Abstract : Background: About 33 million people are infected with HIV globally with records of the greater burden of the disease in low and middle-income countries. In the face of increasing survival of HIV infected individuals some HIV patients develop certain complications arising due to the direct effect of the virus, drug-related side effects, abnormal serum liver enzymes levels, viral hepatitis, liver Common hepatic complications among HIV-infected adults in UNTH Enugu a four-year review ...
ABSTRACT The foodborne disease remains a major Public Health problem across the globe. The high incidence of food borne illness has led to an increase in global concern about food safety. The purpose of this was to assess food safety, knowledge and practises among food handlers in restaurants in Nnewi Urban. The researcher utilized a cross sectional descriptive survey design and a convenient sampling method was used to reach one hundred and eighty (180) food handlers from two randomly selecte...
ABSTRACT Effects of heavy metals on the Air Pollution Tolerance Indices (APTI) of five medicinal plants growing within quarry site in Ishi-Agu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria were studied. Following laboratory analysis of the leaves of the plants for metal load and four biochemical parameters of APTI computation. The metal load was determined by the Atomic Absorption spectrophotometric method, while the ascorbic acid was determined by the titrimetric method, leaf extract pH by the electrochemical tec...
ABSTRACT Maternal mortality has remained high worldwide, especially in developing countries including Nigeria where over 90% of maternal deaths are essentially preventable. The target of MDG 5 is to reduce maternal deaths at least75% by the end of 2015. The study sought to establish the maternal mortality ratio, trend and causes of maternal mortality and association between occupation and causes of Maternal Mortality at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA), Ebonyi State. A re...
ABSTRACT Malaria in pregnancy is a very serious obstetric problem that has severe negative effects on maternal health and birth outcomes. Avoiding contact with mosquitoes, the vectors for Malaria, by use of insecticide treated mosquito nets (ITNs) can prevent or reduce malaria load. A recent synthesis of data from national malaria control programmes has shown that levels of knowledge and utilization of ITNs by pregnant women in many sub-Saharan African countries remain far below national an...
This study was conducted to assess the effect of Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions on the health of children under five years of age in Aromo sub-county, Lira district by Medical Teams International (MTI) through trained mothers. The objectives that guided the study were to: identify the different ECD interventions; determine the nutritional practices for children under one year of age whose mothers were trained; assess the nutritional status of the children under five years of ...
ABSTRACT This study is aimed at assessing the nursing students’ perceptions of clinical nursing training in selected nursing programmes in Enugu State. Five specific objectives and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive cross-section design was adopted. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the nursing programmes and the class level of the students. A total population of 442 nursing students was used for the study. A self-developed questionnai...
ABSTRACT Background: Although relatively rare, pelvic fractures signify major trauma that are frequently associated with multiple injuries, threat to life and poor functional outcome. This study aimed to establish poor outcome determinants in traumatic pelvic fracture patients admitted and treated at three urban PNFP Hospitals in Kampala.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to comparatively assess patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of nurse caring behaviours in Jos University Teaching hospital (JUTH) and Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) Jos. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was employed to study 332 patients and nurses. No sampling was done as all the subjects who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Data were collected using a modified Caring Behavior Assessment questionnaire (CBA-Q...
ABSTRACT Globally, a persistent negative attitude and social rejection of people with mental illness has prevailed throughout history in every social and religious culture. Having a mental health problem often stimulates with it a negative attitude, and such negative attitudes towards the mentally ill constitute great burden. This study aimed at assessing the attitude of nursing students towards the mentally ill before and after psychiatry training experience in Federal Neuro-psychiatric H...
ABSTRACT Cervical Cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths in women worldwide. These deaths are unnecessary, as there is evidence that Cervical Cancer is preventable and treatable if detected early and managed effectively. Human Papilloma virus (HPV) is a well-known cause of Cervical Cancer with HPV genotypes 16 and 18 are responsible for 70% of all Cervical Cancer worldwide. However, there are other risk factors. Current estimates indicate that every year 527,624 women a...
ABSTRACT About 2.4 billion people globally live under highly unsanitary conditions and practice such poor hygiene that the risks of their exposure to the spread of infection are enormous. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the forefront of environmental sanitation over the past years and has developed key materials for the edification of policy makers and technical people dealing with these issues. These materials include sanitation guidelines, “best practices” in hygiene do...
ABSTRACT Teenage pregnancy is a worldwide problem. Some of the consequences associated with teenage pregnancy are restriction in educational opportunities, reduced quality of life, exposure to sexually transmitted infections, social discrimination, and complicated labor and abortions. Regardless of the universal effort made by governmental and non-governmental agencies to prevent teenage pregnancies, teenagers still get pregnant. In Namibia the overall teenage pregnancy rate is 15% while in ...
ABSTRACT Namibia has seen a decline in reported malaria cases of up to 97.4% between 2001 and 2011. The country was nominated as one of 8 countries in Southern Africa (E8) ready to move from the control phase to the elimination phase by 2020. However, interventions that were successful in bringing down malaria cases during the control phase may no longer be appropriate now that malaria transmission patterns have changed. Gaps in knowledge about infection risk factors at low malaria transmiss...
Abstract Prostate cancer is the second highest cause of death due to cancers in men. The risk of developing it increases with age and the highest incidence is observed in men above the age of 50 years. In black men, the estimated lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer is 20.6% while the lifetime risk of death due to it is 4.7%. The current standard tests for the diagnosis of prostate cancer are the serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, digital rectal examination (DRE) and...