The Nigerian rural people demonstrate undesirable health-seeking behavior because of their cosmological and nosological notions which ascribe etiology of diseases and ill-health to entities far beyond the realm of the stethoscope. The present review is therefore solicited to enha...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/973
Aim: In order to integrate malaria Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi) into the Ghana national immunization programme, there was the need to evaluate the feasibility of IPTi by assessing the intervention operational issues including its implementation costs, and i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1017
Aims: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of stillbirths in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Port Harcourt, south-south Nigeria. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Data were obtained from the delivery registers...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/707
Aim: This study confirmed the establishment of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) and provided information about its distribution during the period of July to October 2012 in Salfit district (Northwestern West Bank). Study Design: A cross- sectional study. Methods: A cros...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/2660
Aim: The study identified the incidence of undiagnosed gestational diabetes and its consequences on maternal/neonatal mortality and highlighted screening importance in an African urban setting in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. Study Design: Randomised study. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/648
The effects of Coconut water and Coconut milk on the total body weight, blood glucose level and the cyto- architecture of the pancreatic tissue were studied. A total of 30 albino wistar rats were randomly divided into five experimental groups (n=6). Group 1 –normal control was fe...
Aim: This research is aimed to assess the spatial distribution of health centres in Lokoja, Nigeria. Study design: Case study. Place and Duration of Study: Lokoja is located in Kogi State of Nigeria and lies within latitude 7º45’N and 7º51N and longitude 6º41’E and 6º45’E of Gree...
Aims: The aim of the current study was to explore employee preferences for health plans offered by members of an employer based medical scheme. Study design: The study was a cross section survey on a restricted scheme or an employer based medical scheme. Multinomial logistic regr...
Aims: To determine the effects of aqueous extracts of Vernonia amygdalina on litter-weight gain, milk production and uterine contraction amplitude and mammary gland smooth muscle contraction amplitudes in the guinea pig model. Methodology: The animals were placed in four groups o...
Background: Azadirachta indica is a plant used widely in the Indian system of medicine for its diverse medicinal properties. Its extracts have a vast pharmacological activity and are used as raw materials for pesticide, medicine and other commodities. Each part of this plant have...
Aims: To determine acute effects of Formalin-Fixed Cadaver (FFC) among Nigerian medical students (MS) Study design: A cohort study. Place and Duration of Study: College of Health and Medical Sciences, Universities of Abuja and Maiduguri, Nigeria respectively, between January, 201...
Objective: To analyse the perception of healthcare professionals and managers of the institutional structure of four hospitals in Nigeria to successfully implement the health sector reform (HSR) programme in the country. Study design: A cross-sectional survey of 507 healthcare p...
Typhoid fever one of the major health problems in many developing countries. Salmonella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped facultative anaerobic bacterium. Salmonella has developed resistance to many antibiotics used now a day that has complicated its management, that thus it has nec...
Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is one of the most important causes of neonatal jaundice in Far Eastern, Mediterranean and African countries including Nigeria. Although neonatal jaundice is common in our area of practice (Rivers state), no document...
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment of HIV/AIDS with locally available medicinal plants and its opportunistic infections, mainly skin diseases, in the population of Mezam Division, North-West Cameroon. Methods: Information was gathered from 3 target gr...