Introduction: Higher rates of psychiatric disorders have been reported among patients with dermatological lesions. These problems could negatively impact the quality of life of these patients. Objectives: The study aimed to assess the psychiatric morbidity among patients attendin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i630466
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has posed enormous challenges and has become a burden of morbidity and mortality while severely disrupting economic activities around the world. Vaccines for the disease has been discovered; however, there exists misconceptions and mistrusts amon...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i530458
Background: This study assessed the level of satisfaction of patients with TB implementation in selected DOTS accredited facilities. Methodology: A comparative cross-sectional analytic study involving rural and urban areas implementing DOTS for TB in Anambra State was done. A tot...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i530457
Introduction: According to WHO latest by March 19th 2021, it has now become a global threat with globally 122,665,852 confirmed cases and 2,707,206 deaths involving 220 countries.. NIH Pakistan has reported the national tally of COVID 19 cases in Pakistan to 543,214 and total dea...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i530456
The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) disparities between the rural and urban areas have hindered the Sustainable Development Goal 6. Recent data is required in our bid to tackle this menace effectively. This study aimed to provide data on the status of household WASH facilit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i530455
Background: Globally, there has been a destruction of human lives, economies and health systems by the novel corona virus pandemic. Presently there is no known certain cure, although a number of vaccines have been proposed to prevent the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i530454
Aims: The study sought to determine the determinants of delay in health-seeking among caregivers with under-five children. Study Design: This was a mixed-method, cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study took place in Touboro Health District involving 386 care...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i530453
Introduction: Healthcare settings in resource limited countries such as Pakistan needs to be improved in terms of services and all other aspects, for that quality improvement tools must be implemented. It is pertinent that continuous measures should be taken for the upgradation o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i430452
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the influence of gender on malaria parasite severity in children resident in Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: The study was cross-sectional observational study. Place and Duration of Study: University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i430451
The Assessment of seasonal changes in groundwater quality is an essential aspect for evaluating pollution level which can be a reflection of the source environment and the activities of man, including the use and management measures. This study examined the effect of seasonal var...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i430449
Aims: Effects of Vitamin C and Choline chloride supplementation on temperature and some haematological parameters were investigated in Trypanosoma congolense infected rats. Methodology: A total of twenty five (25) healthy albino rats weighing between 113.5-154.3 g were used for t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i430448
Ana Lúcia da Silva Ferreira, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Phelipe da Silva Rodrigues, Adriana Pimentel Veras, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Paulo Cerqueira dos Santos Júnior, Glauber Tadaiesky Marques, Diana da Costa Lobato & Karla Valéria Batista Lima·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2021
In the absence of an analysis of deaths at home from an epidemiological perspective, this study aims to analyze and describe the epidemiological profile of deaths at home assessed by the Death Ceremony Service (DCS) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the metropolitan region of the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i430447
Otolorin Gbeminiyi Richard, Akefe Isaac Oluwatobi, Olufemi Olaolu Tosin, Esonu Daniel Obinna, Dunka Hassana Isaac, Adanu Williams Adanu, Danjuma Friday Audu, Kia Grace Sabo Nok, Ovwighose Naomi Oghenefega & Mshelbwala Philip Paul·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2021
Covid-19 is caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) which is an enveloped RNA virus causing diseases in both humans and animals. This research involved a systematic review with the aid of computerised literature search from PubMe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i430446
ZD, 2 years old male child from Cebu city Philippines with chief complaint of loose watery stools was admitted by his mother to a tertiary hospital. Five days prior to the admission, onset of the disease with three episodes (approximately 100 ml each) of non-foul smelling loose w...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i330445
To study Corona virus, a non-linear deterministic mathematical model is formulated and analyzed to study a measure which will be efficient and sufficient to control corona virus combining the already existing control measures. In this model, all individuals are susceptible having...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i330444