Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Elimu ya corona na ulyclinic

πŸ’₯πŸ’₯ Soma kuhusu maambukizi ya kirusi cha  corona na namna ya kujikinga
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Virusi aina nyingine ni pamoja na;
  • 229E(alpha)
  • NL63(alpha)
  • OC43(beta)
  • HKU1(beta)
  • 2019 nCoV
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Elimu zaidi na ulyclinic

Sunday, 15 March 2020

Coronavirus #kenya updates

ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION SCIENCE TUTORIALS

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KENYA: Rais Uhuru Kenyatta amethibitisha kuna wagonjwa wengine wapya 2 wa #CoronaVirus > Atangaza kuzuia watu kusafiri nje ya nchi kwa siku 30 kuanzia leo > Aagiza Taasisi za Elimu kufungwa kuanzia kesho; waliokuja Kenya ndani ya siku 14 zilizopita wajitenge
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Wednesday, 11 March 2020

ICT IN TANZANIA ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES


πŸ‘‰Electronic medical records

 πŸ‘‰Health information systems for hospitals in Tanzania
         πŸŒ1.Care2X System
         πŸŒ2.Electronic health management                           system
         πŸŒ3.Jeeva system
         πŸŒŽ4.MediPro system
         πŸŒŽ5.GoT_HoMIS
         πŸŒŽ6. DHIS 2
         πŸŒŽ7.OpenMRS
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              ICT related to HIS

Monday, 9 March 2020

Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment

HEALTH LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
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Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment

Friday, 6 March 2020

UGONJWA WA HOMA YA INI (HEPATITIS) :

Ini ni kiungo muhimu sana nd
ani ya miili yetu, hufanya kazi zaidi ya 500 ; moja ya kazi ni kuchuja na kuondoa sumu kutoka kwenye damu.
Kutokana na sababu mbalimbali kama pombe iliyopita kiasi, sumu kwenye damu au maambukizi; ini hupata shida na kuvimba na kushindwa kufanya kazi vizuri. Hii hali huitwa HOMA YA INI au HEPATITIS.
Katika maeneo yetu, bara la Afrika maambukizi ya virusi wa Homa ya ini ndio sababu kuu ya shida kwenye ini. Virusi vya Homa ya ini vipo vya aina 5 (A,B,C,D,E).
Aina mbili za virusi (B na C ) ndio sababu kuu za ugonjwa wa homa ya ini na husambaa kupitia damu na majimaji ya mwili.
Homa ya ini ni sawa janga linaloua kimya kimya kulingana na takwimu za vifo za dunia inakadiriwa Kirusi cha homa ya ini aina ya B pekee huua watu 600,000 hivi kila mwaka.
Kwa wastani zaidi ya watu bilioni mbili, yaani, asilimia 33 hivi ya watu wote ulimwenguni, wameambukizwa virusi vya HBV, na wengi wao hupona baada ya miezi michache. Watu milioni 350 hivi huendelea kuwa na virusi hivyo mwilini, wengi huishi bila dalili na kuendelea kuambukiza watu wengine
NAMNA GANI UNAWEZA KUAMBUKIZWA VIRUSI VYA HOMA YA INI (B NA C)…….?
Virusi vya homa ya ini B na C husambaa kupitia damu, shahawa au maji maji mengine ya mwili.
Virusi hivi vina uwezo wa kusambaa na kuambukiza mtu mara 100 zaidi ya virusi vya UKIMWI.
Njia hizi husambaza virusi hivi vya homa ya ini..:
Kutoka kwa mama kwenda kwa mtoto
➡️Mama aliye na maambukizi ya Hepatitis B kumuambukiza mtoto wakati wa kujifungua, iwapo hamna juhudi za kitiba za kuzuia maambukizi kuna uwezekano hadi asilimia 90 kwa mama kumuambukiza mtoto.
Kufanya mapenzi na mtu mwenye maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini
Kuchangia vifaa vyenye ncha Kali kama sindano hasa kwa watumia madawa ya kulevya au wachora tattoo, miswaki
Kuongezewa damu ambayo ina maambukizi ya homa ya ini.
Virusi vya homa ya ini vinaweza ishi nje ya mwili kwa muda mrefu…
Tafiti zinaonyesha virusi vya homa ya ini vinaweza ishi nje ya mwili hadi kwa muda wa siku 7, bado vikiwa na uwezo wa kuambukiza mtu. Tafiti zimeonyesha hata iliyokauka huwa na uwezo wa kuambukiza virusi hivi.
NB : Iwapo kuna damu imemwagika inatakiwa isafishwe na chlorine au spirit ili kuua virusi
NANI YUPO KATIKA HATARI ZAIDI YA KUPATA MAAMBUKIZI YA VIRUSI VYA HOMA YA INI?
° Watoto wachanga waliozaliwa na mama aliye na maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini
° Watu wanaofanya biashara ya ngono
°Wanaume wanaofanya mapenzi na wanaume wenzao
°Watu wanaojidunga dawa za kulevya
° Mtu mwenye mpenzi ambaye anaishi na maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini
° Wafanyakazi wa sekta ya Afya
° Watu wa familia wenye ndugu anayeishi na maambukizi ya kudumu ya virusi vya homa ya ini
°Wagonjwa wa figo wanaotumia huduma za kusafisha damu (dialysis)
UGONJWA WA VIRUSI VYA HOMA YA INI HUJA NA DALILI MBALIMBALI…..
Dalili za muda mfupi (acute hepatitis)
➡️ Dalili hizi za mwanzo hutokea ndani ya miezi 6 baada kuambukizwa virusi vya homa ya ini, hutokea kwa baadhi ya watu hazitokei kwa kila mtu.
Mgonjwa mwenye maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini hujiskia kuumwa
Hupoteza hamu ya kula
Kichefuchefu na kutapika
Mwili kuuma
Mkojo kuwa na rangi iliyokolea kama Coca-Cola
Kupata manjano kwenye macho, vinganja vya mikono/kucha au mwili mzima
Kuna kundi dogo la wagonjwa wa homa ya ini hupata ugonjwa mkali wa ini na kusababisha ini kushindwa kabisa kufanya kazi pia huweza kusababisha kifo. Hii hatua huitwa “fulminant liver failure”.
Maambukizi ya kudumu ya virusi vya Homa ya ini (chronic hepatitis)
Watu wenye maambukizi ya kudumu ya virusi vya homa ya ini mara nyingi huwa hawana dalili, kadri muda unavyoenda virusi husababisha ini kusinyaa (cirrhosis) na kushindwa kufanya kazi vyema.
Pia Maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini huchangia pia kupata Saratani ya ini.
Kwa nini ni muhimu kupima ili kujua kama una maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini? ….
Watu wengi huishi na maambukizi ya virusi vya homa ya ini bila kufahamu. Kwa kawaida katika kipindi fulani cha maisha mtu 1 kati ya watu 3 huambukizwa virusi vya homa ya ini. Baada ya kuambukizwa, kuna kundi la watu hubaki na maambukizi ya kudumu ya virusi vya homa ya ini ambayo huwa hayana dalili yoyote na kuendelea kuua ini kimyakimya. Dalili huja kuonekana waziwazi miaka mingi baada ya mtu kuambukizwa. Huonekana wakati tayari ini limenyauka au lina kansa.
Hivyo Mtu aliye na maambukizi ya kudumu ya virusi vya homa ya ini aina B akianza matibabu mapema, anaweza kuzuia ini lake lisiharibike sana. Pia kwa wenye maambukizi ya virusi aina C matibabu ya dawa wiki 12 humaliza virusi vyote.
NANI ANAHITAJI KUPIMWA MAAMBUKIZI YA HOMA YA INI?



Epi Info

Epi Info is statistical software for epidemiology developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia (US).


Epi Info Software

To check and analyse the STEPS surveillance data, the STEPS team recommends and supports using Epi Info. Epi Info is a free software package developed by the United States of America Centers for Disease Control which allows users to:
  • check the survey data for outliers and inconsistent data
  • conduct a descriptive analysis of survey data
  • easily generate output files from the analysis.

Installation

Follow the instructions below to download and install Epi Info.
  • Download Epi Info by clicking on the "Epi Info 3.5.4" link below.
  • Save the file to C:\STEPS\software.
  • Go to and open the folder C:\STEPS\software and click on "setup.exe".
  • Click "Next" on the Welcome to Epi Info 3.5.4 screen.
  • Click Next on the Destination folder screen, you should use the default C:\Epi_Info.
  • Click "Next" on the selected features screen.
  • Click "Next" on the ready to install screen.
  • If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you should also download and install the DHTML Editing Control for Applications. It is free from Microsoft.

Background

Epi Info is a suite of public domain computer programs for public health professionals developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Epi Info is used for rapid questionnaire design, data entry and validation, data analysis including mapping and graphing, and creation of reports.
 Epi Info was originally created in 1985 using Turbo Pascal. In 1998, the last version of Epi Info for DOS, version 6, was released. Epi Info for DOS is currently supported by CDC but is no longer updated. The current version, Epi Info 2002, is Windows-based software developed using Microsoft Visual Basic. Approximately 300,000 downloads of Epi Info software occurred in 2002 from approximately 130 countries. These numbers make Epi Info probably one of the most widely distributed and used public domain programs in the world. The DOS version of Epi Info was translated into 13 languages, and efforts are underway to translate the Windows version into other major languages. Versions already exist for Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.

Future of Epi Info

The information technology environment that created the original Epi Info is now a distant memory. In recent years, the capabilities of hardware and software available to public health professionals have increased tremendously. Within these frameworks EIDT is reexamining the role of Epi Info. The question of whether Epi Info should be a lightweight and agile disease outbreak investigation tool as was originally envisioned by its creator, or a robust application development platform as it is currently being used by many persons around the world is still open to debate. What is obvious is that Epi Info cannot continue to be all things to all people and it has to find a place among other tools available to public health professionals. The challenge is to continue to provide the right kind of tool to help public health professionals perform their work. The exploration of new software development technology, such as Microsoft .NET, is a part of the evaluation and refinement process for EIDT. Epi Info needs to be a product that can continue to be relevant after 18 years, like the original Epi Info for DOS that is still in use throughout the world.

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