Background: Patient satisfaction is a useful measure to provide a direct indicator of quality in health care. Assessing patient perspectives gives them a voice, which can make public health services more responsive to people's needs and expectation. Objective: To evaluate and com...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46156
Painful crisis is the commonest and most distressing clinical manifestation of sickle cell anaemia (SCA), thus prompt and adequate analgesia should be provided to ameliorate the suffering of the patient. Pentazocine is a potent opioid analgesic with mixed receptor activities comm...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46603
There have been many case reports in the literature of mixed infection with two or more pathogenic organism including Dengue virus, Malaria parasite, Hepatitis virus, Scrub typhus, and Influenza virus but so far there have been no case reports of Dengue virus, Malaria parasite an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46127
Background: Both obesity and vitamin D inadequacy are closely related; yet the relationship between body fat (BF) distribution pattern and vitamin D concentration needs further scrutiny. Study Aim: Analyze the relationship between visceral fat area (VFA) and impaired vitamin D le...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46267
Background: Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease among blacks anywhere and a major threat to health and wellbeing. Hypertension has been known to vary among countries and even sub-populations within a country. Geographical variations in behavioral risk factors f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46320
Background: The relationship between sickle cell disease and malaria remains controversial and the hypothesis that sickle cell disease protects against malaria is widespread. Methodology: A descriptive and retrospective study over a two-year period (2014-2016) was conducted in pe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45337
Background: The environmental problem that has been of great concern to inhabitants at the local, state and federal government levels is the generation and disposal of waste. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of diarrhoea and the associated sociodemographic factor...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46321
Background: Several attempts have been made to document the relationship between HIV prevalence and partner violence. However, the relationship is still not clear. This present study adopted mixed methods to examine the relationship between HIV prevalence and violence amongst int...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45170
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine efficacy, safety and morbidity of increased dosage of praziquantel (PZQ) of 60 mg/kg compared to the standard dosage of 40 mg/kg of PZQ in the treatment of S. mansoni in school going children in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Background: Chem...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44929
Objectives: The study aimed to assess Malaria infection, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on malaria of persons patronising drugstores for malaria treatment in Port Harcourt and its environs in Rivers State, Nigeria. Methods: Whole blood samples were collected from 663 part...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44893
Aims: To determine the prevalence of malaria and geohelminthiasis and to assess their impact on iron stores of school children around Buea Municipality, Cameroon. Study Design: It was a cross-sectional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out amon...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45212
Introduction: Adolescence is a period of rapid growth and maturation in human development that demands extra nutrients and energy to support growth. Due to increased nutritional requirement, poor dietary diversity and dietary inadequacies during the adolescent period, they are mo...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45282
Taiwo Rachel Kotila, Mabel Ayebatonyo Charles-Davies, Felix Rotimi Afolabi, Jokotade Oluremilekun Adeleye, Matthew Ogunlakin, Funmilola Mapayi & Emmanuel Oluyemi Agbedana·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2018
Aim: Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is a useful screening, diagnostic and monitoring tool for diabetes. We present the effect of age, gender and haemoglobin variants on HbA1c in an African population with a high prevalence of sickle cell trait (SCT). Study Design: An unmatched case...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45165
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) constitute major health problems and can have serious reproductive health consequences. Understanding the patterns of STI and their associated risk factors in a particular region is necessary for proper planning and implementatio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45305
This study evaluated the potential damage in vivo due to exposure to petrol generator exhaust fumes using White mice, Mus musculus. Four mice per group (experimental and control groups) were exposed to the exhaust fumes for 30 days. Weight changes, activity quotient and oxidative...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45309