» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Maternal and child health has emerged as the most important issue that determined global and national wellbeing. This is because every individual, family and community is at some point intimately involved in pregnancy and the success of childbirth…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study Anemia is defined as the condition in which there is decreased level of hemoglobin (Hb) or red blood cells than the normal value (Eltayeb et al., 2014). According to the 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) report, anemia affected 1.62 billion (24.8%)…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Generally, research has highlighted the beneficial impact of male involvement in programmes to prevent the mother to child transmission of HIV to tackle new infections among infants. A 2015 study of couples in South West province, Nigeria looked a…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Infections due to Hepatitis C viruses (HCV) is significant health problems around the globe. Worldwide, viral hepatitis is the commonest cause of hepatic dysfunction in pregnancy. In our study, the frequen…Continue Reading »
» Abstract Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) continue to be a threat to hospital admissions and workers thus contributing to mortalities and morbidities. Sophistication and type of services given by health facilities may determine health worker’s attitude towards combating these infect…Continue Reading »
» Chapter one INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Abortion is a relatively used term. It is the word used to describe the act of termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a foetus or embryo prior to viability. The term “Abortion” most commonly refers to t…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study In many communities in sub Saharan Africa, pregnancy is viewed as a ‘woman’s affair’, with a man’s role primarily to provide financial support. Even where men view accompanying their partner to antenatal …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study In many communities in sub Saharan Africa, pregnancy is viewed as a ‘woman’s affair’, with a man’s role primarily to provide financial support. Even where men view accompanying their partner to antenatal …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Information on health seeking behaviour and health care utilization has important policy implications in health systems development. Factors which influence which treatment sources people seek when symptoms occur…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The fact that formula feeding can be difficult to achieve in resource poor settings, coupled with breastfeeding’s recorded benefits for preventing malnutrition and serious infectious diseases, ha…Continue Reading »
» Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Health is an important indicator to measure development. It is indeed a prerequisite for development. No society can develop if the health of its population is poor. Therefore, any nation that seeks to develop should pay attention to h…Continue Reading »
» Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background of the study During pregnancy the body experience dramatic physiological and psychological changes which is natural and to remain healthy, the pregnant woman must indulge in regular physical activities call exercise.1 The professional health workers need…Continue Reading »
» Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Water is an essential substance in human life as it is used for various purposes sucg as drunking washing cooking. Human noroviruses cause the most gastrointestinal illness in all regions of the world, with the vast majority thought to be …Continue Reading »
» Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and first cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide with a world number of new cases estimated at 1,384,155 in 2008.[1] Its worldwide prevalence is still on the rise[2, 3] and nowadays breast ca…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY In recent years, there has been a great increase of knowledge derived from scientific studies regarding physical exercise during pregnancy (Mason et al, 2010). This reflects the need to clarify their effects for mother and fetus, as some wo…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ (Ryder & Beckingham, 2001). It may occur with limited or no symptoms, but often leads to jaundice, anorexia (poor appet…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Health care insurance plan has been a growing concern to many developing countries in recent times. Given that health insurance is designed to cover formal and informal sectors, rural and urban locations, low and high income earners, it b…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Breastfeeding is the very first stage of improving child’s survival. Breast milk as food for infants is very beneficial for the all round growth of a child. It enhances the physical, mental, and social growth of a child. Br…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Microsporidia are single celled, obligate intracellular parasites that were recently reclassified from protozoa to fungi. Microsporidia are a group of intracellular parasites which have attracted the interest of parasitologist…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Human Schistosomiasis (Bilhariziasis) is second only to Malaria in sub – Sahara Africa causing severe morbidity. Killing 280, 00 people each year in, the Africa region alone (Shashieet al.,2005). Of the world 207 million estimated …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The variations in the sizes of the various organs during pregnancy is well known with various organs of the body increasing in size throughout pregnancy and returning to their pre pregnant state during the pueperium. The purpose of this research was to investigate on the ultrasonograp…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Cystoisospora belli infection often occurs in immunocompriomised individuals, notably in patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. Concentration techniques was used for diagnosis of Cystoisospora belli. A total of 375 samples from HIV positive patients and 50 samples from HIV negative patient…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the factors associated with health seeking and prevention of human papilloma virus infection. Three (3) research questions and hypotheses were raised to solve the research problems. The research employs exploratory, survey and descriptive research …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY According to the medical dictionary, infant is a child during his or her first year of life till 5 years old of life. Then, infant mortality is the number of death which occurs among the young once. Infant mortality rate which is also …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study A nation’s development is largely depended on the quality of education available to its citizens. Primary education is the foundation on which further education is built (Vegas and Petrow, 2008). Primary education has two m…Continue Reading »
