ENHANCED ADHERENCE COUNSELLING AND VIRAL LOAD SUPPRESSION AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLHIV) IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains the primary treatment for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, aiming to reduce viral replication and mortality, but this requires lifelong adherence. To achieve viral load suppression [VLS] (below 1000 copies/ml), the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends annual viral load measurements and enhanced adherence counseling (EAC).

Objectives: This study aims to determine the prevalence of VLS following EAC amongst the virally unsuppressed PLHIV at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) and the factors influencing their virology outcomes.

IMPERATIVE OF SPIRITUALITY HISTORY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, A PRIMARY CARE PERSPECTIVE; IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE, RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, PORT HARCOURT.

Cultural practices and spirituality militate against effective utilization of healthcare facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in primary care settings. Spirituality history in clinical practice will help the health professional understand patients' values, religious beliefs, cultural practices, and preferences. It gives insight into proper counseling, and appropriate treatment and serves as an adjuvant to necessary therapeutic approaches.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Phylogenetic Relatedness of Serovars in Indigenous Poultry and Their Drinking Water Sources in North Central Nigeria.

There is scant information on in indigenous poultry in Nigeria. We investigated the occurrence and characterized serovars in indigenous poultry and their drinking water sources to enhance the monitoring of the infection in poultry and to promote public health. We collected 1208 samples, poultry droppings (n = 1108), and water (n = 100) across 15 markets in North Central Nigeria.

C3 glomerulopathy in a patient with a history of post-infectious glomerulonephritis.

Post-infectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) is an immune complex mediated glomerular injury occurring because of an infection, most commonly with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus in children. C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a distinct clinicopathological entity occurring secondary to dysregulation of alternate complement pathway encompassing both C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) and dense deposit disease (DDD). While most patients with PIGN attain complete remission with normalized complement levels by 6-8 weeks after presentation, patients with C3G continue to have hypocomplementemia with high rates of progressive kidney disease.

Novel -Infecting Bacteriophages Isolated from Uganda That Target Human Clinical Isolates.

Background: The antimicrobial resistance catastrophe is a growing global health threat and predicted to be worse in developing countries. Phages for Global Health (PGH) is training scientists in these regions to isolate relevant therapeutic phages for pathogenic bacteria within their locality, and thus contributing to making phage technology universally available.

Materials And Methods: During the inaugural PGH workshop in East Africa, samples from Ugandan municipal sewage facilities were collected and two novel lytic phages were isolated and characterized.