Postnatal Depression (PND) is a major mood disorder associated with childbirth. In Nigeria, its prevalence ranges from 15% to 23%. Previous studies on PND in Nigeria have largely focused preponderance and the biomedical explanation regarding occurrence. Little attention has been given socioeconomic cultural factors linked This study examined some of these their implications for healthcare seeki...

BACKGROUND Malaria accounts for about 60% of all clinic attendance in Nigeria. About 300,000 children die of malaria annually while an estimated 4,500 pregnant women are lost annually on account of malaria in Nigeria alone. High cost of treatment is a barrier to the uptake of health services in low resource settings, therefore an exploration of the cost of malaria management will reveal possibl...

Aim: Vertical transmission of Hepatitis C virus, often enhanced in the presence of HIV co-infection, results in unidentified perinatally infected children who present in adulthood with long-term complications of chronic liver disease. This study was set out to determine the prevalence of chronic HCV infection, co-infection with HIV and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nig...

OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to search for cases of undetected hypertension in young adult male and non-pregnant female patients (18 - 44years) attending a catholic mission hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria so as to provide evidence for routine blood pressure checks in this age group. It also sought to determine risk factors present in those found to be hypertensive and to detect complicatio...

The World Health Organization had recommended the integration of traditional and modern medicine. However traditional medicine as well as traditional bone-setting had received poor recognition in Nigeria. This notwithstanding traditional bone-setters still enjoys patronage from the populace in Ibadan and the practitioners abound in almost every part of the country. This study focused on the cau...

Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the most common viral cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in infants and young children however, without an effective vaccine licensed for human use till date. Information on the circulating genotypes of HRSV from regions with high-burden of infection is vital in the global efforts towards the development of protective vaccine. W...

2013;26(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Ogunkunle MO, BSc, MSc, Assistant Lecturer Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Oludele AS, BSc, Lecturer Department of Home Economics, Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun, Nigeria Correspondence to: Ogunkunle Morenike, e-mail: [email protected]

Correspondence A. Sowunmi Department of Clinical Pharmacology University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +234-2-2411843 Tel: 234-2 2412101 AC CE PT ED Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.00077-07 AAC Accepts, published online ahead of p...

Studies based on hospital populations reported from negro communities in several countries in Africa suggest that cerebrovascular disease (CBVD) shows increasing mortality and morbidity in Africans although 2 decades ago CBVD was believed to be uncommon. We report the first study in the African to determine the incidence of stroke in an urban area, Ibadan, Nigeria.

s, arranged by last name of primary author Analysis of some nutritive and toxic elements in four species of wild edible mushrooms *Abercrombie, Troy D.(1), Riggle, Jeremy(2) 1.Eastern Oregon University, Ecology, 1325 V Ave, La Grande, OR, 97850, USA; 2.Eastern Oregon University, Chemistry Faculty, 1 University Blvd, La Grande, OR, 97850, USA Wild mushrooms have been gathered as a food source by...