Aims: The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women attending St. Mary's Hospital Okpoga, Benue State, Nigeria, with respect to demographic factors, socio-economic and underlying medical determinants among pregnant women. Methodology: A ret...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1330509
Objectives: To estimate the current national prevalence of hypertension and to identify associated factors, in a context of increasing cardiovascular diseases and rampant urbanization in Côte d'Ivoire. Methodology: This was a secondary analysis of data from the survey on the prev...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1330508
Self-medication is the administration of medications without a medical prescription to manage self-diagnosed health problems or symptoms. Self-medication with antibiotics is a global phenomenon, and it is more common in developing countries due to poor regulatory controls. The ai...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i44B32649
Background: India is the diabetic capital of the world, with a maximum number of diabetic patients. There is a large burden of undetected diabetic cases in the community. There is an increasing risk of diabetes in urban slums and rural areas, because of illiteracy, lack of awaren...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i44B32652
The present study aims to explore the prevalence of genotype 3a under hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among all the provinces of Pakistan. It is alarming to note that Pakistan stands in the second position for having a large number of cases of HCV every year. Six major genotyp...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i44A32628
Background: Pollutants are released into the atmosphere by gas flaring, and these cause a range of health problems, including heart disease and respiratory disorders. This article assesses the opinion and perception of the community regarding association between gas flaring and p...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2021/v16i330291
Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani, Premalatha Paulsamy, Selvarani Panneerselvam, Zainah Alshahrani, H. Z. Alshahrani Fahad & Krishnaraju Venkatesan·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2021
As adolescence is a transitional stage in which a person's physical and psychological development and transformation are limited to the time between puberty and legal adulthood. It is commonly associated with the onset of a variety of mental health or adjustment problems. This st...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i44A32589
Sylvia E. EGBOM, Margaret OGIDI, Florence O. Nduka & Sidney O. NZEAKO·Asian Journal of Biology·2021
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of malaria and how demographic factors influence malaria parasite transmission among persons attending primary health care facilities in Oyigbo LGA, Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria. Methodology: Intra-venous blood samples were obtained from 1...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2021/v12i430171
Background: Intestinal parasitic infection is a global health problem particularly in the developing countries with different prevalence rates in different regions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in different age groups in t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1230504
To assess the prevalence and risk factors which contribute to anemia among adolescent girls in selected Introduction: ‘Anemia is a disease in which, because of one or more vital nutrient deficiencies, the blood hemoglobin content is lower than average, irrespective of the cause o...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i43B32547
Ali Mohammed A. Alahmari, Abdullah Hassan F. Alsuayri, Hdinan Mohammed J. Alsadi, Basem Khaled G. Alshahrani, Fahad Mohammed Abdullah Alyahya, Saud Kashem Al Saadi, Ayman Dhaifallah A. Alamri, Hezam Shalan alshahrani, Faris Theyab M. Alamri, Mohammed Ayed M. alshahrani, Amal Abdullah Albalawi & Muna Faisal Alnaim·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2021
The study aims to summarize the updated evidence regards, epidemiology, causes, clinical manifestations, and management of paralytic ileus. Lower abdominal surgical procedure, particularly big open cuts and increased bowel operations, is linked with an increased hazard of bowel o...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i42B32425
Aims: The aims of the study to estimate the prevalence of obesity and overweight among females’ students to adopt strategies to combat these problems and decrease their risk. Study design: A cross-sectional study design. Methodology: It was conducted among 129 participants at Um...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i42B32429
Helicobacter pylori infection occurs worldwide, though the burden differs greatly between countries and within populations. Studies have shown that Helicobacter pylori infection is higher in developing countries, including Nigeria and among populations of low socio-economic statu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2021/v7i430190
Smoking is common among youths due to the increasing pace of modernization. It is also a major public health problem worldwide, causing preventable deaths and giving socio-economic burdens to society. Despite strict surveillance and the Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan, Bhutanese yo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2021/v20i230480
Background: Though very common, CAN is a least understood complication of diabetes which is often under diagnosed. In diabetes mellitus patients, CAN leads to silent myocardial infarction and sudden death. So by identifying CAN early, which is asymptomatic will help to delay or a...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i41A32334