American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volume 3, Issue 1, February 2015

  • Potentials of nutritional therapy, phytopharmaceuticals and phytomedicine in the prevention and control of Ebola virus in Africa

    Kenneth Yongabi Anchang, Mary Garba, Florence Titu Manjong, Tiagueu Yvette T

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: Dec. 17, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 18, 2014
    Published: Feb. 14, 2015
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    Abstract: With more than 15000 people infected with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) leading to more than 7000 deaths in Liberia, Serra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal, Ebola Virus Disease remains one of the most dreaded scourges and concerns in contemporary international health (CIH). We note in this essay, that current intervention strategies for the contain... Show More
  • Considering a Public Health Model for Control and Prevention of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Kenneth Anchang Yongabi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 7-13
    Received: Dec. 22, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 25, 2014
    Published: Feb. 15, 2015
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    Abstract: Despite increasing global efforts to contain infectious diseases such as Ebola, HIV, and new strains of Hepatitis Virus, the spread and burden still constitute more than 25% of the global disease picture. In this report, insights on an innovative cost saving evolutionary learning laboratory model (ELS Lab) consisting of a systems approach to the co... Show More
  • A Nursing Care Plan for Ebola Patient at Intensive Care Units

    Mary Bi Suh Atanga, Ndipowa James Attangeur, Kenneth Yongabi Anchang

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 14-20
    Received: Dec. 22, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 25, 2014
    Published: Feb. 15, 2015
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    Abstract: The state of the art in the nursing care of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in an intensive care was conceived in preparation for nursing especially as Cameroon is found close to West Africa where the dead toll had risen too high in the past several weeks. The objective of this discussion is to outline the steps used from pathophysiology and manifestations... Show More
  • Strategic Nursing Care in Ebola Viral Outbreak and Care for Infected Patients

    Ndipowa a James Attangeur Chimfutumb, Mary Bih Suh Atanga, Elvis Fon Tata, Kenneth Yongabi Anchang

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 21-23
    Received: Dec. 24, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 28, 2014
    Published: Feb. 15, 2015
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    Abstract: In Cameroon, we have not yet experienced any outbreak of Ebola Virus disease. But Cameroon’s closest neighbor, Nigeria, has that experience. Cameroon is strategically located in Africa with a geography and behavioral pattern that is similar with all the Ebola infected countries. In this paper, a proposed strategic nursing care protocol such as: Sur... Show More
  • Can We Exploit and Adapt Indigenous Knowledge and Ethno -Botanicals for a Healthy Living in the Face of Emerging Diseases Like Ebola in Africa

    Kenneth Anchang Yongabi, Laura. DeLuca, Keto Mshigeni, Suki K. K. Mwendwa, Alex Dudley, Francisca Nambu Njuakom

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 24-28
    Received: Dec. 24, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 28, 2014
    Published: Feb. 15, 2015
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    Abstract: In this essay, we attempted to catalogue and describe African indigenous knowledge, in contributing to sustainable health development in Sub Saharan Africa. In the face of poverty and threats of diseases such as ebola.We also describe how biotechnology can enhance cultural mechanism for improved health care. A snap shot of certain cultural habits t... Show More
  • Laboratory Diagnostic Tools for Checking Ebola Viral Infections in Africa

    Polycarp Chia, Elvis Fon Tatah, Kenneth Yongabi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 29-32
    Received: Dec. 24, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 28, 2014
    Published: Feb. 15, 2015
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    Abstract: EBOV share many symptoms with a lot of common diseases, so only a well trained Laboratorian can properly collect samples, handle, do differential diagnosis and contain the disease. Quality assurance and control should be on-going in medical Laboratyories. BSL-4 laboratories should be built in African countries where this disease is prevalent. The g... Show More
  • Preliminary Case Reports of Dietary Supplementation from Cameroonian Traditional Food Plants for the Therapeutic Management of HIV/AIDs Patients: Adapting Such Lessons for Clinical Management of Hemorrhagic Syndromes

    Kenneth Anchang Yongabi, Florence Titu Manjong, Mary Chia Garba, Daniel Martinez-Carrera

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 33-37
    Received: Dec. 25, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 30, 2014
    Published: Feb. 27, 2015
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    Abstract: This is a preliminary case reports of the healing potential of Cameroonian traditional foods used since time immemorial and now used to enhance the immune systems of patients of HIV patients with lessons that can be applied in the clinical management of Ebola hemorrhagic fevers. Dietary supplements was made from 0.9% salt and aqueous extracts of F... Show More
  • Considerations for African Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future in the Face of Emerging Infectious Diseases Like Ebola

    Kenneth Anchang Yongabi, Judith Abit Nota, Gilbert Nota Teko

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, February 2015
    Pages: 38-45
    Received: Dec. 28, 2014
    Accepted: Dec. 31, 2014
    Published: Feb. 28, 2015
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    Abstract: In this paper, we attempt to discuss ideas for a radical shift in health care practice in Africa that underpins the complexity of the African environment. We note that despite increasing financial support in the control of infectious diseases in Africa, the endemicity and emergence of new diseases are still unabated. Taking lessons from the current... Show More