Prevalence of antibody titre in healthy individual and enteric fever patients...
The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of enteric fever amongst individuals in Owerri municipal area of Imo state. The study shows that 61 (24.4%) patients had typhoid fever based on...
View ArticleEpidemiology of schistosomiasis in school aged children in some riverine...
Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in primary school pupils in riverine areas of Sokoto, where most of the population is dependent on river and well water for their everyday activities, was surveyed using...
View ArticleUnderweight, overweight and obesity amongst young adults in Ota, Nigeria
The pattern of body weight abnormality amongst persons in their early adulthood in Ota, Southwest Nigeria was investigated. A total of 341 healthy young adults (194 male; 147 female), aged 20 – 35...
View ArticleConfessions: Suicidal ideation on a Ghanaian radio program
On July 17, 2013, listeners to a Ghanaian radio program were invited to telephone in and describe their personal experiences of suicidal ideation on air. Those who called the studio were asked four...
View ArticleNightmares: Knowledge and attitudes in health care providers and nightmare...
Chronic nightmares have a prevalence of 3 to 8% in the general population, but they seem not to play a relevant role in the health care system despite the existence of evidence-based treatments. The...
View ArticlePrevalence, associated risk factors and consequences of premarital sex among...
Youth age is the period when majority of youths become sexually active. However, majority of the youths lack sufficient knowledge about (HIV/AIDS) and other reproductive health issues. As a result,...
View ArticleMagnitude of risky sexual behavior among high school adolescents in Ethiopia:...
Risky sexual behavior increases the likelihood of adverse sexual and reproductive health consequences such as unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)...
View ArticleTraditional birth attendants and women’s health practices: A case study of...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), current estimate of maternal mortality ratios is at more than 1000 per 100,000 live births in most African countries. Despite the existence of modern...
View ArticlePrevalence of common childhood illnesses and immunization status in infants...
Scaling-up the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy, Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) and improved infant feeding practices have contributed to a decline in child...
View ArticleClient satisfaction with quality of health care in a rural area in Southern...
Client satisfaction is an important method to assess the pattern of utilization of health care services amongst all sectors indirectly reflecting on the quality of services. Most of the clients prefer...
View ArticleFactors associated with endemicity of Yersinia pestis in Namwala District of...
Plague which is a flea borne zoonotic disease of mammals caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis has occurred in Eastern and Southern parts of Zambia as epizootics. This study was conducted to...
View ArticleImpact of environmental factors on the prevalence of autistic disorder after...
The aim of this study was to investigate a previously overlooked, universally introduced environmental factor, fetal and retroviral contaminants in childhood vaccines, absent prior to change points...
View ArticleInteraction of sex with age at diagnosis and radiation therapy in the...
Sex is a significant prognostic factor in the survival of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with girls having superior outcome. This phenomenon could be partly due to the intrinsic...
View ArticleStatus of modern contraceptive use among married women in Debre Birhan...
Unless evidence based decisions are made based on local contexts, the low prevalence level of contraceptive use and the corresponding higher total fertility rate will make Ethiopia to remain the most...
View ArticleFormula for mid-age of incidence from age-specific prevalence of chronic...
This study was aimed to devise a theoretical formula for the mid-age of incidence (MAI) from the prevalence of age groups and to confirm its application. The formula was devised using the concept of...
View ArticlePsychosocial wellbeing of orphan and vulnerable children at orphanages in...
The aim of this study was to explore the psychosocial problems and coping strategies of orphan and vulnerable children living in two orphanages, namely Yenege Tesfa and Bridge of Hope Ethiopia orphan...
View ArticleEvaluation of measles surveillance systems in Afghanistan-2010
Measles is a leading cause of death among children under five years world-wide. In Afghanistan, measles claimed 35,000 lives in 2001. Despite reported measles vaccination coverage of 75%, the number...
View ArticlePrevalence of malnutrition among preschool children (6-59 months) in Western...
Malnutrition being one of the major public health problems in developing countries, it is still unacceptably high and progress to reduce it in most regions of the world is low. In Eastern Africa...
View ArticleEpidemiology of malaria among children aged 1 to 15 years in Southeast Nigeria
An epidemiological survey was conducted on prevalence of malaria among children aged 1-15yrs in south east Nigeria. A total of 498 children were surveyed for malaria and other morbidity indicators....
View ArticleDenoising a model employing automated bandwidth selection procedures and...
In this research we constructed multiple predictive ArcGIS Euclidean distance–based autoregressive infectious disease transmission oriented models for predicting geographic locations of endemic...
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