ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension is a major public health challenge in Ghana and with the prevalence increasing over the years, accurate estimation of the burden of the disease is required for effective prevention and control measures. The GHS in 2012, introduced a web-based database; DHIMS-2, to ensure quality health data however, aspects of this database; the maternal and neonatal data was reported to be good and reliable, yet the EPI data was poor, aside the lack of evidence based resear...
ABSTRACT Treatment compliance among pregnant women with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) continues to be a major global health challenge. Maternal and infant mortality and morbidity remain high and PIH is one of the leading causes. However very little has been achieved to bring this condition under control and many mothers and newborns continue to die or suffer many complications. The main objective of this study was to assess treatment compliance among women with PIH in Health Facilities...
ABSTRACT The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continues to spread in most countries of the world including Kenya. Since HIV/AIDS has no cure yet, behavior change has been fronted as the most likely scientific basis for the reduction in HIV prevalence. The virus is spread mainly by behaviors such as sexual behavior and drug taking that are generally private and sometimes difficult to discuss openly. This study looked at behavior change for the prevention of the spread of the Human Immunodefi...
ABSTRACT Background: The resistance to insecticides among malaria vectors poses a global challenge in the efforts towards malaria elimination. This calls for an addition of larval control methods such as biolarviciding. However, the implementation of biolarviciding in Tanzania has been very low. Therefore, this study explored factors affecting the implementation of biolarviciding in the councils of Southern Tanzania. Methods: A mixed-method, cross-sectional design was used to collect quanti...
Abstract Background: Men’s involvement can impact the delays in the decision to seek health care and in reaching a health facility, which are contributing causes for increased maternal mortality. Despite of the call to involve men in antenatal care, their participation is not well understood. This study aimed to determine the level of men’s involvement in antenatal care and the factors influencing their involvement in these services. Methods: A cross sectional study of 966 randomly selec...
ABSTRACT Background: Hyperglycemia is an important finding used for diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus which is a most common chronic and lifelong diseases in nearly all countries. Prevalence of persistent hyperglycemia is increasing at an epidemic rate in many parts of the world estimated to be 7.7% by 2030. Changing lifestyles has been contributed much on the rapid increase of the problem. The goal of this study was to assess the prevalence of hyperglycemia and risk factors among formal sector...
ABSTRACT Meat handling facilities are under increased consumer and regulatory pressures to improve the microbiological safety of perishable raw meat. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of personal hygiene on microbial contamination of sheep carcasses before and after treatment at slaughterhouse in Khartoum state. A total of 600 swab samples were collected from different operational points namely; skinning, evisceration and washing especially from the site of neck, shoulder, b...
Abstract Asurvey was carried out to estimate the prevelance of Salmonella spp and risk factors in Omdurman localities (Karari,Ombada and Abosyede)-Khartoum state.Atotal 0f 158 random samples of feces(100 samples and milk 58 samples) were collected from cattle.Isolation and identification of Salmonella spp were done.The total viable count(TVC)was also used.Sixty three out of 158 collected samples were positive to Salmonella spp.In fecal samples 40% were positive for isolated bacteria .The hig...
Abstract Background: Health system performance is one of the important components of the health care delivery; its achievement depends on the quality of services rendered and the health system responsiveness of its beneficiaries. Health system responsiveness is a multi-dimensional concept and is usually measured through several domains. Health system responsiveness (HSR) remains to be a key indicator for evaluation of health system performance in any settings. This study aimed at assessing t...
ABSTRACT Background : Traffic crashes are a major cause of global morbidity and mortality mostly affecting low- and middle-income countries whereby deaths and injuries of road traffic accidents occur in developing countries. Commercial motorcyclists take the upfront vulnerability for wide-open to traffic risks with limited use of safety equipment. This study made an assessment of the knowledge, attitude, and practices on the compliance with road safety measures among commercial motorcyclists ...
ABSTRACT Background: Community Health Fund (CHF) is a promising means for enhancing access to and utilization of the health services to the low social-economic status societies in Tanzania. Little is known on the influence of Health care services utilization and perceived satisfaction on enrollment status to the Improved Community Health Fund (ICHF) among household. The government goal for 2015 was a 30% CHF enrolment among Tanzania HH. Only16.4% was achieved. The aim of this study was to ex...
Residents of malaria-endemic communities spend several hours outdoors performing different activities such as cooking, story-telling or eating; thereby exposing themselves to potentially-infectious mosquitoes. This compromises indoor interventions, notably long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). This study characterized common peri-domestic spaces in rural south-eastern Tanzania, and assessed protective efficacies of transluthrin-treated chairs a...
ABSTRACT Background: Abortion is highly controversial in Nigeria and has given rise to an ongoing debate concerning its legalization as a solution to Nigeria’s high maternal mortality ratio. But not much is known about the public’s perception and support for legal abortion as a veritable means to reduce maternal death in Nigeria. Objective: The study was designed to assess the perception and support of the public in Enugu urban, of legalization of abortion, as a necessary tool to reduce ...
Abstract Introduction Chronic respiratory diseases in Tanzania are prevalent and a silent burden to the affected population, and the healthcare system. We aimed to explore the availability of services and level of health facilities readiness to provide management of chronic respiratory diseases and its associated factors. Methods The current study is a secondary analysis of the 2014–2015 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey data. Facilities were considered to have a high readiness ...
ABSTRACT Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) are the most sustainable and effective malaria control tool currently available. Global targets are for ≥80% of the population living in malaria endemic areas to have access to and use a LLIN. However, current access to LLINs in endemic areas is 56% due to system inefficiencies and budget limitations. Thus, cost-effective approaches to maximize access of effective LLINs in endemic areas are required. This study evaluated whether LLINs that ha...