Background: The barrier dysfunction of atopic dermatitis (AD) promotes epicutaneous sensitization to aeroallergens. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of food and aeroallergen sensitization in AD and to explore the relationship between allergen sensitization and the personal or family history of allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma, eosinophil count, and AD severity of Nigerian patients.
Methods: Children and adults with AD who visited the dermatology clinic were included in this study.
Background: Timely access to safe blood and blood components is still a challenge in Nigeria. This study aimed to determine blood donation practices, processing and utilization of blood components across government tertiary hospitals (THs) in Nigeria.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study done in Nigeria in June-July 2020.
Background And Objectives: Women are grossly under-represented among blood donors in Nigeria. We, therefore, determined the barriers, motivators and appealing incentives to blood donation among women in Nigeria.
Materials And Methods: This was an internet-based cross-sectional study among women aged 18-65 years.
Background: Despite the efforts to encourage the intake of nutritional supplements during antenatal periods, there are still many cases of anemia and protein-energy malnutrition during pregnancy. Hence, this study determined the incidence of anemia, protein-energy malnutrition, and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Abuja, Nigeria.
Materials And Methods: This hospital-based, case-control study involved randomly selected 176 pregnant and non-pregnant women attending the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Nigeria.
Background: Africa and the Caribbean are projected to have greater increases in Head and neck cancer (HNC) burden in comparison to North America and Europe. The knowledge needed to reinforce prevention in these populations is limited. We compared for the first time, incidence rates of HNC in black populations from African, the Caribbean and USA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The International Nutritional Anaemia Consultative Group has recommended a twice daily dose of 65 mg elemental iron supplementation in pregnant women living in areas where anaemia is prevalent contrary to the World Health Organization (WHO) universal recommendation of a daily dose of 60 mg. Whether twice or daily dose schedules proffer a better outcome is a subject of on-going research.
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of the once versus twice daily doses of ferrous sulphate in the prevention of iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy.
Introduction: Alcohol consumption has been identified as a risk factor for many cancers but less attention has been paid to the fraction of those cancers that are attributable to alcohol consumption. In this study, we evaluated the incidence and population attributable fraction (PAF) of cancers associated with alcohol consumption in Nigeria.
Methods: We obtained data on incidence of cancers from two population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) in Nigeria and identified cancer sites for which there is strong evidence of an association with alcohol consumption based on the International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph 100E.
Introduction: Infections by certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites have been identified as risk factors for some cancers. In Nigeria, like many other developing countries, infections remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. While there are data on the incidence of different cancers in Nigeria, there has been no study of cancers attributable to infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer Epidemiol
December 2016
Introduction: HPV attributable cancers are the second most common infection-related cancers worldwide, with much higher burden in less developed regions. There are currently no country-specific estimates of the burden of these cancers in Nigeria just like many other low and middle income countries.
Methods: In this study, we quantified the proportion of the cancer burden in Nigeria that is attributable to HPV infection from 2012 to 2014 using HPV prevalence estimated from previous studies and data from two population based cancer registries (PBCR) in Nigeria.
Background: The incidence of cancer continues to rise all over the world and current projections show that there will be 1.27 million new cases and almost 1 million deaths by 2030. In view of the rising incidence of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, urgent steps are needed to guide appropriate policy, health sector investment and resource allocation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cancer has become a major source of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite the threat that cancer poses to public health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), few countries in this region have data on cancer incidence. In this paper, we present estimates of cancer incidence in Nigeria based on data from 2 population-based cancer registries (PBCR) that are part of the Nigerian national cancer registry program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study was conducted among Secondary School Students in Federal Capital Territory (FCT),Abuja Nigeria, between May and June 2010 to determine the knowledge and attitudes of the students towards Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study carried out on 600 students from 8 secondary schools located within (FCT). A multistage sampling method was used for selection of the study population.
The clinical and parasitologic efficacies of oral chloroquine phosphate, pyrimethamine/sulphadoxine and pyrimethamine/sulphalene in treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria were assessed in selected sites of northeastern Nigeria (Zone D of the Primary Health Care (PHC) Programme) using a 14-day standard in-vivo protocol during 1988-1990. Of a total of 2056 children under 5 years screened for infection, for chloroquine trials, 1189 (57.8%) were positive for Plasmodium infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA comparative study of vesico-vaginal fistulae cases and controls was carried out at two tertiary hospitals in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The fistulae cases were significantly shorter in height, younger in age at marriage and had a higher divorce rate. Prolonged labour, traditional surgical practice of "gishiri cut" and ignorance were identified as the commonest causes of the fistulae.
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