Vitamin C and Coronavirus: Not a Vaccine; Just a Humble Cure Commentary by William F. Simmons and Robert G. Smith, PhD During the pneumonia epidemic in North Carolina in the 1940s, after American soldiers returned from the war in Europe, a small-town physician used an anti-infective protocol of intravenous vitamin C to cure 42 cases of viral pneumonia. [1] During the same period, the physician used a similar treatment to cure 60 cases of viral poliomyelitis. All patients were clinically well ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the knowledge and attitudes of diabetes clients on self-management practices in public hospitals in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The research was a cross-sectional survey. It adopted stratified sampling technique to select 201 respondents. A questionnaire was used in the study for data collection with a reliability coefficient of 0.8.The data was analysed using the SPSS version 21. The findings of the study revealed that diabetic patients are highly ...
ABSTRACT Physical assessment is fundamental to the nursing process which forms an integral part of nursing practice and a standard of professional practice. This research aimed at determining level of knowledge and practice of physical assessment skills among nurses at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital. A descriptive cross- sectional survey was employed. A sample size of 262 nurses/midwives was used for the study. The study employed census as the sampling method. A self-administer...
ABSTRACT Customer satisfaction is key in keeping any organisation in business. The satisfaction of patients who are the main customers of health care is very important to keep health care institutions relevant and in business. This study sought to determine patient satisfaction with quality of healthcare provided by three health facilities in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Data were collected using structured questionnaire on predisposing, need, enabling factors and quality of care from 385 ran...
ABSTRACT Teachers in early childhood education centres are the epitome of care concerning infection prevention for young children in educational programmes. A comparative descriptive quantitative survey was used to assess the knowledge level, practice and resources availability for infection prevention in early childhood education centres in the Suhum Municipality. One hundred and sixty (160) teachers from 52 randomly selected early childhood centres; cretches, nurseries, day cares and kind...
ABSTRACT Postpartum family planning has the potential of contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3, which aims at ensuring quality maternal health, promoting wellbeing for all as well as the consequence of each pregnancy. Using women‟s postpartum family planning framework, the study sought to examine the postpartum family planning uptake. The study used secondary data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), (GSS, 2014). Bivariate and multivariate regres...
ABSTRACT Background: The global burden of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) has increased. Consequently, exploring newer treatment modalities for HCC such as herbal medicines has become a necessary. Objective: The study investigated antiHCC effects of an alkaloidal extract derived from leaves of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides. Materials and methods: Alkaloidal extract (ZZAE) from cleaned dried leaves of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides was prepared using Soxhlet extraction and liquid-liquid extraction m...
ABSTRACT This thesis seeks to appraise the views of professional health workers on unsafe abortion in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana. The main data for the study were obtained from 30 professional health workers with at least two years working experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, in three health facilities in the Accra Metropolis (La General Hospital, Ridge Hospital and Marie Stopes International). In-depth interviews were used to obtain data. Stigmatisation from friends, family, community...
ABSTRACT Sexual and reproductive health rights are the bedrock of sexual and reproductive health. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), fertility control, sexual violence and abuses are reflections of the level of control individuals have over their reproductive autonomy. This study sought to assess the level of adolescents’ knowledge and perception of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), and was situated in the theory of sexual interaction. The study adopted a cross sectional ...
ABSTRACT The nursing process is a scientific method to guide procedures and also ensure quality of nursing care. However, little is known about issues regarding the nursing process. This formed the basis for this exploratory research on the application of the nursing process in pediatric care and the factors associated with its implementation at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) and Princess Marie Louis (PML) Hospital in Accra. The study, a cross-sectional one, employed both quantitative and...
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 surrounding TBHIV services integration towards effective management of the synd...
ABSTRACT As chloroquine and ciprofloxacin each possess substantial inhibitory activity against the schizonts of Plasmodium falciparum, it seems possible that a combination of the two drugs may be clinically useful. The effects on the erythrocytic stages of P. falciparum of combined treatment with chloroquine and ciprofloxacin were therefore evaluated in vitro, using the World Health Organization’s standardized micro test. When used alone, the median inhibitory concentration (IC50) of chloro...
ABSTRACT Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is an important cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Its epidemiology has been well described in developed countries. In Nigeria, previous studies on the virus were hospital-based or point prevalence from which the burden of HCV cannot be accurately determined. A population-based prospective study was therefore designed to assess the burden of HCV infection in a semi-urban community in southwestern Nigeria. A cohort of...
ABSTRACT In the past few years, public health incidents have occurred that have caused some alarm in Canada. These include communicable disease outbreaks such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Influenza and Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) and water-borne diseases such as Escherichia coli 0157:H7 (Ecoli) and gastroenteritis. There were also environment incidents that occurred such as those caused by Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, furans, and microcystine. On the global scen...
ABSTRACT Acute hepatitis is common In Nigeria and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been a major aetiologicaI factor. However, the role of Hepa titis C Virus (HCV) infection b yet undetermined. Forty-five consecutive Nigerian patient with Acute Icteric hepatitis (AH) attending the Medical Clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria and 45 healthy adult Nigerians (controls) were studied for evidence of infection with both virus. Questionnaire on risk procedures which predisp...