Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.
Background: Contraception is essential in population control, determining the number and spacing of children. The use of contraceptives has been on the rise because people do not always have sex for the purpose of procreation. Women of childbearing age prefer hormonal contracepti...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230441
Aim: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitos that causes a regional epidemic and becomes a remarkable public health problem. Chikungunya disease outbreak was first identified in Bangladesh in 2008. Very limited information is available to assess k...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230440
Tuberculosis is one of the most ancient diseases known to affect humans and according to WHO remains major cause of death after HIV/AIDS. It remains a global public health problem due to increasing number of undiagnosed and drug resistant cases. Early diagnosis and immediate init...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230436
Background: Healthy and well-nourished children are better able to participate completely in school and hence profit from education. Poor hygiene habits contribute to the increasing burden of communicable diseases by causing days lost to illness. The study aims to compare the lev...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i130428
Background: Gynecological cancer is a major public health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality in women worldwide. There are only few researches on the overall mortality attributed to gynecological cancers in Nigeria. Objectives: To determine the case fatalit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230435
COVID-19 has wrought havoc on people's and countries' economies, social structures, and mental health. On March 12, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) justifiably labelled the epidemic of COVID-19 as a worldwide pandemic. Global epidemics of communicable diseases have both mic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230434
Loveday Ese Oghenemavwe, Valentine Chidozie Amasiatu, Michael Omonkhoea Oyakhire & Anita Adaeze Odimara·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Background: Dermatoglyphics is an essential tool in population studies, identification of persons and diagnosis of diseases of genetic origin. The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of finger dermatoglyphic patterns peculiar to Uturu indigenes of Abia State. Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230433
Antifungal resistance is one of the factors considered to hamper effective treatment of otomycosis. Consequently, this study was aimed at isolating etiological agent for otomycosis among patients that visited University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital from June 2017 to June 20...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i230432
Background: A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that can affect any portion of the urinary system (kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra). It's worth noting that the majority of UTIs affect the lower urinary tract. This infection has been identified as the most frequ...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i130439
Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Abukanna, Atheer Ayed Tinan Alenezi, Naif Muhalhil Alanazi & Ahmed Hamoud Alotaibi·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Root pain in the sciatic nerve distribution area caused by one or more herniated lumbar discs is a common and often debilitating event. The lifetime incidence of this condition is estimated to be between 13% and 40%. Fortunately, most cases can heal on their own with simple pain...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i130438