia in patients admitted to an urban hospital in West Africa. BMC Infect Dis. 2007; 7: 2....

2. Africans die in pain because of fears of opiate addiction
(Journal Club/Public Health)

...% of global therapeutic morphine, countries such as Rwanda use just 0.039 mg per capita, one of three lowest users in the world." Africans die in pain because of fears of opiate addiction. B...

3. Making it known: – The AIDS Cube: rapid unforgettable learning
(AIDSLink/Resources)

...omeone, they never forget the messages of its pictures. "Usable in any country, every country in west, east & southern Africa where it has been demonstrated so far has ordered copies. The H...

4. Managing a community-based organization--New Resources
(AIDSLink/Resources)

... by a group discussing the text. The manual is particularly helpful in the way it compares and contrast Western versus non-western approaches to developing NGOs. Check out www.networklearning.org in ...

5. False positive results not uncommon for HIV rapid tests in Uganda
(Journal Club/HIV)

...hat 94.1% of samples with weak positive results were negative or indeterminate on enzyme immunoassay or western blotting. We conclude that weak positive bands on rapid tests cannot be interpreted as p...

6. Malaria prevention
(FAQs/Info for travelers)

Malaria is a serious disease and, perhaps after traffic accidents, the biggest risk to travelers in West Africa. Before coming here, you should be familiar with malaria and how to prevent it. For star

7. Medical director gives presentation at international conference
(News/News at Evangel)

...ter a woman has had the repair of a vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). VVF is a serious and common problem in West Africa, and these results are potentially good news for many of these women who want to hav...

8. Evangel doctor wins regional award
(News/News at Evangel)

... Ogunfowokan, a family physician at Evangel Hospital, received an award last week at the meeting of the West Africa College of Physicians Faculty of Fmaily Medicine. Dr. "Oguns", who is also...

9. Nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus does not prevent traveler's diarrhea
(Journal Club/Travel Medicine)

...acebo or a probiotic preparation of nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus]. Half of the travelers went to West Africa, and organized tours or backpacking were the most common modes of traveling. The inc...

10. A disease that destroys the 'fame of the family'
(News/News at Evangel)

...ecializes in the repair of vesicovaginal fistulae (VVF's), a debilitating condition that is rare in the Western world, but more common in underdeveloped countries. In layman's terms, VVF occurs when t...

11. Gone too soon
(Stories/Patients)

From the blog of Dr. Joshua Sule, our newest Evangel consultant Today we lost a young girl, 13 years of age, who had rabies infection. We'll call her Ambe. It all started four months ago when a

12. Summary of Evangel's history by Dr. Bev Truxton
(Evangel Information/History)

...fices. In 1969, the hospital became the center where Lassa fever, the hemorrhagic fever virus in West Africa, was initially identified. After two missionary nurses died of hemorrhagic fever, a ...

13. Dr. Grant's speech at the dedication of Evangel Hospital, 1959
(Evangel Information/History)

... Zealand and Australia as well as many who are gathered here today and many others scattered throughout West Africa sent in gifts that enabled us to complete this building and to buy much of the equip...

14. Dedication of Evangel Hospital, 1959
(Evangel Information/History)

...uilt in the name of the Lord. Rev. Raymond J. Davis, Field Director of the Sudan Interior Mission for West Africa, addressed the gathering briefly.   His message was followed by that of th...

15. Mystery lesions: Answer
(Cases/Mystery cases)

...rica outside of South Africa, this is the second case I've seen in Nigeria. Have others seen it here in West Africa? (Click on picture for larger image) Thanks to Dr. Neil S Prose for answering this...

16. Tick-born relapsing fever quite common in parts of West Africa
(Journal Club/Infectious Diseases)

"Background: The ongoing drought in sub-Saharan countries has led to the colonisation of west African Savanna by Ornithodoros sonrai; this tick acts as a vector for Borrelia crocidurae, which cau

17. Potential impact of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) on spread of drug-resistant malaria
(Journal Club/Malaria)

Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is the practice of giving a treatment dose of antimalarials on fixed occasions such as at certain points in pregnancy or in infancy, with the goal of reducing t

18. New study shows some HIV-1 originated in chimpanzees in Cameroon
(Journal Club/HIV)

...owed that the virus is very closely related to HIV-1, and in particular to groups M and N. In fact, the Western blot profile of many samples was "virtually indistinguishable" from the profil...

19. Chlamydia pneumoniae not commonly associated with disease in Gambian children
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...The role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in acute respiratory tract infections in young children in The Gambia, West Africa. Ann. Trop. Paed. Int. Child Health, 26(2), June 2006, pp. 87-94(8) ...

20. Information for medical and pre-med students coming to Evangel
(FAQs/Medical and pre-medical student rotations)

...ement Africa The Innocent Anthropologist Anthropologist’s account of his fieldwork in northwest Cameroon. Return to Laughter (1954) Fictionalized autobiographical novel of a young a...