Aims: This study aimed at determining the factors associated with mortality in childhood severe malaria in Kisangani. For Democratic Republic of Congo is one of African countries with highest mortality rate of under-five children. Study Design: cross-sectional study. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40898
Background: Escherichia coli O157, a Shiga toxin-producing serotype of E. coli implicated in severe foodborne diseases, is a major public health concern worldwide. Most human infections are attributed to the consumption of infected beef and contaminated bovine products. The burde...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/42423
Knowledge of radiation protection is pertinent to the paediatric doctor as some radiological investigations requested for a sick child use ionizing radiation with some deleterious effect in the future. A sound knowledge will help the doctor to make the right and appropriate choic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41814
Aims: The aim of this study was to estimate the burden of premature death and morbidity consequences due to infants born with a low birth weight (LBW). Study Design: This study was a secondary data analysis and part of the study of the burden of diseases and injuries in the Thai...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41821
Co-infection of HIV with certain diseases like pulmonary tuberculosis and malaria increases the morbidity and mortality of people living with HIV/AIDS. HIV-malaria co-infection has been regarded as having a synergistic effect on the patient. The former increases the patient’s vul...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41025
Aim: There has not been any critical assessment of the efficacy and choice of biocides/disinfectants used in various tertiary hospitals of Nigeria despite several reports of high-level bacterial resistance to the antibiotics. The aim of the study was to determine the activity of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41707
Introduction: The World Health Organization defines intimate partner violence or domestic violence as any behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological or sexual harm to those in the relationship. The Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 20...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/42085
The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa exposed many fundamental weaknesses in the healthcare delivery system in affected countries, principally the poor disease surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response mechanisms. The cross-border importation of dise...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41774
Background: In Nigeria, malaria remains an important public health problem accounting for 25% of infant mortality, 30% of under-five mortality and 11% of maternal mortality. Between 2000 and 2010, at least 50% of the population had an episode of malaria per year while under-five...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40520
Background: Pityriasis versicolor is a superficial infection of the skin caused by the yeast of Malassezia sp. genus. Although the disease has been described at the beginning of the 19th century, classification of its etiological agent was a matter of debate. There is only scanty...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41886