ABSTRACT The number of adolescents becoming pregnant is on the increase. They are physically and psychologically immature to withstand the stress of pregnancy yet, society does not give them the necessary support they need to go through this stressful situation. The pregnant adolescents often end up with complications which increase maternal morbidity and mortality in Ghana. The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to explore the psychosocial experiences of pregnant adolescents in the Te...
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infection which mainly affects the lungs. Due to the current Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic, TB has become a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, being the most common fatal opportunistic disease among PLHIV although curable. Five years after the revised policy on execution of joint TB/HIV activities was rolled out in Ghana with a yearly target of 100% HIV testing and Antiretrovira...
ABSTRACT Introduction Epidemics can be lethal and if not approached appropriately, it may take away many lives and even disrupt the stability of a nation. In most cases, Children (0 - 59months) are found to be one of the most susceptible populations. In Africa, childhood immunization remains a critical health service. Outbreak of the Ebola virus disease led to collapse of health services including immunization services. Hence, this study seeks to investigate factors influencing health seeki...
ABSTRACT Background: Air pollution has become one of the most serious environmental concerns in cities throughout the world – especially in developing countries. Increase in human and vehicular population has left many streets of developing countries with high levels of congestion and an indiscriminate release of vehicular exhaust emissions polluting ambient air flow and exposing populations to severe health outcomes. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the diurnal rhythms ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to fabricate a solid ankle cushion heel (SACH foot) and comparison of the differences and effect of this SACH foot on the cardiovascular responses and gait efficiency of fifteen unilateral transtibial amputees with foreign SACH foot and Single axis foot. The SACH foot was fabricated using available local materials. The patients were recruited from Royal Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinic, Egbu, Owerri. The systolic, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate of the...
ABSTRACT A major rehabilitation goal in the care of limb amputees is to minimize the negative effects of this type of disability by using prosthesis, thereby improving the quality of life (QoL). Studies on QoL of amputees are sparse in Nigeria. Studies on the adoption and use of Post Operative Prosthesis are inexistent. The present study designed and fabricated a post-operative prosthesis and as well researched on the QoL of prosthesis-using-amputees using the Trinity Amputation Prosthesis E...
ABSTRACT Pain is a worldwide problem and is associated with most disease conditions. The properties of herbs used to treat pain were investigated with the aim of confirming their use and finding out some pharmacological properties that may augment their analgesic activity. A total of eighteen plants (Erythrina senegalesis, Nauclea latifollia, Kizelia africana, Pseudocedrela kotchyi, Crotalaris spp., Boswellia dalzielli, Khaya senegalensis, Annona senegalensis, Xylopia aethiopica, Ficus thonn...
ABSTRACT Microsphere drug delivery systems are used to protect sensitive drugs from enzymatic degradation in the body, for controlled release and tissue targeting of the drug of interest. Starch and products derived from starch modification, are increasingly gaining acceptance in microsphere drug delivery. They are less expensive, non-toxic, readily available, bio-compatible and bio-degradable. The aim of the study was to formulate sustained release pantoprazole microspheres and enteric-coate...
ABSTRACT Introduction: The ABO blood group antigens are major antigens whose discovery paved way for the performance of safe blood transfusions and transplantations. Subgroups of the ABO antigens were discovered few years after ABO antigens discovery. A1 and A2 are the two principal subgroups of A, both of which are produced by different enzymes. Anti-A1 antibody appears as an atypical cold agglutinin in the sera of some individuals with A2 or A2B who lack the corresponding antigen. One to ...
ABSTRACT Organic wastes, such as faecal sludge (FS), cocoa pod husk (CPH) and empty fruit bunch (EFB) abound in large quantities in the Ghanaian environment. They contain considerable amounts of nutrients and organic matter which can be recycled to improve soil organic matter content and boost soil fertility status. This study was conducted to characterize and quantify FS produced in Sekondi Takoradi metropolis (STMA), co-compost FS with EFB and CPH, evaluate the suitability of the co-compo...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Global population increased to 7.0 billion in 2011 and nearly all of that growth is in the developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa of which Ghana is not an exception has the highest fertility rate in the world. The GDHS (2008) report indicates that contraceptive prevalence rate has decline in the past five years to 24% in 2008. The Gomoa West District Health Directorate 2010 annual report indicates that family planning acceptor rate has reduced from 40% in 2009 to 33...
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis continues to be a major global health problem and a cause of mortality and morbidity across all age groups throughout the world, especially in developing countries. It is estimated that, a single individual living with pulmonary TB infection in the community can infect an average of 8-10 people in a year and, each household contact contnbuting to about 4.5% to 7.8% of active disease. Objective: To determine the prevalence of Tuberculosis investigation among...
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis (TB) affects persons mostly in their productive lives. Ghana relies on passive case finding strategy to detect TB which has resulted in low case detection. Female rural urban migrants (“Kayayei”) have poor health care seeking habits and prevalence of TB among them is unknown. Kayayei may lack basic knowledge about TB which could contribute to their healthcare seeking behavior resulting in low TB case detection. Objective: To determine PTB prevalence r...
ABSTRACT The selling of street foods is regarded as a great aspect of the economies of many developing countries due to its socio-economic benefits. In Ghana, the sector provides numerous job opportunities for people in the country. Despite its importance, many have complained about the hygiene, quality and the safety of street foods as these foods have been associated with food poisoning and other food-borne diseases. This is due to the fact that food vendors are ignorant of basic food saf...
ABSTRACT Background Fasciolosis is one of the most important helminth infection of ruminant livestock and caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. Clinically, disease is usually characterized by weight loss, anaemia and hypoproteinaemia. Fascioliasis has also been recognized as re-emerging and widespread zoonotic disease affecting millions of people worldwide and many more are at the risk of infestation. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2015 to Ma...