scholarly journals Women in child-bearing age who are not currently pregnant are missed opportunities for malaria control in pregnancy: Evidence from 16 Local Government Areas of Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Afolabi Bamgboye ◽  
S. Fatunmbi Bayo ◽  
Otsemobor Olapeju ◽  
O. Sofola Tolulope
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Malaria Control ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
In Pregnancy

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS PREMARITAL GENOTYPE SCREENING AMONG WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE IN KUMO AKKO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF GOMBE STATE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
O. Agofure ◽  
M. A. Danzaria
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Sickle Cell Anaemia ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Genotype Screening

The prevalence of sickle cell anaemia has been shown to be on the increase in Nigeria. Therefore, preventive measures such as premarital genotype screening have been proposed as one of the ways of reducing the scourge of the disease. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitude of women of child bearing age in Kuma Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State towards premarital genotype screening. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional design. A total of 296 respondents were sampled through simple random sampling technique and the collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. Majority of the respondents 200(71.40%) were between the ages of 15-34 years old and 64(22.90%) of the respondents affirmed that they had a family history of sickle cell disease. In addition, 58.60% of the respondents demonstrated poor knowledge of premarital genotype screening while 57.10% exhibited negative perception towards premarital genotype screening and 63.20% exhibited poor attitude towards premarital genotype screening. There was a significant relationship between respondents with family history of sickle cell anaemia and their knowledge of premarital genotype screening. The study therefore recommends that efforts should be intensified by the governments and health workers in primary, secondary and tertiary level of healthcare deliveries, to raise awareness on the importance of premarital genotype screening in order to reduce the prevalence of Sickle cell anaemia in the locality. Agofure, O. | Department of Public and Community Health, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, Nigeria.

Awareness and Perception of Strabismus Among the Youths and Women of Child-Bearing Age in a Local Government in South Western Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Olubunmi Bodunde ◽  
Tamramat Runsewe-Abiodun ◽  
Adekunle Alabi ◽  
Janet Adetunji ◽  
Michael Olowonyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Child Bearing

Immunization for the Migrant Fulani: Identifying an Under-Served Population in Southwestern Nigeria

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manasseh Y. J. Dao ◽  
William R. Brieger
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Full Immunization ◽  
Tetanus Toxoid Immunization

Rural populations are often at a disadvantage for receiving health services. Although Nigeria launched its Expanded Programme of Immunization in 1978, and has revised it twice since then, rural immunization coverage is still low. These problems may be compounded when the population is nomadic; thus a study was designed to learn about immunization coverage among a minority group of nomadic Fulani cattle herders living in southwestern Nigeria. It was necessary to conduct a census of the target population first because local government maps and records did not reflect their presence in study area, Ifeloju Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. Sixty Fulani settlements were located and contained 2197 residents, 22.1 percent of whom were below five years of age and 21.5 percent of whom were women of child bearing age. Only 2.6 percent of children below twenty-four months of age (the EPI target group in Nigeria) had received full immunization, compared to an estimated coverage of 48 percent among all target age children in the LGA. Only 2.1 percent of the women had at least two tetanus toxoid immunization contacts. Immunization coverage was associated with proximity to a town, length of residence in the LGA and awareness of the settlement's leader about EPI. The latter factor gave rise to suggestions that greater outreach efforts should be targeted at Fulani leaders, using staff of the local nomadic education center to help design culturally appropriate health education programs.

scholarly journals Influence of cultural factors on choice of childbirth place among women in Oyigbo L.G.A. Rivers State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
NGOZI AFULENU OBIKA-NDIRI ◽  
CHIZOMA MILLICENT NDIKOM ◽  
OGOCHUKWU IMMACULATE OBIKA ◽  
OMINEOKUMA TUBONEMI ASEMINASO
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Newborn Health ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Maternal And Newborn Health ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Rivers State

Abstract BACKGROUND: Choices of childbirth places among women may influence the risk rate of both maternal and newborn health and some cultural practices which encourages both maternal mortality and infant death, are still a major challenge especially in developing countries like Nigeria, cultural norms and practices during childbirth are common but little is documented about how these cultural beliefs and their influence on the women of child bearing age and their childbirth place choices. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalent cultural factors that influence the choice of childbirth places among the women of child bearing age, in Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers State in Nigeria.METHODOLOGY: A self-structured questionnaire was used as instrument to collect data for the study through simple random sampling, and these data was analyzed using Frequency and percentage for descriptive statistics while chi-square was used for inferential statistics at 0.05 level of significance. RESULT: The result showed that mean age of the women is 35.27 and most of them had secondary education, also there was a high level of hospital/health facility adherence among the women in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers and also there was no significant association between cultural factors and choices of childbirth places among the women.CONCLUSION: Therefore, this study has shown that there is no significant cultural influence on the choices of childbirth places of women in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.

scholarly journals Serial case reports: Pregnancy with Lucio’s phenomenon of leprosy in dr. Soetomo hospital, Surabaya

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nareswari I. Cininta ◽  
M.I.A Akbar ◽  
Rozi A. Aryananda ◽  
Khanisyah E. Gumilar ◽  
Manggala Pascawardhana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Fetal Growth ◽  
Fetal Growth Restriction ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Multidrug Therapy ◽  
First Case ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Lucio’S Phenomenon ◽  
In Pregnancy

Leprosy is a complex disease which will affect in many aspects of the patient. In dr. Soetomo hospital, there were two cases of pregnancy with leprosy and Lucio’s phenomenon from 2014 until 2018. Both had been receiving multidrug therapy (MDT) before pregnancy but stopped due to lack of compliance. First case was resulted with term. Second case was admitted with worse condition than the first case, fetal growth restriction and ended with preterm delivery probably because the severity of the case. Lucio’s phenomenon incidence is increased in pregnancy due to immunodeficient condition. This serial case report shows that the initial diagnosis and optimum treatment of leprosy is very important especially in women of child-bearing age.

Morphological and molecular characterization of endophilic Anopheles gambiae complex, in Itu Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81
Author(s):  
B.E. Bassey ◽  
K.N. Opara ◽  
L.P. Usip
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Malaria Control ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Malaria Control Programme ◽  
Anopheles Species ◽  
Gambiae Complex ◽  
Anopheles Mosquitoes ◽  
Significant Difference

Malaria is still regarded as a major public health problem in sub-Saharan African countries. Anopheles mosquitoes have been implicated as the major malaria vectors. However, species abundance, composition and distribution vary between different ecological zones. This study investigated the composition and distribution of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in Itu Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Adult Anopheles mosquitoes were sampled bi-weekly from 15 randomly selected houses each from three communities in the study area by pyrethroid spray capture (PSC) method. Adult Anopheles species were identified morphologically and sibling species were further subjected to species- specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) typing. A total of 269 female Anopheles species were caught between July and December, 2015. The study indicated significant (p<0.05) abundance of Anopheles gambiae siblings, with An. gambiae s.s recording 219(81.41%) followed by An. arabiensis 32(11.90%). A proportion of the samples were unidentified 18(6.69%). There was a significant difference (p<0.05) in the distribution of A. gambiae complex over the period of the study with a peak in September 89(33.01%). Anopheles mosquitoes were more abundant in Itu Oma 120(44.66%) than West Itam 98(36.43%) and East Itam 51(18.96%). The study also recorded significantly (p<0.05) higher rate of blood engorged female Anopheles (54.05%). This finding showed that An. gambiae s.s was the predominant malaria vector in the area and also, the incidence of malaria been likely to increase during the wet season. Therefore, vector control must be carried out in these communities to reduce the number of these indoor biting mosquitoes. This study therefore, will be useful as baseline data to help design strategies for malaria control in Itu Local Government Area and also facilitate the success of the ongoing effort on the malaria control programme in the State. Keywords: Malaria; Anopheles, morphological; molecular; characterization; Akwa Ibom; Nigeria.

Risk Factors, Clinical Stage, and CD4 Counts on HIV-Infected Patients in Pregnancy at Local Government Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
ALINEA ELISANTI ◽  
FIFI DWIJAYANTI ◽  
EFRI ARDIANTO ◽  
ERNAWATI ERNAWATI ◽  
MEI KUMALASARI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Clinical Stage ◽  
Government Hospital ◽  
Cd4 Counts ◽  
In Pregnancy
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