Medicine

ASSESSMENT OF OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURE ON HEALTHCARE AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN KEFFI

ABSTRACTOne of the main challenges of accessing health care in Nigeria is payment for service at the point of delivery. Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments being the main method of financing health care, has posed a serious constraint in accessing health care. This study assessed the socio-economic stat...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 9715 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FACTORS AFFECTING QUALITY OF LABORATORY SERVICES AT INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL, KANO – NIGERIA

ABSTRACTQuality laboratory services are essential and integral part of improved health outcome especially for HIV/AIDS patients on ART. We aimed to assess clients' satisfaction with laboratory services as an indicator of quality and factors affecting quality of laboratory services from service pr...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 7646 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF POST-ABORTION CARE SERVICES IN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES IN BAUCHI STATE

ABSTRACTWorldwide, an estimated five million women are hospitalized each year for treatment of abortion-related complications, such as hemorrhage and sepsis. Almost all abortion-related deaths occur in developing countries.2These deaths are highest in Africa, where there were an estimated 650 dea...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 8147 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS AMONG PATIENTS ACCESSING CARE AT NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH LAGOS, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTHIV has remained a major public health problem despite huge financial resources expended by stakeholders at finding cure and mitigating the impact of the disease. With the global estimate of 34 million people living with the virus and 2.5 million new infections, Nigeria ranks second among...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 155 pages | 🧠 8545 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS ATTENDING FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE

ABSTRACTRestaurant industry has been experiencing technology innovation to uphold its service quality for decades. Studies have suggested that the technology adoption would lead to beneficial consequences on operation performance. The current study was conducted to design and implement computeriz...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 63 pages | 🧠 9451 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LATE PRESENTATION OF SYMPTOMATIC CANCERS AMONG HIV INFECTED PERSONS

A CASE STUDY OF JOS, PLATEAU STATE

ABSTRACTCancer is a disease defined to be a tissue growth that continues even after cessation of the stimulus that first evoked it. The cancer symbol is synonymous with the animal Crab which has many fingers depicting the multidirectional spread of the disease. Late presentation is the most impor...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 11640 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FACTORS INFLUENCING ACCESS TO ANTENATAL CARE AND PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV SERVICES AMONG NOMADIC WOMEN

A CASE STUDY OF MAKARFI LGA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.

ABSTRACTNomads are an under-served population with little or no access to health care mainly because of their geographical locations which are often hard to reach, their movement from place to place and cultural beliefs. Thousands of children in Nigeria are infected with HIV through their mothers...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 11387 words | 📚 5 chapters

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE CONCERNING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG MARKET WOMEN IN YOLA-METROPOLIS, ADAMAWA STATE

ABSTRACTBackground: cervical cancer is a spectrum that ranges from dysplasia to invasive cancer. The late stage of the disease result with distant metastasis involving surrounding tissues and deposits in organs like the liver, lungs and bones. Poor public health awareness has contributed to late ...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 12337 words | 📚 5 chapters

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Comparison of Menarcheal Age, Socio-demographics and Anthropometrics of Hausa and Igbo Schoolgirls from Enugu and Kaduna States of Nigeria

ABSTRACTThe onset of menarche signals the start of women's reproductive life and is determined by genetics, race, environmental, nutritional habits, socioeconomic status, and exercise. The present study is primarily aimed at determining the mean menarcheal age of adolescent girls from Hausa and I...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 9363 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE PREVALENCE OF OVERT CONGENITAL ANOMALIES IN LIVE BIRTHS AT SELECTED HOSPITALS

A CASE STUDY OF KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTCongenital malformations also known as birth defects are structural or functional abnormalities of prenatal origin which result from defective embryogenesis or an intrinsic defect in the developmental process. The birth prevalence of Congenital anomalies varies from country to country, an...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 9094 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDY OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIABILITYIN FOUR ETHNIC GROUPS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN PART OF KADUNA STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe middle-belt of Nigeria is known for its ethnic diversity and linguistic complexity. Studies on biological variation within the region have been mostly based on anthropometry but with recent advances in anthropological genetics, newer tools now provide greater resolution on human varia...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 8427 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STATURE, WEIGHT OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AGE (6-19 YEARS) AND MENARCHEAL AGE OF HAUSA GIRLS RESIDENT IN KANO STATE

ABSTRACTStature is increasingly used as measure of the health and wellness(standard of living and quality) of population This work was done by taking measurements of height and weight of school children 6-11 years (n=1050) and adolescents 12-19 years (n=1440) of Hausa ethnic extraction of both se...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 8375 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM TESTOSTERONE, DIGIT RATIO AND BODY COMPOSITION AMONG ADOLESCENTS OF IGBO ETHNIC GROUP IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTDigit ratio (2D:4D) is a sexually dimorphic trait, with females having a higher 2D:4D than males. This digit ratio has been associated with numerous behavioural traits and health conditions related to sex hormones. Four hundred and twelve secondary school students (209 males and 203 femal...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 12853 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MORPHOLOGICAL AND STEREOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE OLFACTORY BULBS AND CEREBRUM OF AFRICAN GIANT RATS (Cricetomys gambianus, Waterhouse -1840

ABSTRACTLiterature on the anatomy of the African Giant rats (AGR) is gradually building; there is paucity of information on the detailed morphometric, histologic analysis of the cerebrum and olfactory bulbs of the AGR. No stereologically study has been done on the olfactory bulb and cerebrum of t...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 6848 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF Trypanosoma brucei brucei INFECTION ON SPATIAL MEMORY, HISTOLOGY AND EXPRESSION OF CALBINDIN-D28K IN HIPPOCAMPUS OF WISTAR RATS.

ABSTRACTTrypanosomiasis, a diseases in the Sub-saharan Africa; its neurodegeneration phase of is yet to be understood. This study was designed to investigate the effect of Trypanosoma brucei brucei on spatial memory, histology and expression of calbindin-d28k in hippocampus of wistar rats. Thirty...

Medicine Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 11355 words | 📚 5 chapters

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