Objective: To determine the prevalence of anaemia, the associated risk factors and the red cell morphological pattern among pregnant women at booking in Federal Medical Centre Owerri. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 400 women at the booking clinic ov...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44496
Background: Hand-washing, environmental sanitation and other hygienic practices are public health measures to prevent diarrhoea. This study assessed episodic diarrhoeal diseases and hygienic practices in Anambra State, Nigeria. Methodology: This was a descriptive cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/45109
Aims: Malaria is caused by invasion of hepatocytes and subsequent red blood cell infection by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. It is one of the focal disease where children under five years are most vulnerable and susceptible to malaria. Concurrently, malaria is still...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44257
Aims: To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among pregnant women. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenatal clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, between April and July 2016. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44572
Background: Co-infection of HIV–positive patients with hepatitis C viruses worsens the long term diagnosis and causes of the liver related diseases in almost three –quarters of the HIV infected individuals. Aim: This research was carried out to know the sero-epidemiology of HCV a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/17398
Introduction: With 225 million people ill and 781,000 deaths in 2009, malaria remains the most important parasitic disease in the world.80% of cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Senegal, which is located in the high-risk area, devotes a lot of resources in the fight against this...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/10467
The prevalence and socioeconomic status of Urinary Schistosomiasis in the riverine areas of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, Nigeria was surveyed. This was done by examining people from five (5) selected villages in the area. A total of 2052 urine samples were collected and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/43962
An efficient ambulance services is an integral component of EMS (Emergency Medical services). This paper attempts to establish a cost-efficient ambulance service appropriate for community critical care transport needs in Kenya on basis of data collected in Machakos County. A desc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41879
Aims: This study aims at determining the prevalence, the soil-transmitted helminths (STH) species, and associated risk factors among children aged between four and 12 in the mile 16 community, Buea, through post-deworming intervention. Study Design: The Cross-sectional research...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44165
Background: Trichomoniasis, an infection caused by Trichomonas vaginalis is among the most neglected sexually transmitted disease in the world and it affects the vagina, cervix, urethra and paraurethral glands as well as the bladder in women. Objectives: To determine the prevalen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/14616
Background: Cataract is a leading cause of childhood visual impairment in developing countries. Cataract in children causes the blurring of retinal images and therefore disrupts the development of the immature visual pathways in the central nervous system with subsequent develop...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/43570
Aims: Audit intent and review of the management. Study Design: Retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Ear, Nose and Throat Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria between August 2006 and September 2018. M...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44787
Introduction: Typhoid fever is an endemic disease in our country; however, the changing presentation may alter our diagnosis and management. The Aim of the Work: To improve the management of typhoid fever in Egypt through studying the changes in the clinical picture, laboratory f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44396
Introduction: The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide, especially in women of child-bearing age with deleterious effects during pregnancy. This study sort to determine the prevalence of pre-pregnancy obesity, its risk factors, socio-obstetrical profile and obstetric out...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44002
Background and Objectives: Rickettsial infections are under recognised cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) in India. The reason being low index of suspicion, the absence of specific signs/ symptoms and lack of access to confirmatory laboratory tests. These diseases have a high m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44504