Introduction: Malnutrition may involve inadequate calories, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals in the body. It could be under nutrition or undernourishment, where there no enough nutrients in the body from diet or over nutrition when there is hyper concentration of requ...
Background: Malaria is a major cause of fever in endemic countries, although the prevalence of malaria has been declining across Sub-Saharan Africa, the proportion of clinical presentation attributable to febrile illness due to malaria to febrile illnesses have remained high. It...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i530274
Background: Skin diseases are common among children in the developing countries in Sub Saharan Africa where there is low level of hygiene, overcrowding and warm humid climates. However, there are no known community based studies on the prevalence of skin diseases among primary s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i230190
Nutrition is an act of fundamental survival in the human being's relational process with the environment. It is, instinctive in the first weeks of life and then becomes a learned behavior that counts on the participation of all organs and senses. The child needs nutrients in adeq...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2020/v20i330184
Background: Aplastic anaemia is syndrome of bone marrow failure characterized by peripheral pancytopenia and loss of haemopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. It is a relatively rare disease with high risk of death if untreated. Objective: To evaluate the incidence, management...
Background: In India, Anaemia among children is still one of the major nutritional problems of public health concern. Aim of the Study: The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of anaemia among Anganwadi children (3-6 years of age) and to determine the important...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i230184
Sickle Cell Anaemia is still considered the most common genetic disease worldwide, causing morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, Mediterranean areas, Middle East and India. Nigeria, being the most populous black nation in the world, bears its greatest burden in Sub-Sahar...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i330237
Aim: To determining the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth parasites among school children attending two community schools in Auta-balefi, Karu. Nasarawa State. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted between July and August, 2019 in two community schools in Aut...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230193
Fluoride (F) has exerted the most significant impact on practice of dentistry because of its effectiveness in preventing dental caries. Despite improvements in the oral health of populations, dental caries remains a public health problem worldwide affecting most schoolchildren an...
Introduction: Pain is one of the most recurrent complaints obtainable in paediatric settings especially while carrying out procedures. The emergency section is a very tasking place for children. Hence it is important for health care workers to follow a child focussed or individua...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i430405
Background: The prevalence of childhood obesity (COB) in the developing world is currently high and is rising rapidly. Unlike developed countries, studies evaluating the association between parental socio-economic status (SES) and risk of COB in developing countries are limited....
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i430398
Introduction: Febrile convulsion is defined as seizures occurring in children with fever in the absence of any brain pathology. It is usually a frightening experience for the caregivers and parents who in the bid to stop the seizure can apply harmful substances on the child befor...
Background: Tetanus still causes significant morbidity and mortality amongst children in Nigeria despite decades of immunisation with tetanus vaccine. Objectives: To determine the prevalence, case fatality rate and predictors of fatality amongst school age children treated for te...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2020/v20i230172
Aims: To identify the availability of Medications, Healthcare Workers and Laboratory Capabilities to manage HIV infection among children from 10 Districts of Indonesia to inform efforts to improve healthcare. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Five...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i330126
S. Dossim, Koffi Mawusse Guedenon, A. Chick, K. Tanga, M. Kolou, V. Kponvi, T. Amavi, A. D. Gbadoe, A. Y. Segbena, P. Bonnabry & A. Y. Dagnra·Microbiology Research Journal International·2020
Introduction: Sickle cell disease causes chronic anemia with the need for transfusions. The risk in children to get transfusions transmitted infections is high. Aims: Determine the prevalence of HBsAg and HCV antibodies in sickle cell disease children under sixteen in Lome (Togo)...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i130190