PREDICTORS OF HIV STATUS DISCLOSURE AND CONDOM USE AMONG MOTHERS LIVING WITH HIV IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL SOUTHEAST, NIGERIA.

Background: Non-disclosure of HIV status and poor condom use, among mothers living with HIV may pose risks of HIV transmission to their serodiscordant partners and may influence the outcome of their infants. The study was aimed at assessing predictors of HIV status disclosure, and condom use, among mothers of infants exposed to HIV attending the ART clinic in Abakaliki, Southeast Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study that involved 246 mothers living with HIV.

Determinants of enrolment in health insurance scheme among HIV patients attending a clinic in a tertiary hospital in South-eastern Nigeria.

Objective: The study aimed to assess the determinants of enrolment in health insurance schemes among people living with HIV.

Design: The study was a cross-sectional study. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 371 HIV clients attending the clinic.

Acceptability of Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease among Post-Partum Mothers in Abakaliki, South East Nigeria.

Background: Newborn screening (NBS) for sickle cell disease (SCD) has been shown to reduce early childhood morbidity and mortality associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) but the programme is yet to gain universal coverage in Nigeria. The study assessed the awareness and acceptability of NBS for sickle cell disease for newly delivered mothers.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted to assess 780 mothers admitted into the postnatal ward 0-48 hours after delivery at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.

Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting.

Background: Machete cut fracture is a unique subset of open fracture. The sharp force of a wielded machete that cleanly divides soft tissue envelope with minimal or no contusion results in an open fracture wound that is relatively less prone to infection. However, in resource-limited settings, the wound infection rate after machete cut fracture is relatively high.

Is the Training, Knowledge, and Perception of Maternal Health Providers Adequate for the Provision of Respectful Maternity Care? Policy Implications for Practice in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Health providers play pivotal roles in achieving respectful maternity care (RMC). This study assessed the training, knowledge, and perception of respectful maternity care among maternal health providers in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.

Methodology: This was across-sectional study conducted among 156 maternal health providers in Ebonyi Nigeria.

Community Malaria Knowledge, Experiences, Perceived Roles, and Acceptability of Community-Directed Distribution of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Pregnancy in Rural Southeast Nigeria.

Background: The community plays key roles in protecting pregnant women in rural areas from malaria. This study assessed malaria experiences, knowledge, perceived roles in malaria prevention in pregnancy, and acceptability of community-directed distribution of intermittent preventive therapy (IPTp) for malaria in pregnancy in rural Southeast Nigeria.

Methods: This study presents part of the baseline findings of a before-and-after study.

Evaluation of the effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and adherence to HIV guidelines among frontline health workers in Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria.

Background: The aim of this study was to appraise the implementation of the National HIV guidelines and determine the effect of an educational intervention on health worker knowledge and practice of the guidelines.

Methods: A before and after study design without control was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire and key informant interviews. Data was also collected from client record cards.

Validation of pediatric height estimation formulae in suburban communities in South-east Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Height measurement is one of the common essential anthropometric measurements in clinical pediatrics. The most accurate method of determining a child's height is to measure the height. However, in emergency situations and some resource limited settings, obtaining the actual height of a child may not be feasible hence the need to estimate.

Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in a Secondary Health Facility in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

Background: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) concept is based on the premise that preparing for birth and being ready for complications reduce all three phases of delay to a bad obstetric outcome.

Objectives: To determine the knowledge of BP/CR with its determinants and BP/CR index among pregnant women in Abakaliki, southeast Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was done between 1 March 2019 and 31 July 2019 among 450 randomly selected antenatal attendees at Mile Four Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.