Central African Journal of Public Health

Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019

  • Perception and Willingness to Adopt a Child Among Women Attending the Infertility Clinic in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in South-South Nigeria

    Emmanuel Friday Osagiede, Oziegbe Pierre Okukpon, Ese Tracy Abhulimhen, Eugene Ikhide Erah, Valentine Abumere Enereba, Monday Osaro Osagiede, Victor Oyelola Moody

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
    Pages: 102-108
    Received: Oct. 08, 2018
    Accepted: Mar. 11, 2019
    Published: Apr. 02, 2019
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    Abstract: Background: Child adoption is the legal process carried out through an open statutory or customary laws of creating a parent-child relationship between persons who are not related by blood thereby making the adopted child have equal rights, privileges, and inheritance as the biological children of the adoptive parents. Aims and Objectives: To asses... Show More
  • Knowledge Gap and Poor Satisfaction as Barriers to Hand Hygiene in a Teaching Hospital in South-South Nigeria

    Agantem Emmanuel Ekuma, Olugbemi Oluseyi Motilewa, Nsini Faith Isong

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
    Pages: 109-112
    Received: Feb. 07, 2019
    Accepted: Mar. 12, 2019
    Published: Apr. 02, 2019
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    Abstract: Health care associated infection remains a global problem and hand hygiene has been identified as an effective strategy for its control. Adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers, however, is low across the world. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of hand hygiene among healthcare workers and identify reasons for... Show More
  • Influence of Some Demographic Factors on Infection of Schistosomiasis: The Case of Njombe-Penja Population, in the Littoral Region of Cameroon

    Vincent Khan Payne, Sylvain Tathio, Leonelle Megwi, Ghislain Roméo Ngangnang, Cedric Yamsi, Cindy José Ouaba Tanefo, Vanessa Rosine Nkouayep

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
    Pages: 113-119
    Received: Jan. 25, 2019
    Accepted: Mar. 21, 2019
    Published: Apr. 26, 2019
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    Abstract: Schistosomiasis remains a major public health problem within Njombe-Penja population since the very first discoveries made in the sixties. Inadequate knowledge on both urinal and intestinal prevalences as well as socio-demographic influences of this infection in the whole area are some of the crucial factors for making faded epidemiological control... Show More
  • The Use of Indigenous Medicine Among Women During Pregnancy and Labour in Rural Ghana

    Beatrice Ayelyini, Adadow Yidana, Shamsu-Deen Ziblim

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
    Pages: 120-128
    Received: Feb. 28, 2019
    Accepted: Apr. 04, 2019
    Published: May 15, 2019
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    Abstract: The increasing use of herbal medicine and related products in pregnancy has been noticed all over the world, however, the safety of these medicines becomes particularly important among pregnant women and children. In spite of the insufficient data to justify herbal use during pregnancy, exposure to herbal products in unspecified quantities among pr... Show More
  • Public Health: An Emerging Specialty Among Medical Students in Francophone Sub-Saharan African Countries

    Didier Koumavi Ekouevi, Boris Tchounga, Patrick Ahuatchi Coffie, Fifonsi Adjidossi Gbeasor-Komlanvi, Mohamed Cissé, Serge Paul Eholie

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2019
    Pages: 129-135
    Received: Mar. 18, 2019
    Accepted: Apr. 26, 2019
    Published: May 20, 2019
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    Abstract: Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries severely lack financial and human resources while bearing the heaviest burden of disease. Provision of a sufficient and competent public health workforce is a key component of health system strengthening, but only few data are available on the specialty that health professionals and medical students of francophon... Show More