PURPOSE To determine the incidence of heart failure during pregnancy and incriminated cardiac lesions, as well as maternal and fetal outcomes in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital (LTH), Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria. METHODS This study was a retrospective, descriptive review of all cases of heart failure during pregnancy based on data retrieved from the medical records of...

Echinococcosis is a public health parasitic disease that is cosmopolitan (Echinococcus granulosus) in its distribution. Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) have been recognised as the definitive host of the parasite. The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of canine echinococcosis in Southwest Nigeria using direct enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect sera antig...

BACKGROUND In Nigeria, a system of measles case-based surveillance with laboratory confirmation of suspected cases was introduced in 2005 as one of the strategies for the control of measles morbidity and mortality. In this report, we provide an epidemiological distribution of confirmed cases of measles reported from the southwest of the country between 2007 and 2012, and predict the expected nu...

BACKGROUND Availability of antiretroviral therapies has transformed AIDS into a manageable chronic condition and improved well-being among people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) in developed countries. In developing countries however, such transformations are yet to occur due to socio-economic, systemic and environmental constraint. This study examined the impact of social, economic, psychological a...

The types of bacterial species present in the blood of HIV-1 positive individuals attending the Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) clinic of a Federal Medical Centre in Southwest Nigeria was evaluated in relation to the patients’ CD4 profile. Blood samples were collected from the antecubital regions of five hundred (500) confirmed HIV Patients attending the ART clinic. The collected samples were subj...

This paper analyzed multidimensional energy poverty in Nigeria at national and zonal levels using the 2009-10 National Living Standard Survey data. The study adopted the Nussbaumer, et al, (2011) methodology. National level results showed that 95 percent of Nigerians suffered energy poverty, deprived of 74 percent of the weighted indicators and had an MEPI of 70 percent. Energy poverty was foun...

municipal solid waste management (mswm) has become the greatest problem facing many urban and semi-urban areas in nigeria, although to varying degrees. this study suggests the various steps and approaches to combat the menace in akure in the southwest zone of nigeria. such approaches include creation of special agencies for the collection, recycling and conversion of municipal solid waste (msw)...

BACKGROUND Non-adherence to prescribed medication and health regimen has been identified as responsible for poor health outcomes. This study investigates the reasons for medication non-adherence in outpatient setting among malaria patients in Nigeria. METHODS This research adopted quantitative research methods. A well-structured questionnaire was completed by 440 respondents with minimum age ...

This study evaluated university students’ perception of lecturers’ effectiveness in Southwest, Nigeria. The convergent parallel mixed methods research design was employed. All third and fourth-year students public universities Southwest Nigeria constituted the population; with a sample one-thousand fifty (1,050: 388 males 662 females). An adapted instrument tagged ‘Students’ Perception Lecturer...

Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) has become the greatest problem facing many urban and semi-urban areas in Nigeria, although to varying degrees. This study suggests the various steps and approaches to combat the menace in Akure in the southwest zone of Nigeria. Such approaches include creation of special agencies for the collection, recycling and conversion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)...