Vitamin D and Acute Respiratory Infections in Children.

Background: This study sought to evaluate the association between serum vitamin D levels and acute respiratory infection (ARI) in under-five children in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) in Nigeria.

Methodology: This study was conducted in NAUTH, Nigeria, in 2017, in 250 children with ARI, classified into those with acute upper respiratory infection (AURI) and those with acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI). and 250 children without ARI, matched for age and gender.

Hypertension and prehypertension among adolescents attending secondary schools in urban area of South-East, Nigeria.

Introduction: in the past, the need for regular blood pressure screening in children was doubtful, and the main reason against it is that hypertension is an adult illness and there is no evidence that screening healthy children for hypertension was worthwhile. We did this study to determine the prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension as well as some risk factors for hypertension among secondary school adolescents in an urban area of the South-East, Nigeria.

Methods: this was a cross-sectional study of 984 adolescents aged 10-19 years in secondary schools in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state, South-East, Nigeria.

The Bacteriology and Its Virulence Factors in Neonatal Infections: Threats to Child Survival Strategies.

Background: Neonatal infection refers to the infection of the newborn during the first twenty-eight days of life. It is one of the causes of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The aim of the study is to determine the relative contribution of the different pathogens to the overall disease burden.

Household bed net ownership and use among under-5 children in Nigeria.

Background: Malaria remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, with children under 5 years accounting for 86% of all malaria deaths. For effective control of malaria, WHO recommends rapid diagnosis and effective treatment, insecticide-treated bed nets, and indoor residual spraying. The use of insecticide-treated bed nets has been shown to be the most cost-effective strategy in preventing this infection.