Aims: This study evaluated the impact of the Sustainable Action against HIV and AIDS in Communities (SAHACOM) project in improving education opportunity, health, and quality of life of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Cambodia. Study Design: Operational intervention study...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13535
Aims: This study was conducted to develop de-stigmatising interventions aiming to reduce stigma related to leprosy; to improve the quality of life of the people affected; and to draw out lessons on how to set up such interventions elsewhere. Study Design: Intervention study. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13295
Aims: To investigate possible use of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (GPI-PLC) as a target protein for the development of vaccine against Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection was investigated. Study Design: GPI-PLC from T. brucei brucei was purified, characte...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/9954
Aims: High prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in TB patients demands that TB health care providers are sensitized and updated on risk factors, screening, diagnosis and management of DM. This study was designed to assess the impact of one day training programme on screening, det...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13722
Aims: Tuberculosis (TB) has been thought associated with developing atherosclerosis, a hallmark of ischemic heart disease (IHD) pathology. Animal studies and human autopsy & case studies have shown association of TB with atherosclerosis. There is paucity of data showing co-su...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13703
Aims: To examine the attitudes and the perceptions of community members and health workers towards leprosy, to study possible determinants of stigma and to provide baseline data for those who are interested in launching de-stigmatising interventions. Study Design: Cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11897
Background: This study, undertaken in a major tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, was designed to examine the incidence of lower lung field tuberculosis in HIV infected and uninfected patients, and in diabetic patients as well as their AFB status and outcome o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13872
Yeast related urinary tract infections are rare in healthy newborns. Study was conducted in the department of microbiology in a tertiary care hospital, New Delhi from June 2012 to June 2013. Only infants were included in the study. A total of three hundred and thirty three urine...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/11908
Aim: To determine the distribution and endemicity of Urogenital schistosomiasis infection among Fulani Pastoralists in their various bush encampments in Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross –sectional, descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Rivers State, Nigeria, b...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/8778
Background /Aims: Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer and simple goiter among other diseases however; there has not been a direct comparison of the severity of the stress factor in these two conditions in relation to their dietary pattern in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/13218
Background and Study Aims: Thrombocytopenia (TP) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common finding either directly due to viral infection of platelets or indirectly due to immune alteration triggered by the virus, the consequences of HCV- induced cirrhosis and portal hyperte...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12875
Background: Tetanus toxoid immunization is given to pregnant women and women of child bearing age to prevent neonatal tetanus and maternal tetanus. The tetanus toxoid vaccine is given five times to women of child bearing age. If the vaccination is given with correct dose, through...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12189
Aims: Non-adherence to treatment represents a significant challenge to anti-retroviral treatment goals. This study aimed to identify and explore perceived barriers to adherence in non-adherent HIV patients attending the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12186
Aim: To investigate the antimicrobial resistance profile of faecal Escherichia coli to common antimicrobial agents in healthy adults in Amassoma, South Southern Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12715
Aims: This study on leprosy was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the de-stigmatising interventions which were launched by three different groups of people. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Raj Pracha Samasai Institute and Chaiyaphum provi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/13296