African health sciences
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African health sciences · Jun 2020
Socio-economic status and hunger among orphans and vulnerable children households in Lagos State, Nigeria.
HIV/AIDS has contributed to increasing orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria. A measure of vulnerability is household hunger. ⋯ OVC households experienced severe hunger. Household economic strengthening would be useful strategy to mitigate the nutrition challenges of OVC in Lagos state.
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African health sciences · Jun 2020
Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus co-infection in HIV positive patients attending a health institution in southeast Nigeria.
The health of people living with HIV/AIDS becomes progressively worse when co-infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), resulting in shortened life span. The modes of transmission of HIV, HBV and HCV are similar. ⋯ HBV co-infection was more prevalent than HCV, and triple infection was also observed. Screening for these viral infections in the HIV population is necessary for early identification to enable appropriate, holistic management of these patients.
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African health sciences · Jun 2020
Fertility characteristics and related factors impacting on Syrian refugee women living in Istanbul.
Women's fertility characteristics are affected by many different factors. ⋯ It has been noted that fertility characteristics of refugee women who migrated to Turkey changed according to their ethnic backgrounds and were sustained in the country they migrated to. Along with harsh living conditions and insufficient access to health services the situation has been observed to pose serious risks on reproductive health.
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African health sciences · Jun 2020
Non infective bullous lesions: a diagnostic challenge in a minimally equipped centre- based solely on microscopic findings.
Vesicobullous lesions of skin may occur in different forms of dermatosis, which include various inflammatory, infective, autoimmune, drug induced as well as genetic conditions. Autoimmune bullous lesions, may be fatal if not treated with appropriate agents. Bearing in mind, the morbidity of these diseases, it is important to establish a firm diagnosis. ⋯ Further subtyping was done based on additional histopathological features and clinical correlation. All the patients responded appropriately to the treatment and the results correlated well with the immunofluorescence done in a few cases. This study lays emphasis upon the histopathology and clinical features keeping in consideration of the lack of ancillary techniques in many centres especially in the developing world.
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African health sciences · Jun 2020
Implementing electronic health system in Nigeria: perspective assessment in a specialist hospital.
Perspectives on the pioneering work of Electronic Health Recording (EHR) system in Nigeria was studied. ⋯ Health workers were comfortable and satisfied with EHR and it eased their work.Scaling up EHR would reduce administrative cost, transcription errors and paper works to mitigate poor quality data from Nigeria a great contributor to global morbidities/mortalities.