iv ABSTRACT Background: Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), the hallmark of sickle cell disease (SCD) is responsible for the high rate of morbidity and mortality in SCD patients with sickling of the sickle haemoglobin (HbS) being the main cause. Reduction of the cellular concentration of HbS through prevention of erythrocyte dehydration has been proposed as a possible therapeutic strategy for VOC management with the K-Cl co-transporter being a major pathway for sickle cell dehydration and subsequent...
ABSTRACT Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are a significant public health problem with a global distribution; it disparately affects the vulnerable in society particularly in developing countries. Obstructive sleep apnea and shift worker syndrome have been widely researched as a risk factor for Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs). This study seeks to assess the association between sleep habits and Road Traffic Accident Risk. Methods A mixed methods approach was used to assess this associat...
ABSTRACT Introduction Poor Occupational Health, and reduced working capacity of workers may cause economic loss to a country. In countries like Ghana with a high rate of unemployment coupled with a growing informal sector, workers focus mainly on job security, neglecting the need for quality work life. It is argued that poor countries and companies cannot afford safety and health measures. However, there is no evidence that any country or company in the long run benefits from poor saf...
Summary High Risk Pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy that may have a predisposition to an unfavourable outcome, either for the mother or the child, as a result of certain factors that may increase the potential of poor outcome. Many of these risk factors have been widely studied, are well documented and as such have gained wide acceptance. The detection of risk in pregnancy is included in many national policies and maternal and child health services, particularly antenatal care. The Kas...
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are the two leading causes of death from infectious diseases globally. The World Health Organization has recommended integration of TB-HIV services in the management of the syndemic. However, scaling up of integrated TB-HIV services remain sub-optimal in Ghana, despite a nationally accepted collaborative policy. This study, therefore explored issues surr...
ABSTRACT Background: Copayment is a sum of money that a client with health insurance is mandated to pay at each visit to a health facility or when purchasing medicine although under Act 852 Of 2012 it is unacceptable .The study aimed to assess the effects of co-payment on health care at Akuse Government Hospital. The study sought to determine reasons for co-payment, effects of co-payment on health care providers and effects of co-payment on clients. Method: The study adopted a mixed m...
ABSTRACT Due to the high rate of unemployment situation in Ghana some organizations have taken for granted the health and safety issues of their employees. Much research has been conducted in the area of health and safety in the mining and the construction sectors as well as the wood processing industry in Kumasi but it seems much attention has not been paid to research into health and safety of employees in the agro processing industry especially the fruit processing sector which is an ...
In different cities and towns of Ethiopia, solid waste is a major environmental problem. Woldya town also face the challenges of solid waste management. Effective and efficient solid waste management in a town is a mandatory to ensure human and animal health and also to ensure clean and sound able environment in urban development. The aim of this study is to assess challenges and opportunities for improvement of solid waste management services in Woldya town. Interviews, questionnaires and ob...
ABSTRACT The sanitary state of an area is largely influenced by the domestic waste handling practices of the residents and the measures in place for safe waste evacuation and disposal. This study was aimed at examining the perception and knowledge towards waste handling and disposal practices, among households in Elelenwo community. A descriptive cross-sectional study design using a multistage sampling technique, where the community was divided into the three main villages in Elelenwo co...
ABSTRACT Diabetes is a chronic disease that leads to high morbidity and mortality resulting from the complications that develop during its clinical course. Genitourinary complications being one of the complications of diabetes occur when the genital and urinary organs no longer function properly. This study aimed at determing risk factors of genitourinary complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study was carried out to determine risk factors to genitourinary complications amongst t...
ABSTRACT A community-based study was conducted in Amainyi, Ihitte-Uboma LGA, Imo State, Nigeria between July and December 2011.Thesis sought to find out knowledge and practices in the use of malaria and insecticide treated nets for malaria control in Amainyi, Ihitte-Uboma LGA, Imo state. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted. A prestructured and pretested questionnaire was administered to the respondents. A sample size of 280 households was drawn from the five vil...
ABSTRACT Despite the remarkable progress made towards the reduction in the number of malaria cases and death globally, malaria still remains a life threatening disease of great public health importance in the world today, more especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Detection and treatment of malaria with Artemeter-Lumefantrine at the early stage of the disease could be of immense help. The general objective of the study was to establish the major symptoms associated with subclinical malaria an...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast cancer screening among undergraduate female students in Enugu State, Nigeria. A total of 280 female undergraduates accepted to be involed in the study, majority of who were between 20-24 years. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents. The result showed that the majority of the respondents (96.8%) had high knowledge of breast cancer screening due to the fact tha...
ABSTRACT Rabies is an encephalitic viral and zoonotic disease of public health importance caused by rhabdovirus in the lyssa virus genus. This study to investigate knowledge, attitude and perception on rabies in Imo State – Nigeria with specific objectives to investigate knowledge on rabies in Imo State, to determine attitude and perception on rabies in Imo State and to ascertain the prevalence of rabies in Imo State based on review of veterinary records in the past ten (10) years was un...
Abstract The interconnection between weather and climate and the performance, well-being, and human health cannot be overemphasized. The relationship between them is of both local and global significance. Information about weather, climate, and thermal environment is very important to human health and medical practitioners. The most crucial environmental information needed by medical practitioners and for maintaining human health, performance, and well- being are thermal conditions. The study...