Sociodemographic profiles and use-dynamics of Jadelle (levonorgestrel) implants in Jos, Nigeria.

Background: Contraceptive implants (including Jadelle) are highly effective, safe, and easy to use and have a long duration of action. They do not interfere with intercourse with immediate return to fertility after removal. However, disruption of the menstrual bleeding pattern is almost inevitable and coercive prescription may be a problem because insertion and removal of implants are provider dependent.

Substance abuse among antenatal patients at jos university teaching hospital, north central Nigeria.

Background: Substance use in this country, among pregnant women, is a recent phenomenon as our women embrace western culture. More worrisome is the current finding showing no 'safe' level of alcohol exposure for possible adverse effect or harm to the developing child to occur.

Aims And Objectives: To determine what substances are used and the prevalence of substance use among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Northcentral Nigeria.

Quarter of a century of female sterilization in Jos, Central Nigeria.

The study was to assess the types and trend of female sterilization between January 1985 and December 2009 (25 years) in Jos, Central Nigeria. There were 25,313 new acceptors of modern contraceptive methods out of which 4,951 (19.6%) were female sterilizations.

Vaginal hysterectomy at jos university teaching hospital, jos, Nigeria.

Background: Hysterectomy could be performed through the abdomen, via the vagina, as an open procedure or laparoscopically. The debate on whether the uterus should be removed vaginally or abdominally was sparked off when Langenbeck first performed a successful vaginal hysterectomy in 1813. The superiority of the vaginal route was highlighted when women who underwent vaginal hysterectomy experienced significantly fewer complications when compared to the others who had abdominal hysterectomy.

The burden of vesico-vaginal fistula in north central Nigeria.

Background: Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF), as seen in this environment, is a major cause of severe morbidity and potential mortality, which can result in marital disruption, rejection and, eventual destitution.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the socio-demographic characteristics, fistula features, and evaluate the intervention measures in Jos, North Central Nigeria.

Setting: This study was carried out at the VVF Centre, ECWA Evangel Hospital, Jos, North Central Nigeria.