Erectile dysfunction predictors in hypertensives at a primary care clinic in Southern Nigeria.

Background:  Erectile dysfunction (ED) has been described as an important public health problem by the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Panel. It causes significant distress in men and dysfunctional family dynamics.

Aim:  This study sought to identify the relationship between level of education and ED amongst hypertensive men (aged 30-89 years) attending outpatient clinics (OPCs) at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.

Sensitivity and specificity of malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT CareStatTM) compared with microscopy amongst under five children attending a primary care clinic in southern Nigeria.

Background: Malaria diagnosis using microscopy is currently the gold standard. However, malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) were developed to simplify the diagnosis in regions without access to functional microscopy.

Aim: The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of mRDT CareStatTM with microscopy.