Enzootic Ovine Abortion among small ruminants in Southern Benin.

The advancement of small ruminant farming in Benin has encountered challenges associated with health issues and agricultural practices. This study aimed to provide the initial documentation of the prevalence of enzootic ovine abortion and evaluate the health status of animals concerning various recurring diseases on traditional small ruminant farms in Benin. In 2023, a semi-structured survey of 450 farms was carried out in two agricultural development centers in Benin.

Scoping review protocol on the perception and attitude of women on methods for collecting cervicovaginal samples for human papillomavirus testing in sub-Saharan Africa.

Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regions have the highest burden of cervical cancer (CC), accounting for nearly a quarter of global mortality. Many women in SSA are reluctant to access CC screening because they are uncomfortable exposing their private parts to healthcare providers. The perception of women who have experienced self-sampling in SSA is yet to be reviewed.

Myocardial Infarction With Non-obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): A Clinical Conundrum.

Myocardial infarction (MI) is usually discussed in light of some occlusion to the coronary circulation. It usually occurs in the setting of well-established risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, coronary atherosclerosis, smoking, and male gender. However, a subset of this population does not follow the clinical presentation seen in traditional MI.

Effect of grand multiparity on adverse maternal outcomes: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Grand multiparity remains a risk factor for a wide range of obstetric complications, especially in developing countries. Grand multiparity has been shown to increase the risks of medical and obstetric complications during pregnancies. However, in a research setting, the risk factors associated with adverse maternal outcomes have yet to be adequately investigated among grand multiparity.

Multilevel analysis of grand multiparity: Trend and its determinants in the Sidama National Regional State of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design from demographic and health survey 2000-2016.

Objective: The study was aimed at examining the magnitude, trends and determinants of grand multiparity in the Sidama regional state of Ethiopia.

Design: We retrieved cross-sectional data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey from 2000 to 2016.

Setting: Community-based demographic and health survey (DHS) was conducted in Ethiopia.

Effect of Grand Multiparity on the Adverse Birth Outcome: A Hospital-Based Prospective Cohort Study in Sidama Region, Ethiopia.

Background: Adverse birth outcome is associated with grand multiparity and is still a major public health problem in developing countries. There is limited information that investigates the effect of grand multiparity on perinatal outcomes in a prospective follow-up design in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed to investigate the effect of grand multiparity on the occurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia.

Exposure to oil pollution and maternal outcomes: The Niger Delta prospective cohort study.

Background: Maternal exposure to oil pollution is an important public health concern. However, there is a dearth of literature on the effects of maternal exposure to oil pollution on maternal outcomes in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This study was therefore designed to determine the effect of maternal exposure to oil pollution on maternal outcomes in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Psychological Distress and Its Correlates among Newly Diagnosed People Living with HIV in Northwest Ethiopia: Ordinal Logistic Regression Analyses.

Background: Although there is a high burden of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), studies on mental health issues among people living with HIV are scarce. The study addressed the transition to "test and treat" guidelines for HIV, which makes it unique regarding its evaluation of psychological distress amongst newly initiated people living with HIV in the test and treat era.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 689 people newly diagnosed with HIV.

Barriers and Facilitators of Same-Day Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among People Newly Diagnosed with HIV in Ethiopia: Qualitative Study Using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change.

Purpose: HIV test and treat approach is currently a strategy used as a part of the prevention and control program in Ethiopia. The strategy adopts initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the same-day as HIV diagnosis or in the next visit. However, there is little evidence on barriers and facilitators of same-day (ART) initiation in Ethiopia.

Same-day antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation and associated factors among HIV positive people in Northwest Ethiopia: baseline characteristics of prospective cohort.

Background: Despite a well-established fact that same-day or rapid ART initiation after a positive HIV test result is vital for faster viral suppression and for prevention of further sexual transmissions of HIV, there is a paucity of evidence on the uptake of same-day ART initiation among newly HIV diagnosed people in Northwest, Ethiopia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 1st, 2018 and July 30, 2019. About 759 newly HIV diagnosed adults were recruited from 24 health facilities.

Risky Sexual Practice, Sexually Transmitted Infection and Associated Factors Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-positive People in Northwest Ethiopia.

Purpose: Risky sexual practice expose for the acquisition of sexually transmitted infection (STI) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study was conducted to fill the knowledge gap on the prevalence of risky sexual practice, STIs and associated factors among newly diagnosed HIV-positive people in northwest Ethiopia.

Patients And Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study design which was conducted on 745 newly diagnosed HIV patients.

Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death in an oil-polluted region of the Niger Delta, Nigeria: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine the association between oil pollution and miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was undertaken of pregnant women (aged 18-45 years) who attended selected health facilities in regions with high and low exposure to oil pollution from May 14, 2018, to September 27, 2018. A multistage sampling technique was used to randomly select a representative of women with high and low exposure to oil pollution.

A prospective validation study in South-West Nigeria on caregiver report of childhood pneumonia and antibiotic treatment using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) questions.

Background: Childhood pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children under five worldwide. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) provide health information on care sought for sick children in resource poor settings. Despite not being primarily designed to identify childhood pneumonia, there are concerns that reported episodes of "symptoms of acute respiratory infection" in DHS and MICS are often interpreted by other groups as a "proxy" for childhood pneumonia.

Association of Household Savings and Expected Future Means with Delivery Using a Skilled Birth Attendant in Ghana and Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.

Objectives This study examined the association between household savings and related economic measures with utilization of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) at last birth among women living in peri-urban households (n = 381) in Ghana and Nigeria. Methods Data were drawn from the 2011-2014 Family Health and Wealth Study. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds of delivery with an SBA for individual and composite measures of household savings, expected financial means, debt, lending, and receipt of financial assistance, adjusting for demographic and reproductive characteristics.

Endometriosis and associated symptoms among Nigerian women.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis and identify associated symptoms among Nigerian women.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a center in Ibadan, Nigeria, between October 2008 and December 2010. All women aged 18-45 years scheduled for their first diagnostic laparoscopy for gynecologic indications were enrolled.

Knowledge and use of emergency contraception by medical doctors on internship in a tertiary healthcare facility in Nigeria.

Context: Emergency contraception (EC) is widely used to prevent unwanted pregnancy and it is largely adopted in many countries as over the counter drug to improve access.

Aims: To determine and compare the correct knowledge, attitude and current use of EC among newly graduated medical doctors (MDs).

Settings And Design: A cross-sectional study conducted among 255 newly graduated MDs at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Community health insurance as a catalyst for uptake of family planning and reproductive health services: the Obio Cottage Hospital experience.

Health service delivery in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has suffered many setbacks. Community participation may help break the barriers limiting access to health services, especially those associated with family planning and reproductive health services. This is a two-year review of family planning and reproductive health services records offered by the Obio Cottage Hospital from the onset of the Community Insurance Scheme (2010-12).

Fertility regulation among women of reproductive age in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria: contraception, abortion or both.

Objectives: To assess the role of contraception and abortion in fertility regulation amongst Southwestern Nigerian women.

Subjects And Methods: A survey was conducted through a self- administered questionnaire to women of reproductive age group attending gynecology clinic. Multinominal logistic regression was done to analyze the independent effects of social and demographic variables on the odds that women would adopt any fertility regulation methods instead of doing nothing.

Fertility regulation among women of reproductive age in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria: contraception, abortion or both.

Aims And Objectives: The objective of this study is to document the prevalence and clinicopathologic features/pattern of salivary gland tumours in Ile-Ife, southwestern Nigeria.

Patients And Methods: Fifty eight (58) cases of salivary gland tumours histologically diagnosed between January 1989 and December 2007 were identified from the biopsy records of the Departments of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine and Oral/Maxillofacial Pathology of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The records of the patients were extracted and data on incidence, age, gender and site of the various tumours were analysed using descriptive statistics.

Gynaecological morbidities among adolescents in Ibadan.

A descriptive retrospective study, was conducted on adolescent girls (10 to 19 years) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan to determine the common gynaecological conditions among these group of girls that attended gynaecological clinic of UCH between January 2000 and December 2007. Demographic characteristics including age, sex, occupation, religion, marital status and level of education were extracted from patients' medical records and recorded on a pre-designed data sheet. Presenting complaints and the definitive diagnosis were also recorded.

Effect of sublingual misoprostol versus intravenous oxytocin on reducing blood loss at cesarean section in Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of sublingual misoprostol with i.v. oxytocin infusion administered after delivery in reducing blood loss at cesarean section in Nigeria.

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of misoprostol and routine uterotonics for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage.

Objective: To assess the effects of 400-μg sublingual misoprostol plus routine uterotonics on postpartum hemorrhage.

Methods: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study was performed. After delivery of the child, eligible women received routine uterotonics and were randomly allocated to receive 400-μg misoprostol or placebo sublingually.

Pattern of contraceptive use among women with sickle cell disease in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria.

A cross-sectional study was conducted at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria between January and April 2009. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of contraceptive use among females of reproductive age, with sickle cell (SC) disease, attending various clinics at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. It is evident in this study that even although contraceptive awareness in this group of patients is high, the prevalence of contraceptive use is very low which is comparable with the general population.

Awareness and practice of vasectomy among married male health workers at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objective: To determine the awareness and practice of vasectomy among male health workers at University College Hospital, Ibadan and the influence of socio-demographic factors.

Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study in which structured self-administered questionnaires were used to interview married male health workers at the University College Hospital, Ibadan between May and July 2006.

Results: Two hundred and fifty responses were analysed.

Pattern of mental ill health morbidities following hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disorders among Nigerian women.

Objective: to compare the pre and post hysterectomy mental ill health (MIH) status and also, to determine whether there is any association with the surgical indication.

Methodology: An observational study, conducted among women scheduled for hysterectomy at the University College Hospital, Ibadan from January till June 2005. The MIH morbidities were assessed using a validated general health questionnaire (GHQ) before and after the surgery by trained research assistant.