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2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 33-47
Surgical Site Infection is an infection related to a surgical procedure that occurs near thesurgical site within 30 days following surgery (or up to 90 days following surgery where animplant is involved). After surgery, the chances of developing SSI are about...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 35-49
Family planning (FP) is a voluntary and informed decision by an individual or couple on the number of children to have and whento have them, by use of modern or natural methods. In sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) get unplannedpregnanci...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 11-24
Globally there are 104 million children under five years of age with underweight and 171 million stunted. At thesame time, it was found that about 43 million children under five were overweight or obese. About 90% of stuntedchildren live in 36 developing coun...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 118-139
Chemical parameters of some borehole water samples in Agbor, Delta State were carried out todetermine its potability for drinking and domestic purposes. Sixty water samples from fifteenboreholes were sampled in June and July, 2022 (rainy season); and January...
2023 | INOSR Scientific Research | Pp. 37-45
Teenage pregnancies and teenage motherhood are a public health and obstetric healthconcern worldwide. To determine factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Magambotown council in Rubirizi District. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Magamboto...
2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | Pp. 30-36
Out of the 300 million people suffering from depression globally, 85% live in low- and middle-income countries andUganda is ranked among top six countries in Africa with the highest cases of mental disorders. According to thelatest WHO report, 4.6% Ugandans s...
2023 | INOSR Scientific Research | Pp. 1-13
Hypertension is a common comorbid condition in diabetes, affecting 20–60% of patients,depending on obesity, ethnicity, and age. Adults with diabetes have a two to threefold higherrate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than adults without diabetes. The purpose o...
2023 | IAA Journal of Scientific Research | Pp. 16-35
Unclean hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of health careassociated infections (HCAIs) between patients and the health care environment. Thisstudy sought to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and self-reported practices (KAP)of Medica...
2023 | IAA Journal of Education | Pp. 99-108
every child and the resources provided determines to an extent the proper learning of achild. This study, therefore, examines the adequacy of material resources available in theschools and assesses the usage of material resources in both private and public sc...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 71-78
Every year more than 250,000 health workers are exposed to HIV through their healthcare setting, and as a result,more than 1000 health workers get infected with HIV, most of these exposures occur in developing countries whereHIV prevalence is very high in the...