Two decades ago, the sequence of the first human genome was published. Since then,
advances in genome technologies have resulted in whole-genome sequencing and …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Decades of grassroots
campaigns have helped to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease in …

The deep evolutionary history of African populations, since the emergence of modern
humans more than 300,000 years ago, has resulted in high genetic diversity and …

Background Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) with annual population testing and a
multidisease, patient-centered strategy could reduce new human immunodeficiency virus …

Background Hypertension is a major health problem in Ghana, being a leading cause of
admissions and deaths in the country. In the context of a changing food and health policy …

Precision medicine is being enabled in high-income countries by the growing availability of
health data, increasing knowledge of the genetic determinants of disease and variation in …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Diabetes and hypertension are pathophysiologically
related diseases that co-exist with a wider complex of metabolic diseases having similar set …

Background Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and
the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite growing evidence that the prevalence of …

BACKGROUND: South Africa (SA) has a high prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis. Cape
Town was the SA metropole most affected in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Background Hypertension has become an important public health concern in the developing
world owing to rising prevalence and its adverse impact on ailing health systems. Despite …