​This Compendium provides an ideal ready reference for undergraduates, junior hospital doctors, general practitioners and physicians in the developing world. It is written by teachers with several decades of clinical hands-on experience. Its emphasis is on disease profile in the local context, mindful of the importance of being relevant and moving away from temperate texts. This book will be found particularly useful to students preparing for undergraduate and post-graduate examinations in medicine. It deserves to be used in medical schools throughout Africa and beyond.​