ABSTRACT Background: Unintended pregnancies following child birth are associated with high risk of maternal mortality, morbidity and poor pregnancy outcomes. Use of contraception in the extended post-partum period is a cost effective way that could reduce maternal and child mortality by 75%. Few studies in Ghana have however examined the factors that influence the use of contraceptives among lactating mothers within 6 – 24months post-partum. The purpose of this study was to determine the fa...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Malaria in pregnancy poses great risk to both mother and foetus. In Ghana, among pregnant women, malaria accounts for 3.4% of deaths and 16.8% of all admissions. In 2014, Ghana updated its policy on intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphdoxine pyrimethamine (IPTP-SP) to reflect the updated policy of WHO (2012) of IPTP-SP. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of uptake of three to five dose of sulphdoxine pyrimethamine (SP) an...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the performance of Claria gariepinus broodstock fed with grasscutter faecal droppings.
ABSTRACT Mean titres of serum complement (C' ) in 100 broiler chicks from day one to week 13 were determined using the complement fixation test.
ABSTRACT Background: Mental illness is a very common mental disorder affecting women, especially in the low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Pregnancy is an increased vulnerability to depression. Most researchers have concentrated on postnatal depression with very little on antenatal depression. This is a major public health concern and needs further investigation. Objective: The main aim of the current research is to assess depression status and its predictors among pregnant women seekin...
ABSTRACT AIM: To determine the prevalence of choleiithiasis in Nigerians with sickle cell disease in steady state, using ultrasonography.
ABSTRACT Background Female sex workers are a group of people who are important in the transmission of HIV. Studies have shown that they are a source of HIV infections to both their commercial and non-commercial partners. Regular condom use has been proven to remarkably reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and thereby its importance for the success of any STI/HIV control programme. This study was therefore designed to assess condom use among female sex workers and ...
ABSTRACT Background: Young adults experience significant life changes which often give them prime control over their nutritional choices; there is however limited information from developing countries on the factors that influence nutritional habits in this life stage. This study sought to provide data on the nutrition information acquisition behaviours, how weight was perceived and managed by a sample of young adults living in the Accra metropolis. Methods: This study was cross-sectional inv...
ABSTRACT Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) contributes largely to the burden of sexual ill health in Ghana. It is, therefore, important to apply a continuum of strategies to curtail these outcomes (postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal endometritis, operative vaginal delivery, episiotomy, pre- term delivery, maternal disability and death). The Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GSS, 2014) recorded low (25.1%) Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) knowledge among Ghanaian adolescents. T...
ABSTRACT We report what, as far as we are aware, is the first documented case of Alagille syndrome which is characterized by chronic cholestasis. characteristic facies, pulmonary stenosis and defects at' the vertebral arch, in a Nigerian girl who presented at the age of two days and was followed up intermittently for a period or 10.5 years.
ABSTRACT The primary objective of this study was to estimate etravirine activities in a cohort of patients infected with non-B subtype HIV-1 and failing nevirapine based therapy.
ABSTRACT As the use of antiretroviral therapy becomes more widespread across Africa, it is imperative to characterise baseline molecular variability and sub-type specific peculiarities of drug targets in non subtype B HIV-1 infection.
ABSTRACT Several factors including variability of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Laboratory facilities, cost and competence of personnel handling the test are some of the important factors that affect accuracy and reliability of HIV testing in most part of Africa.
ABSTRACT The peptide binding immunoassay [PELISA) was used as previously described to determine HIV-1 subtypes among 60 married HIV-1 seropositive individuals and their spouses identified at the University College Hospital, lbadan in order to investigate the rate of heterosexual partners by different HIV-1 subtypes in Nigeria.
ABSTRACT The clinical and public health implications of the convergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic and chronic viral hepatitis in Sub-Saharan Africa are poorly understood.