Vaccination Coverage: Vaccine-Related Determinants & Anthropometric Measures in Children Resident in a Rural Community in Nigeria.

Background: Vaccination of children has played a significant role in reducing early childhood morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases; however, some factors act as deterrents in achieving adequate coverage in this susceptible population.

Aims & Objectives: The study, therefore, aimed to identify vaccine-related determinants of childhood vaccination as well as determine the relationship between childhood vaccination status and body weight, height, and a child's body mass index (BMI).

Methods: The study was conducted using a cross-sectional design in which 608 caregiver-child pair was recruited sequentially by using a two-stage sampling technique.

Self-medication practice with antimalarials & the determinants of malaria treatment-seeking behavior among postpartum mothers in a rural community in Nigeria.

Background: The majority of the population has inappropriate malaria treatment-seeking behavior and little is known about self-medication practice with antimalarials among postpartum mothers.

Aim & Objectives Of Study: The study, therefore, aims to determine the prevalence of self-treatment practice with antimalarials and identify factors that determine inappropriate treatment-seeking practice in this susceptible group.

Research Methods: The study is a cross-sectional study that was conducted using a purposive sampling technique.

Antidiabetic Effects of the Ethanolic Root Extract of P. Beauv (Annonaceae) in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats: A Potential Alternative Treatment for Diabetes Mellitus.

Diabetes mellitus has been a menace to mankind from time immemorial. However, a natural product such as P. Beauv (Annonaceae) offers alternative treatment for diabetes mellitus.

Antidiabetic and hypolipidemic activities of hydroethanolic root extract of Uvaria chamae in streptozotocin induced diabetic albino rats.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of multiple aetiology characterised by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. It is a global epidemic ravaging both developed and developing countries. The situation will worsen if nothing is done urgently.