We publish original scientific studies, comments on currents health initiatives, project and work reports, personal experiences, reviews of current health initiatives, educational articles and paper commenting on clinical, social, political, economical and all other factors affecting health. We are particularly interested in receiving articles and comments reflecting the point of view and experience of professionals working in Africa related to the impact of currents public health initiatives on their daily routine. The Journal is available online here: www.panafrican-med-journal.com/

Published: 2026-04-17


Prevalence and associated factors with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a group of obese women in Tunisia

Fatma Boukhayatia, Sana Khamassi, Farah Rezgui, Haithem Yaacoub, Haifa Abdesselem, Emna Bornaz, Kamilia Ounaissa, Saida Boumefteh, Imene Hedfi, Faika Ben Mami, Chiraz Amrouche



Heterotaxy syndrome with biliary atresia: a case report

Amal Irfan Khazi, Mohga Yasser, Dafalla Rahamtalla, Bhavna Gupta

Prevalence and determinants of adverse pregnancy outcomes among teenage mothers in the Limbe Health District of Cameroon

Ndip Esther Ndip, Nana Njamen Theophile, Chrisantus Eweh Ukah, Claudia Ngeha Ngu, Mirabelle Pandong Feguem, Randolf Fuanghene Wefuan, Larissa Kumenyuy Yunika, Syveline Zuh Dang, Egbe Obinchemti Thomas



Barriers to health insurance uptake in Rwanda: a nationwide cross-sectional survey

Roger Muremyi, Leon Benoit Migisha, Marx Louis Pasteur Munezero, Shallon Mumararungu, Ebenezer Niyigena, Gasafari Willy Mpabuka, Charles Ruranga

Nutcracker syndrome caused by an enlarged splenic artery in a patient with cirrhosis: a case report

Abdellatif Outrah, Oumaima Tounsi, Youssef Bouktib, Ayoub El Hajjami, Badr Boutakioute, Mariem Ouali Idrissi, Najat Cherif Idrissi El Ganouni

Major contributors to motorcycle accidents in Busia County, Kenya

Olipher Makwaga, Tom Mokaya, Priscah Otambo, Matilu Mwau, Ferdinard Adungo


Diagnosis and management of bilateral and multiple semicircular canal dehiscence: a case report

Taha Benatiya Andaloussi, Mohamed Bouqes, Naouar Ouattassi, Mohamed Afellah, Mohammed Ridal, Najib Benmansour, Zouheir Zaki, Abdellatif Oudidi, Mohamed Noureddine El Amine El Alami

High proportion of hepatitis B virus-infected patients at a mild stage of disease progression: a cross-sectional study in a single reference laboratory in Cameroon

Laure Ngono, Pretty Rosereine Mbouyap, Chavely Gwladys Monamele, Jeanne Manga, Fréderic Lissock, Annie Epote, Suzanne Belinga, Richard Njouom

Stakeholders´ perspectives on addressing climate change and respiratory health impacts in Nigeria

Olayemi Oluseun Akinnola, Alexander Iseolorunkanmi, Faatihah Adeyinka Niyi-Odumosu, Temitope Eyitayo Akinnola, Boni Maxime Ale, Davies Adeloye, Obianuju Beatrice Ozoh

Déficit congénital sévère en facteur VII découvert fortuitement en péri-partum: à propos d'un cas

Youssef Aarjouni, Oumayma Elbouni, Chikhi Brahim, Mohamed Benani, Houmed Houssein, Laila Drouzi, Nezha Oudghiri, Sofia Lahbabi, Rajaa Tachinante


Tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents and young adults in aspirational districts in India: NFHS-5 based secondary analysis

Shiv Kumar Mudgal, Vipin Patidar, Suresh Kumar Sharma, Rakhi Gaur, Ramesh Kumar Huda, Jayvardhan Singh, Saurabh Varshney


Vertèbre de poisson impactée dans le larynx d'un nourrisson: à propos d'un cas inhabituel

Aminata Diop Nakoulima, Khadidia Fall, Mame Rouba Ndiaye, Mame Diarra Mbacke, Mame Diarra Bousso Ndao, Cheikh Ahmédou Lame

Pseudo-puberté précoce sur syndrome de McCune-Albright: à propos d'un cas

Kaoutar Rifai, Kaoutar El Moatamid, Hinde Iraqi, Dounia Talbi, Mohamed El Hassan Gharbi

Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding statutory rape and its management among healthcare workers in emergency wards in Ibadan, Nigeria

Million Teklay Solomon, Christopher Odianosen Aimakhu, Olugbenga Oluseun Saanu, Ines Nshimirimana, Binta Jallow, Iacane Bampoque, Agness Shimilimo, Amos M´yisa Makelele, Edmond Onidje




Perineal endometriosis on an episiotomy scar: diagnosis based on clinical, radiological, and hormonal criteria (case report)

Abdoulrazak Egueh Nour, Chirwa Mahamoud Abdillahi, Chirwa Mahamoud Abdillahi, Samia Bennani, Ahmed Hared Bouh, Bouknani Nawal, Amal Rami






Lipome géant latéro-cervical chez un nourrisson de 6 mois: à propos d'un cas

Cheikh Diene Niang, Mame Coumba Sarr, Moussa Ba, Brice Toko, Mouhamed Barry, Faty Fall, Fallou Niang, Ibou Thiam, Mame Sanou Diouf

Fetal demise due to stab wound with umbilical cord transection: a case report

Skander Abid, Dhekra Toumi, Ghada Abdelmoula, Mohamed Amine Mesrati, Abdeljalil Khlifi, Haifa Bouchahda

The well-being of mothers caregiving for children with cerebral palsy: a Tunisian cross-sectional study

Ikram Haddada, Soumaya El Arem, Aymen Hadj Salah, Manel Ben Fredj, Aymen Fekih, Tammem Sayhi, Mouhamed Hedi Zaafrane, Mouna Sghir, Wassia Kessomtini


Long live the kidney despite every threats: a case report

Kubra Kaynar, Buse Misir, Huri Cihan Ataberk, Sevdegül Mungan, Ümit Çobanoğlu

Hydrocele of the canal of nuck mimicking an inguinal hernia in a 34-year-old pregnant woman: a case report

Celsus Ukelina Undie, Kenechi Stanislaus Nedosa, Uchechukwu George Ogbu, Adeyemi Oluwatobi Akano, Adeyemi Odunayo Precious


Risk factors for hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Casablanca-Settat region, Morocco: a cross-sectional study

Houda El Alami, Meryem Bouqdayr, Khaoula Errafii, Mustapha Lkhider, Najib Al Idrissi, Hassan Ghazal, Lahcen Wakrim, Omar Abidi, Naima Khlil, Abderrahim Naamane, Abderrahmane Maaroufi, Salsabil Hamdi

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to a pheochromocytoma: a case report

Fatima Toulali, Afrah El Kaissi, Nada Ait Kassi, Hiba Kouira, Kaoutar Rifai, Hinde Iraqi, Mohammed El Hassan Gharbi


The prevalence and severity of late postnatal anaemia amongst women at the Buea and Limbe Regional Hospitals in Cameroon

Nancy Labu Nji, Nicholas Tendongfor, Roussel Ngetsche Ambebe, Julie Nchung Ashu, Magouanet Sandrine Tchio, Jules Clement Assob Nguedia, Gregory Edie Halle-Ekane



Parental acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccine for female adolescents in Abia State, southeastern Nigeria: a pre-implementation study

Chidinma Ihuoma Amuzie, Amos Paul Bassi, Eliza Fishman, Dessie Mekonnen, Quail Rogers-Bloch, Kelli Cappelier, Scott LaMontagne, Kalu Ulu Kalu, Michael Izuka, Sola Thomas Sunday

Prévalence et facteurs associés à l´hyperuricémie au cours du diabète de type 2 en milieu hospitalier Dakarois (Sénégal)

Ngoné Diaba Diack, Nafy Ndiaye, Ali Hedroj, Arnaud Ndi Manga, Mouhamed Dieng, Djiby Sow, Michel Assane Ndour, Yakham Mouhamed Leye, Demba Diedhiou, Anna Sarr, Maimouna Ndour Mbaye, Abdoulaye Leye



Clinical features and natural history of pelvic organ prolapse in South Kivu (Eastern DRC): a cross-sectional study

Eloge Ilunga-Mbaya, Dieudonné Sengeyi Mushengezi Amani, Prosper Lukusa Tshilobo, Raha Maroyi, Alex Mutombo Baleka, Mukanire Ntankwinja, Denis Mukwege

Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of advanced maternal age: a cross-sectional study at Saint-Joseph Hospital and the University Clinics of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Antoine Tshimbundu Kayembe, Anne Kapinga Mutshiaudi, Alex Mutombo Baleka, Andy Mbangama Muela, Rahma Raschid Tozin, Roger Mbungu Mwimba, Dieudonné Sengeyi Mushengezi, Patrick Kahindo Muyayalo

Ovarian relapse in a child with B-ALL: a case report

Meriem Cheikhna, Chaimae El Mahdaoui, Nisrine Bennani Guebessi, Asmaa Zeggwagh, Nisrine Khoubila, Mouna Lamchahab, Meryem Qachouh, Mohamed Rachid, Abdellah Madani, Siham Cherkaoui





Ewing family tumors of soft tissue: a case report

Anass Haloui, Nassira Karich, Nada Akouh, Nadir Miry, Rim Ouajdi, Siham Nasri, Larbi Benradi, Mohamed Belahcen, Amal Bennani

Evaluation of two methods for detecting anti-A and anti-B hemolysins in blood donors: a prospective study in Abidjan

Amah Patricia Victorine Goran-Kouacou, Akou Sara Adélaïde Bognini, Yida Jocelyne Séri, Angbonon Tychique Elysée Attoukoula, Aka Ange Aurel Ghislain Krou, Yannick Armand Kouassi, Séry Romuald Dassé


Assessment of environmental surveillance for the detection of poliovirus implementation in the metropolitan districts of South Africa, 2020-2023

Daudi Manyanga, Elizabeth Maseti, Kingsley Mokoena, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, Simangele Mthetwa, Sibongile Mokoena, Ester Khosa-Losela, Sarah Wanyoike

Multilocus sequence type analysis of coagulase-negative staphylococci from the neonatal intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Ghana

Innocent Afeke, Joseph Adu-Amankwaah, Ibrahim Jamfaru, Abdul-Wahab Mawuko Hamid, Verner Ndudiri Orish, Bright Agbodzi, Kokou Hefoume Amegan-Aho, Lennox Mac Ankrah, Hintermann Kobina Mbroh, Graceful Lord Mensah, Anthony Samuel Ablordey

Épidémiologie des troubles du sommeil en milieu rural au nord du Bénin en 2022

Mendinatou Agbetou, Christian Tandjiekpon, Elfried Salanon, Oyéné Kossi, Hermionne Loko, Jennifer Mapaga Nyangui, Thierry Adoukonou




Determinants of uterine synechiae at hysteroscopy: a case-control study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Emmanuel Nzau-Ngoma, Armand Lusakueno Lumingu, Patrick Moleko Mindombe, Bruno Lusila Biawila, Amos Kusuman, Jules Mpoy Odimba

Co-infection VIH-tuberculose pulmonaire aux cliniques universitaires de Lubumbashi: aspects épidémiologiques et cliniques

Patrick Mutombo Tshibang, Georges Yumba Numbi, Eugénie Tshiami Bukasa, Evariste Yav Tshibind, Thierry Kisoka Kimbungu, Serge Ngoie Muleka




Association between periodontal inflamed surface area and estimated glomerular filtration rate among pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients

Olusoji Ayodele Onabanjo, Solomon Olusegun Nwhator, Fatiu Abiola Arogundade, Opeyemi Matthew Adewole, Tolulope Ogundiran, Babatope Andrew Ogunleye

Déterminants de la pratique « WASH » par les ménages dans la commune de Djougou au Bénin en 2024

Comlan Cyriaque Degbey, Stanislas Isso-issoyirou Bamaï, Judicaël Nounagnon Todedji, Sègla Anthelme Prosper Fassinou, Alphonse Kpozehouen

Thyroid-associated orbitopathy following COVID-19: a case report

Sabrine Mekni, Hager Khiari, Manel Mekni, Jihene Sayadi, Sawsen Essayeh, Rihab Laamouri, Imen Rojbi, Ibtissem Ben Nacef

National availability, prices and affordability of essential medicines: a comprehensive analysis using WHO/HAI methodology in Chad

Frank Edgard Zongo Ragomzingba, Saker Haoua Haroun, Colette Ngabéré, Ahmat Borgnol, Martine Yoyammel, Abatcha Oumar Kadai, John Eyong Efobi, Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi, Patrick de Marie Chimusa Katoto, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya, Luc Zongo


Complex bladder and small bowel injury induced by gamma nail fixation: a case report

Ghassane El Omri, Moussaab Rachid, Omar Iraqui Houssaini, Younes Houry, Abdeljalil Heddat

La tuberculose abdominale: une expérience de 13 ans

Fatma Medhioub Kaaniche, Farah Zouari, Salma Jerbi, Yoser Ben Taher, Arij Abdellatif, Ines Dahech, Wiem Feki, Zina Hakim, Dorsaf Dlensi, Rania Allala

Prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension among university staff: a cross-sectional study at the University of Juba, South Sudan

Kon Paul Alier, Oromo Francis Omojo, Akway Medho Cham, Ezbon WApary, Kenneth Lado Lino Sube, Joseph Lako, Achol Madhieu Wol, Josephine Agidong, Zechariah Yere Gib, Benedict Bol Makur, Nyariak Malei Ayuel



Epidemiological, pathological, and molecular characteristics of lung cancer in Casablanca, Morocco: a retrospective study

Zineb Khadrouf, Khadija Khadiri, Abderrahmane Mellouki, Amina Essalihi, Oumaima Bouchra, Majda Taoudi Benchekroun, Abdallah Naya, Mehdi Karkouri






Screening for anti-HCV antibodies in a cohort of people living with HIV at “Zia Angelina“ Medical Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Francesco De Maria, Fernando Rico González, Alice Joy Namuwonge, Riccardo Serraino, Carlo Torti

Treatment outcomes among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis managed with BPaL/BPaLM regimen in the Southeast Zone of Nigeria

George Ikpe, Shadrach Dimang, Ufuoma Aduh, Peter Idowu Omoniyi, Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu, Charles Okafor, Emperor Ubochioma, Nneka Nwali, Godswill Nwokocha

Epidemiology of overweight and obesity in school children and adolescents in Cameroon: a comparative study in urban and semi-urban settings

Chris Nadège Nganou-Gnindjio, Patrick Yvan Tchebegna, Loïc Alban Mbosso Tasong, Jan René Nkeck, Doris Bibi Essama, Joseph Kamgno




Assessment of the National Disease Surveillance System in The Gambia, January 2025: best practices and lessons learned

Violet Mathenge, Amadou Jallow, Ifeanyi Livinus Udenweze, Ebrima Jallow, Balla Jatta, Bakary Sanneh, Sheriffo Darboe, Abou Kebbeh, Musa Camara, Ebou Saine, Mary Bobb, Momodou Kalisa, Amoro Jarju, Yankuba Samateh, Mustapha Jagne, Francis Mendy, Kebba Jobarteh, Sainey Sanneh, Nfally Mballow, Lamin Saidyfaye, Lamin Manneh, Lamin Fofana, Momodou Barrow, Nuha Fofana, Alieu Sowe, Momodou Nyassi, Charles Okot Lukoya, Jane Maina, Nathan Bakyaita


Penis trauma after fish bites: a case report

Amrizal Amrizal, Thia Prameswarie, Dientyah Nur Anggina, Miranti Dwi Hartanti, Raden Ayu Tanzila, Indri Ramayanti



Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19: a case report and literature review

Mohamedraza Akbar Ebrahim, Shadrack Elia Makundi, Noureen Ndelimbi Mushi, Pendo Mussa Ibrahim, Rukhsar Shabir Osman, Zainab Fidaali, Deogratias Arnold Nkya

Sellers of unpasteurized animal milk in unregulated markets: a key factor for human brucellosis control in El-Oued province, Algeria

Bachir Khezzani, Mile Bosilkovski, Marija Dimzova, Jadranka Nikolić, Borislava Chakarova, Ilia Tsachev, Magdalena Petrova Baymakova


High-grade astroblastoma initially misdiagnosed as papillary meningioma: a case report

Anass Haloui, El Farissi Mohamed Amine, Daoudi Chaimae, Dahamou Mohamed, Amine Kada, Khay Hamid, Khoulali Mohammed, Benheddi Maryam, Hicham Benramdane, Imane Kamaoui, Imane Skiker, Nassira Karich, Amal Bennani

High-output cardiac failure and severe pulmonary hypertension due to congenital hepatic hemangioma: a case report

Sowmya Srinivas, Suresh Kotinatot, Dalwinder Janjua, Heba Qusai Hamid Alsaqban, Khaled El Atawi

Broken heart after heart attack- post-MI Takotsubo syndrome: a case report

Nadeem Kassam, Willy Mucyo, Mzee Ngunga, Mohamed Jeilan, Mohamed Varwani


Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome associated with multivessel coronary artery ectasia: a case report

Mehdi Ayoub Laaroussi, Nabil Laktib, Zouhair Lakhal, Najat Mouine, Aatif Benyass



Left vocal cord paralysis revealing chronic mediastino-pulmonary silicosis: a case report

Abdellatif Outrah, Amine Hafidi, Youssef Bouktib, Ayoub El Hajjami, Badr Boutakioute, Mariem Ouali Idrissi, Najat Cherif Idrissi El Ganouni

Use of anticoagulants in children: a cross-sectional study at Albert Royer Children Hospital and Cardio-Pediatric Surgery Center of Fann University Hospital in Dakar, Senegal

Awa Kane, Amadou Lamine Fall, Marie Paula Absa Dione, Hanifa Ismael Ibouroi, Indou Deme-Ly, Aminata Mbaye, Ibrahima Diop, Aida Badji, Yaye Joor Dieng, Idrissa Demba Ba, Aliou Thiongane, Papa Moctar Faye, Ibrahima Bara Diop, Ousmane Ndiaye

A cross-sectional study of dietary non-adherence and perceived barriers of people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural community in the Ashanti region of Ghana

Ernestina Armah, Afriyie Kofi Addae, Emefa Jeshurun Nkonu, Manasseh Bannor Wireko, Michael Darko Ashaley, Samudeen Sani, Hendricks Jacobus, Marlise Van Staden, Isaac Kofi Owusu
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