Knowledge and use of chorhexidine gel in umbilical cord care among postpartum women at Poly General Hospital, Enugu, Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Sepsis in the first week or two of life is a major cause of newborn deaths. People from diverse cultural backgrounds use different substances for umbilical cord care. Evidence-based umbilical cord care practices have a large potential to lower infant morbidity and mortality linked to infection.

Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Utilization of Paediatric Health Services at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Nigeria.

Background And Objectives: Corona virus disease was declared a global pandemic in March 2020 and it precipitated unprecedented and devastating crisis on non-COVID hospital visits in almost all the countries within the globe, with a downward slide in the number of paediatric consultations and emergency admissions. Thus, we assessed the utilization of services offered in the department of Paediatrics and the observed mortality rates in comparison to similar non-pandemic period.

Methods: This study was carried out in the department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center Asaba.

Nurses' Perceived Challenges in the Management of Hospitalized Cancer Patients in a Comprehensive Cancer Center in Southeastern Nigeria.

Objective: Nurses' challenges in poor-resource countries like Nigeria have been understudied. This study determined nurses' perceived challenges in management of hospitalized cancer patients in a comprehensive cancer center in southeast of Nigeria.

Methods: The descriptive study included 133 registered nurses working in medical-surgical and oncology wards.

Factors affecting adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among women attending HIV clinic of a tertiary health institution in SouthEastern, Nigeria.

Background: Strictly adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is needed to achieve viral suppression. Studies have focused on HIV positive pregnant women's adherence. Factors affecting non-pregnant HIV positive women's adherence has been understudied in Enugu.

Correlation of Lead Poisoning and Intelligence Status of School Children in a Southern Nigerian Urban City.

Background: Lead is a heavy metal of utmost public health significance in Nigeria. It is a known neurotoxin that impairs neurotransmission and brain function resulting in cognitive and motor deficits. Ingestion of lead contaminated food or water is the major route of exposure to lead manifesting as neurologic symptoms which can interfere with the intelligence of school children.