Background: Clinical wastes are potentially toxic elements (PTE) and harmful microorganisms which can infect health workers and their patients. They comprise both biodegradable and non-biodegradable elements. Clinical waste management (CWM) is the control of all waste generated i...
N. C. Eze, E. C. Egba, J. E. Ogbanna, S. N. Nwamini, P. U. Nweke & J. S. Amasianya·Asian Journal of Immunology·2020
Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is a global public health problem especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Good knowledge of Hepatitis B virus, its infection and positive attitude by the public are key to the prevention of Hepatitis B infection The infection can b...
Background: Good knowledge and uptake of immediate postpartum contraception reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy, abortion, maternal and child death, perinatal morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the knowledge and uptake of immediate postpartum contraception among nur...
This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients of psychiatric hospital Rumuigbo, Rivers State, Nigeria between June to September, 2017. Stool specimen were collected and analyzed from 203 patients for ova, larvae or cysts...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v37i230163
Background: Immunisation drop-out rate measures the effectiveness of the immunisation programme. When drop-outs exceed 10 percent it indicates a problem of utilisation of services. Receipt of vaccines at the recommended ages and intervals will ensure that children are adequately...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2018/v1i229770
Background: High rate of childhood vaccination drop-outs is a significant public health problem in rural areas of developing countries especially in Nigeria. The reasons for immunisation drop-out are poorly understood and little or no data is available to explain the phenomenon t...
Background: Missed immunisation against vaccine preventable diseases is a significant public health problem especially in rural areas of Nigeria. The reasons for missed immunisation are poorly understood. This study, therefore, identified the reasons for missed immunisation in th...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/44950
Background: Missed immunisation (MI) may contribute to low immunisation coverage in diverse settings, especially developing countries. Receipt of vaccines at the recommended ages and intervals will ensure that children are adequately protected from target diseases at all times. I...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2018/v1i228803
Background: Effective vaccination communication with parents is critical in efforts to overcome barriers to childhood vaccination, tackle vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccination coverage. Health workers should be able to provide information to caregivers and support them in dec...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i329754
Background: Missed immunisation, immunisation drop-out and coverage rates at primary health care (PHC) level indicate the level at which communities utilise the preventive services and thus serve as a measure of the strength of the public health system. They also measure the effe...
Background: Reminder systems are effective ways to improve childhood immunisation coverage, but the feasibility of its implementation in rural health facilities in Nigeria has not been adequately evaluated. This study, therefore, determined the feasibility and acceptability of ch...
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the leading causes of significant mortality among children especially in Africa. Mother-to-child Transmission can occur during pregnancy, labor or delivery and breastfeeding. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTC...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/31429
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become a major public health problem and has affected Sub-Saharan Africa heavily. Despite awareness campaigns, preventive measures, and more recently promotion of antiretroviral regimens, the prevalence of cases and deaths has n...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2017/31495
Aims: To assess knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and determine the level of partner notification among HIV positive antenatal care attendees in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria. Study Design: A health facility based cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Dura...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29949
Background: Inadequate knowledge and irrational dispense practice are serious Public Health challenges in Nigeria. This may increase financial burdens, risk of infection relapse and accelerate emergence and spread of the antibiotics resistance. Thus this may lead to complicated d...
Background: Health insurance (HI) is a social security system that serves as a financial risk protection for families and small businesses, and also increases access to priority health services. This study determined awareness and willingness to participate in Community Based Hea...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/42839
Background: Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is one of the major diseases of public health importance especially in prisons where case-finding rate has been low. The WHO established five facts of prisons PTB spread include: Prisons receive TB, Prisons concentrate TB, Prisons dissemin...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39305
A study was carried out to determine the prevalence and intensity of intestinal parasite infections and its associated risk factors among school-aged children in Abua/Odual Local Government Area, Rivers State between May-August 2015. Standard parasitological procedures as recomme...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/39106
Aim: To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and their associated risk factors among children living in some selected shanty settlements in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration: The stud...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39180
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) treatment is the most effective strategy for preventing the spread of the disease. Default in TB treatment remains an important contributor to treatment failure, resurgence of multidrug resistance (MDR-TB), prolonged infectiousness, relapse and dea...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39170
Aim: Helminthiasis and its effects on the hematological parameters of school aged children in a select population in the Niger Delta. Study Design: A cross sectional study (Descriptive study). Place and Duration: The study was carried out in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/9484
Background: Health status is an individual's relative level of wellness and illness, taking into account the presence of biological or physiological dysfunction, symptoms, and functional impairment. Demographic factors are socio-economic characteristics of a population expressed...
Human resources are the heartbeat of health service delivery. The health workforce determines health outputs and outcomes, drives health system performance etcetera. Shortages of health workforce are widespread and supply of healthcare professionals and other service providers ar...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/38719
Background: Food handlers have an important role to play in food businesses and that is to guarantee that meals served are hygienic for consumption. Conscious or inadvertent contamination of such food places consumers at risk of suffering food-borne illnesses. The aim of this stu...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/45605
Introduction: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is an acute haemorrhagic fever. It is also a zoonotic disease which has posed a serious public health problem in the West African Sub-Region. The study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge and attitude towards EVD among Seconda...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/33966
Aim: Capsaicin is the active ingredient in chilli pepper, and is responsible for the pungency of chilli pepper. This study compared the effect of ethanolic extract of chilli pepper fruit and capsaicin on haematological parameters and serum electrolytes in female albino Wistar rat...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/29195
The present study was carried out to investigate the genetic differences in the Protein banding pattern of Tilapia guineensis and Sarotherodon melanotheron populations in Southwest Nigeria using Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Four population...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2020/v8i230134
Background: Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever found predominantly in West Africa with the potential to cause approximately 5,000 deaths per year. However, good knowledge of the disease may reduce the infection rate. The study assessed the knowledge of Lassa fever and its...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/39904
Background: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and non-human primates (such as Monkeys, Gorillas and Chimpanzees). Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks in Nzara, Sudan and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. No cases of...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30886