Effect of health education in the control of schistosomiasis in Dass Emirate Council of Bauchi State, Nigeria: An intervention study.

Objective: Schistosomiasis has been recognized by WHO as a major contributor to mortality and morbidity, particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa, where it is most prevalent. There is a lack of reliable data on the effectiveness of health education interventions in reducing the prevalence of schistosomiasis in Bauchi State. Hence, the study assessed the prevalence of schistosomiasis and the knowledge, attitude and practices of community members of Dass Emirate towards the prevention and control of schistosomiasis before and after health education intervention.

Primary Hypertension with Target Organ Damage among Apparently Healthy Secondary School Students in Osogbo, South-Western Nigeria.

Introduction: In recent times, there has been an increase in the frequency of hypertension among young people which is contributing globally to the increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adults.

Objective: The aim of this study was therefore to determine the prevalence of primary hypertension and its risk factors among apparently healthy secondary school students in Osogbo, southwestern Nigeria.

Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study of a total of 404 secondary school students in Osogbo city.

Prevalence of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis among Tuberculosis Patients Attending Chest Clinics in Osun-State, Nigeria.

Background: The development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses a considerable threat to tuberculosis control programmes in Nigeria. There is an increase in the prevalence of MDR-TB worldwide both among new tuberculosis cases as well as previously-treated ones. There is also a rise in transmission of resistant strains due to an increase in MDR-TB patients largely due to the poor drug compliance and the impact of Human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Fatal scorpion sting in a child.

Fatal scorpion stings are rare in Nigeria. Hitherto, there has been no report from Nigeria of death following scorpion stings. This report is that of a 2-year-old boy who was stung by a scorpion while playing outside his home environment in Osogbo, South West Nigeria.

Clinical and laboratory predictors of outcome in cerebral malaria in suburban Nigeria.

Introduction: Cerebral malaria (CM) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among children living in the tropics. The present study was conducted to update the knowledge on cerebral malaria in children.

Methodology: This was a prospective study conducted between June 2009 and February 2010.

Trends in neonatal and post-neonatal tetanus admissions at a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Introduction: Tetanus accounts for high morbidity and case fatality rates in developing countries. This study therefore aimed to identify reasons for the persistence of this disease.

Methodology: Paediatric admissions at Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2008 diagnosed with tetanus were studied.

Prevalence and problems of foetal malnutrition in term babies at Wesley Guild Hospital, South Western Nigeria.

Background: Up to two-thirds of low birth weight babies delivered in the developing countries are also small for gestational age (SGA). Since SGA is common in West Africa, FM is expected to be common in the region.

Objective: To determine the pattern, prevalence, and problems of FM among term babies delivered at a General Hospital.

Neonatal tetanus at the close of the 20th century in Nigeria.

The year 2000 marked another failed World Health Organization deadline for neonatal tetanus (NNT) eradication. Existing preventive strategies can be enhanced by exploring factors involved in the persistence of the scourge. Thus, records of neonates admitted between 1996 and 2000 into the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, were analysed.

Associations between placental and cord blood malaria infection and fetal malnutrition in an area of malaria holoendemicity.

The objective of this study was to determine the role of malaria in the etiology of fetal malnutrition in Nigeria. This study took place at the Neonatal and Maternity Units of the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria. This is a prospective study of 304 consecutive, singleton, term live births delivered between January and August 2002.

Maternal factors in the etiology of fetal malnutrition in Nigeria.

Background: The main objective of the study was to determine the role of maternal factors in the etiology of fetal malnutrition (FM) in Nigeria. Neonatal and Maternity Units of the Wesley Guild Hospital Ilesa, Nigeria, a unit of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife was the setting for the study.

Methods: This was a prospective study of consecutive, singleton, term live babies delivered between January and August 2001.

Trace element status and early physical growth of exclusively breastfed normal and asphyxiated Nigerian babies.

Serial anthropometry and assay of plasma iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) were done on 72 babies with birth asphyxia during the first six months of life to assess the pattern of their physical growth and trace element status, respectively. Eighty-seven non-asphyxiated babies served as controls. The mothers of babies in both groups also had their plasma assayed for Fe, Zn and Cu immediately following delivery.

A prevalence survey of skin diseases in Nigerian children.

A prevalence survey of 5001 Nigerian children aged 0-12 years seen at the Urban Comprehensive Health Centre, Ile-Ife, Nigeria between July 1995 and June 1996 revealed that 492 children (9.8%) had dermatological conditions. Tinea (17.

Head circumference of rural Nigerian children--the effect of malnutrition on brain growth.

Objective: To compare head circumference measurements of the well nourished with those of the malnourished children for each sex.

Design: Cross sectional.

Setting: Imesi, Ile-Ife village, Nigeria.

Secular trends in the growth of children aged 0-6 years in a rural Nigerian community.

Cross-sectional anthropometric measurements were taken between 1987 and 1990 in 673 children aged 0-6 years in Imesi Ile village, Nigeria. The height and weight curves obtained fall behind corresponding growth curves in the same community three decades previously. Mid-upper arm circumference values indicated moderate to severe malnutrition in 25.

Delayed sexual maturation in sickle cell anaemia patients--observations in one practice.

Pubic hair and breast appearance ratings, testicular volumes and age at menarche were determined in 24 sickle cell anaemia patients aged from 8.5 to 27 years between February and September 1994 in the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria. Only three of the six females aged 15 or more years had experienced menarche and this was at the mean (SD) age of 18.

Anthropometric measurement in children aged 0-6 years in a Nigerian village.

Seven hundred and three Nigerian village children in their first six years of life were subjected to anthropometric measurements and physical examination in early 1988. The heights of 66.9% and weights of 60.

Relapse of tetanus in a child: a case report.

This report concerns the relapse of a case of tetanus which occurred one week after complete cessation of initial symptoms which had taken 4 weeks to nurse. Eventual and lasting resolution of the symptoms followed the removal of a foreign body from the left foot on the 58th day of admission.

The health, growth and educational performance of sickle cell disease children.

In a study by questionnaire and anthropometric measurements of the effect of sickle cell disease on the health growth and education of 102 Nigerian children aged between 9 months and 17 years, the first symptoms of the disease had occurred by the age 1 1/2 years in 58.8% of them. Strenuous exercise and exposure to cold water and weather commonly precipitated illness episodes which occurred in 81.

Effect of promethazine on the metabolism of chloroquine.

Co-administration of promethazine hydrochloride and chloroquine phosphate resulted in increased blood levels of chloroquine and its metabolites. However, there is no statistical difference between the means obtained for the initial rate of excretion and the total drug excreted within three hours.

The present day epidemiology of severe protein-energy malnutrition in Nigeria.

Eighty-eight patients with severe protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) admitted into the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria over a 9-month period were studied to define the patterns and factors encountered currently in PEM. Severe PEM now occurs predominantly in the 6- to 18-month age group, which is earlier than was reported previously. The majority of the parents were Yoruba Christians and were low-income workers or unemployed.

School age pregnancies in western Nigeria: parents and products.

Thirty-three babies and their mothers, all school girls, identified out of a total of 576 admissions to the Paediatric unit of the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa , Nigeria over a three month period were studied. Twenty (60.0%) of the babies were newborn, nine (45%) of whom were premature.