Abdalla Ali Mohammed's research while affiliated with Kassala University and other places

To investigate the epidemiological factors of tuberculosis (TB) in eastern Sudan. The socio-demographic and clinical data was retrieved from the database at Kassala hospital during the year of 2011. The medical file of consequent patients who was discharged from the same ward in the hospital was reviewed to act as control for the TB patients. A total of 670 patients were registered at Kassala hospital with clinical, laboratory and radiological evidence proven TB. Pulmonary TB accounted for 73.4% while extra-pulmonary TB was reported in 26.6% of all TB patients. The mean age (SD) was not significantly different between the cases and controls (670 in each arm). TB patients were those who had less education, and the infection more likely common among male patients. Intervention from outside the health field in particular awareness of associated risk factors and improvement of the educational level potentially will strengthen TB control.

The present study was conducted at Kassala hospital in eastern Sudan over six month's duration (April to October, 2009) to determine antenatal care coverage, risk of anemia, obstructed labor, preterm birth and low birth weight among teenage primiparous women (<20 years) with singleton deliveries compared with the similar group of women aged 20 to 35 years. All primiparous women who delivered single babies were invited to participate in the study. Among 2115 primiparous deliveries, there were 321 teenagers (152 per 1000 deliveries). In comparison with older women, teenagers received poor antenatal care, were more likely to lack secondary education, at risk of preterm delivery and to develop obstructed labor (P value = 0.00, 0.00, 0.03 and 0.00 respectively). Health education and concept of contraception might reduce this high incidence of early motherhood and its consequences.