Publications by authors named "Chima Ariel Onoka"
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- Poor maternal and child health outcomes in Nigeria can potentially be improved using mobile health (mHealth) solutions like patient-held smart cards, which were assessed for their acceptability among pregnant women attending antenatal services.
- Focus group discussions with 35 pregnant women revealed that most participants found the smartcards beneficial for storing medical information and reducing wait times, although they identified costs related to health services as a significant barrier.
- Overall, the study indicates that patient-held smart cards are well-received and can enhance maternal health service delivery, supported by favorable perceptions, family encouragement, and existing community events like "Baby showers."
Non-communication of HIV status among sex partners is a notable hurdle in halting transmission, largely due to socio-cultural factors. This study aimed to predict the determinants of male partners' awareness of women's serostatus. A total of 8825 women of reproductive age living with HIV who were clients at five comprehensive HIV treatment centres in Benue State, North-Central Nigeria were surveyed between June and December 2017, and 6655 reported having a sexual partner at the time of the survey selected for analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine the population prevalence and determinants of hepatitis B (Hep B) status, and status discordance, among pregnant women and their male partners in Nigeria.
Methods: Cross-sectional study assessing the seroprevalence of Hep B virus in a cohort of 16 920 pregnant women and their male partners in northcentral Nigeria. Rapid HBsAg antibody test was used for Hep B diagnosis.
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa houses over two-thirds of the 37 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) globally and of this, 5-20% are co-infected with Hepatitis B virus (HBV). This is double jeopardy, especially for women of reproductive age in these settings, who can transmit both viruses vertically as well as horizontally to their children. The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence and determinants of HBV among women of reproductive age living with HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Retaining patients on antiretroviral treatment in care is critical to sustaining the 90:90:90 vision. Nigeria has made some progress in placing HIV-positive patients on treatment. In an effort to increase access to treatment, ART decentralization has been implemented in the country.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Partner HIV testing during pregnancy has remained abysmally low in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria. Males rarely attend antenatal clinics with their female partners, limiting the few opportunities available to offer them HIV testing. In this study, we evaluated the scale-up of the Healthy Beginning Initiative (HBI), a community-driven evidenced-based intervention to increase HIV testing among pregnant women and their male partners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: HIV and AIDS care requires frequent visits to the hospital. Patient satisfaction with care services during hospital visits is important in considering quality and outcome of care. Increasing number of patients needing treatment led to the decentralization of care to lower level hospitals without documented patient perception on the quality of services.
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- The study assessed the ability of Nigerian households in both rural and urban areas to pay for various national health insurance scheme premiums.
- Average household capacity to pay varied significantly, with amounts ranging from approximately US$194 to US$986.
- The research concluded that the proposed threshold premiums for rural and national health insurance schemes were affordable for the lowest socio-economic group, suggesting these should be the maximum premiums used in the national health insurance proposal.