Timeliness of Vaccination among Children Attending Immunization Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in South-East Nigeria.

Background: Timely vaccination of children is one of the most cost-effective interventions that ensure childhood survival. We determined the proportion of children who received timely vaccination and examined the factors associated with timely receipt of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) and third dose of pentavalent vaccine (Penta 3).

Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 599 caregivers-infant pair aged less than 24months, attending the immunization clinic of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria, selected using systematic sampling methods.

Evaluation of Clinical Diagnosis of Fetal Distress and Perinatal Outcome in a Low Resource Nigerian Setting.

Introduction: Fetal distress has been shown to contribute to the increasing caesarean section rate. There has been controversy on the usefulness of clinical diagnosis of fetal distress using only the intermittent counting of the fetal heart rate and/or passage of meconium-stained liquor.

Aim: To evaluate the clinical diagnosis of fetal distress and the perinatal outcome.