Adolescent reproductive health care services: knowledge, perspectives, and challenges among service providers in Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria.

Adolescence is a phase of life characterized by several reproductive health challenges that require support to navigate. However, access to adolescent and youth-friendly health service (AYFHS) centers to provide this support is limited. Perspective of healthcare workers (HCW) towards understanding the challenges to service provision has not been systematically documented.

Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and associated factors in Uganda: a meta-analysis and systematic reviews protocol.

Introduction: Teenage pregnancy is a major public health problem with huge consequences for maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. More than 90% of these live births are estimated to occur in developing countries. The objective of this review is to estimate the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors in Uganda.

An Assessment of Enrollees' Knowledge and Satisfaction with Delta State Contributory Health Scheme: A Cross- Sectional Survey of Civil Servants in Delta State, Nigeria.

Background: Delta State Contributory Health Scheme (DSCHS) was established to provide quality and affordable healthcare services to all Deltans, irrespective of socioeconomic status and geographical location. This study assessed the knowledge and satisfaction of formal sector enrollees with the Delta State Contributory Health scheme.

Methodology: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study involving 400 public/civil servants enrolled in DSCHS using a multistage sampling technique.

Views of Nigerian civil servants about compulsory COVID-19 vaccination: A qualitative study.

Background:  COVID-19 caused unforeseen global burden, although vaccine strategy rapidly stalled transmission and protected those at risk. Many governments made vaccination mandatory for public space access.

Aim:  This study aimed to elucidate perception of Nigerian civil servants towards mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and elicited their recommendations.

Effectiveness of online training in improving primary care doctors' competency in brief tobacco interventions: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of WHO modules in Delta State, Nigeria.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommends that brief tobacco interventions should be routinely offered in primary care. However, medical doctors do not consistently and effectively intervene during their encounters with cigarette smokers. There is a paucity of studies assessing the effect of training on the tobacco intervention competency of primary care doctors in Nigeria.

Effect of a training intervention for finding the missed cases of tuberculosis amongst patent medicine vendors in Delta State, Nigeria.

Context: The undiagnosed and untreated tuberculosis (TB) cases underpin the experience of accelerating deaths. Everyone should be engaged in managing TB patients to revert the current trend.

Aims: In this context, we assessed the outcome of an education intervention on the knowledge of TB and referral practice of presumptive TB cases to directly observed therapy strategy amongst patent medicine vendors (PMVs).

Is exposure to hydrocarbons associated with chronic kidney disease in young Nigerians? A case-control study.

Introduction: Although environmental exposure to hydrocarbons has been linked to non-communicable diseases, its association with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still an emerging area. Epidemiological studies associating CKD with prolonged exposure to hydrocarbons have mostly focused on occupational exposure, with fewer studies on environmental exposure from residing in contaminated areas. The aim of this study was to determine any association between long-term exposure to petrochemical products and the risk of CKD by comparing the residence and occupational history of young patients with CKD and non-CKD controls.

Preferences, Utilization and Factors affecting Use of Contraceptives among Women attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Delta State, Southern Nigeria.

Background: Contraceptive use has numerous benefits for the family and the nation that can be maximized with its consistent use. However, many women have preferences for certain contraceptives with implications for continued use.

Objective: To determine the contraceptive preferences of women, their utilization pattern and factors affecting utilization of the preferred contraceptive choices.

Treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients in a Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) Referral Centre in Delta State, Nigeria: a five-year review (2012 - 2016).

Introduction: The objective of this study is to observe the trend in treatment outcomes and identify determinants of treatment success among patients recruited into care through the DOTS strategy.

Methodology: A retrospective record review of tuberculosis patients (2012-2016) was carried out at the Tuberculosis and Leprosy Referral Centre, Eku, Delta State, Nigeria.

Results: Records of four hundred and twenty five (425) tuberculosis patients under DOTS were reviewed over five years.

A Method of Conservative Management of Giant Omphalocele Useful in Preventing Rupture of Sac.

Background: Omphalocele consists of congenital malformation of anterior abdominal wall defects occurring at the midline with herniation of the viscera through this defect. Giant omphaloceles constitute a challenging situation as such conservative management has been advocated as an effective method of treatment. This study aimed to compare the conventional method of dressing the omphalocele sac using gauze, an escharotic agent, and a crepe bandage to our improvised method of the usage of a sterilization wrap over the escharotic agent with a crepe bandage.

The Prevalence and Outcome of Teenage Pregnancies in a Secondary Health Facility in Delta State, Nigeria: A Four-Year Retrospective Review.

Introduction: This study determined the prevalence, obstetric characteristics and pregnancy outcomes in teenagers who delivered at a secondary health facility in a Southern State in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was employed to review pregnancies that were managed in Central Hospital Warri, Delta State, Nigeria between 2014-2017. Patients' notes were retrieved and analyzed with respect to the socio-demographic characteristics, pregnancy, labor and delivery complications and fetal outcome.

Knowledge and practice of prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis: A survey among Nigerian surgeons.

Background: Venous thromboembolism is a potentially dangerous condition that can lead to preventable morbidity and mortality among surgical patients.

Objectives: We aimed to determine the knowledge and practice of surgeons practising in Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria about prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Materials And Methods: Eight Tertiary Institutions were selected from institutions in the geopolitical regions of the country by simple random sampling using balloting method.

Assessment of knowledge and sexual behaviour among undergraduates in a Nigerian tertiary institution.

Background And Introduction: The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly goals 5 and 6, is strongly underpinned by the progress that can be made on sexual and reproductive health education of young adults. The large population of young single adults in tertiary institutions in Nigeria and the present dearth of human resources for health necessitates that interventions for this group of individuals are tailored to meet identified gaps in awareness and sexual behaviour. This study sets out to assess the sexual behaviour and practice among single-undergraduates in a tertiary institution in Nigeria.

Awareness, ownership and utilization of insecticide treated nets in Abavo community of Delta State.

Background: Despite free distribution of insecticide treated nets in Nigeria, the use it as a means of malaria prevention and control has not been fuIly embraced.

Aim: The aim of this survey was to determine the level of awareness, ownership and utilization of insecticide treated nets among residents of Abavo community, Delta State Nigeria

Method: It is a descriptive cross-sectional survey conducted among 250 heads of households.

Result: One hundred and seventy five (70%) respondents were aware of insecticide treated net as a means of prevention against malaria, 111 (44%) claimed to own insecticide treated nets.