Background. Study examined the determinants of mortality among adult HIV patients in a rural, tertiary hospital in southeastern Nigeria, comparing mortality among various ART regimens. Methods. Retrospective cohort study of 1069 patients on ART between August 2008 and October 2013. Baseline CD4 counts, age, gender, and ART regimen were considered in this study. Kaplan-Meier method was used to e...

Onchocerciasis, or River Blindness as it is commonly called, has been found to be endemic in the Imo River basin of Imo and Abia States, all in the Southeastern part of Nigeria [1,2]. Auchinumo is a community of 16 villages situated along the Imo River basin in the Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. The people live in somewhat isolated settlements and are predominantly farmers. Am...

The palynofacies and kerogen analysis of the Upper Cretaceous units (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of the Anambra Basin, Southeastern Nigeria was carried out in the studied area. Two major palynofacies types were identified based on the abundance of particulate organic matter. The palynofacies ―A‖ is characterized by abundant phytoclasts, frequent opaqes common amorphous organic matter and carbon to...

The prevalence of intestinal helminthes among schoolchildren of both sexes in a tropical rainforest community of Southeastern Nigeria was investigated. A total of 340 children were examined during the study with 230 (75.7%) of them infected with at least one helminth parasite. Among 117 urban and 187 rural schoolchildren who participated in the study, 74 (63.3%) and 156 (83.4%) urban and rural ...

Abnormal fluoride levels in drinking water have been associated with adverse health effects. To determine the fluoride content of well waters in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria, water samples from 50 artisan wells chosen by multistage sampling procedure from the 5 zones of Enugu municipality were analyzed in duplicates for their fluoride content. The zonal mean values were 0.60, 0.70, 0.62, 0.62, a...

Purpose: To determine the pattern of antihypertensive medication prescription in a referral hospital in Nigeria and its use by patients. Methods: By method of convenience sampling, 4954 prescriptions were collected from 376 files of hypertensive patients (> 18 years) visiting a referral hospital in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria between June and July 2009, were retrospectively surveyed. Data on vi...

This study concerned a stretch of 17 km of a 94-km highway alignment in Southeastern Nigeria that has a high incidence of pavement failure arising from subgrade failure. The subgrade of this section of the roadway is composed of Ekenkpon shale, New Netim marl, and Nkporo shale. Under the Unified Soil Classification System, the shales classify as OH (organic clay) and the marl classifies as MH (...

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted amongst 550 secondary school girls in southeastern Nigeria to determine their perceptions, problems, and practices on menstruation. Majority of the students, (75.6%), were aged 15-17 years. Only 39.3% perceived menstruation to be physiological. Abdominal pain/discomfort, (66.2%), was the commonest medical problem encountered by the respondent...

Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb (Crassulaceae) a shrub mainly found in the tropical parts of Bengal and in southern African and American continents. It is locally known as Patharkuchiì and for long has been used in ayurvedic medicine. It has been reported for its hepatoprotective, neuropharmacological, antimutagenic, antihistaminic, antibacterial, antinociceptive, antidiabetic and antiinflammatory...

In the wake of sustainable development, measurable indicators are needed to monitor land resources management. Aerial photograph interpretation, participatory research methods and logistic modelling were combined to establish indicators and to investigate their relationship with local land management systems. Land tenure and customary laws explained the di€erences in ®eld characteristics at Ike...