Hypertension or high blood pressure has been described by the world Health Organisation (WHO), expert committee on arterial hypertension as, the persistent elevation of arterial blood pressure. (4) Hypertension is a very common condition which if untreated increases the risk of complications (such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and retinal... Continue Reading
This descriptive cross-sectional study assessed the community's knowledge of the relationship between excreta disposal and health, their sanitary practices regarding excreta disposal as well as factors militating against public latrine utilization in Makurdi town of Benue State, Nigeria. Four hundred and thirty-three (4?3) respondents answered a qu... Continue Reading
The study was carried out in Pawari and shehuri communities of Damaturu town, the Yobe State capital that were afflicted with an unusual skeletal disorder affecting the children (0 - 14yrs.) of the area. The study was aimed at finding out the nature and magnitude of the disorder as well as the principal determinants of the occurrence of the disorde... Continue Reading
The lymphocyte sub-populations cd3, CD4, CDS, CDI9 were determined in the blood of fifty patients each with acute uncomplicated Neisseria gonorrhoea: Chlamydia trachomatis and Haemophilus ducreyi genital infection. Macrophage migration inhibition factor (MIF) test to purified protein derivative (PPD) to assess functional cell mediated immunity and ... Continue Reading
Thirty patients with endoscopically proven peptic ulcer and thirty healthy adult volunteers with no history of dyspepsia, were admitted to this study. Basal gastric juice were obtained in the fasting state for measurement of basal acid output, analysis of gastric mucin fractions and pH studies in these two groups. The mean basal acid output was 3.0... Continue Reading
A cross sectional study of 400 randomly selected in-school female adolescents in Sabon Gari Local Government Area, Kaduna State, to determine their level of knowledge about AIDS and the influence of such knowledge on their sexual behaviour. Structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were used to collect data. 93.3% of the respondent... Continue Reading
A Comparative analysis of the bacteriological quality of water supply sources and heath profile of the residents of Kongo Campus, Ahmadu Bello University was carried out. The study involved the determination of the faecal coliform count and residual chlorine concentrations of water samples in accordance with the steps laid down in Standard Methods ... Continue Reading
Needle prick and sharps injuries (NP/SI) are common among health care workers (HCWs). The NP is the commonest route by which health care providers acquire blood born diseases from patients. PHC workers get exposed to accidental NP/SI during their routine hospital activities. Abuse of injection, lack of occupational health services, and lack of s... Continue Reading
The central theme of this study is healthcare financing with focus on the Social Health Insurance system (National Health Insurance Scheme - NHIS) for Nigeria. Like other developing countries of the world, the Nigerian government has been constrained in its effort to provide free healthcare services to its teeming population largely as a result of ... Continue Reading
This study investigated some anthropometric and reproductive characteristics associated with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) and menopause among Nigerian women. Subjects for this study were drawn from the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria and were divided into two groups viz; a prospective study group (n = 344) which constitute gravid wom... Continue Reading
The interactions between quinine serutuninergic agents on the EEG, EMG changes and behavioural sleep induced by pentobarbitone were studied in rats. All drugs were injected i ntr aper i tonealy. The sedative-hypnotic effect of pentobarbitone (5-30mg./kg) was found to be dependent on dose, with hypnosis being attained by the higher dose range (15-30... Continue Reading
A global perspective of high infant morbidity and mortality, high prevalence of malnutrition and low prevalence of breastfeeding heralded the global declaration to protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding through the baby friendly hospital initiative in 1990. Several hospitals were designated baby friendly. Mothers with children aged 0 - ... Continue Reading
Tuberculosis (TB) is a high burden global problem. Nigeria ranks fifth among the 22 high burden TB countries globally and first in Africa. Directly observed treatment shortcourse (DOTS) is central to all TB control programs. One indicator of assessing the effectiveness of DOTS is through sputum smear conversion rates at the end of intensive phas... Continue Reading
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a bacterial disease caused by Borrelia species which is transmitted to humans by infected ticks. The disease occurs worldwide. In West Africa, geographical distribution of Borrelia is classically limited to the Sahel and Saharan regions; there are no documented cases of the disease in Nigeria. This study is a... Continue Reading
The issue of space integration in hospital planning is one that should be considered to be of great importance. The intent of this thesis is to underline the possibility of using architecture to integrate spaces in hospital design. The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Center, Saye Village Zaria (N.T.B.L.T.C)# is used as a case study to de... Continue Reading