Tinuade A Ogunlesi

..33-5.18) nor antenatal TT vaccination (OR = 2.41; 95% CI = 1.17-5.03). Thus, improvement on ANC, anti-tetanus immunization and ensuring hygienic deliveries are crucial for eliminating NNT in the 21st century...

..Health education is an important tool required for reducing the burden of birth asphyxia in the developing world...

..To determine the prevalence, distribution and determinants of newborn apnea in a resource-constrained setting...

..Intensive health education of families may help improve their health care-seeking behaviours for neonatal jaundice...

..Such difficulties encountered in the evaluation and management of newborns with ARF in most parts of the developing world, like Nigeria, where diagnostic and therapeutic facilities are limited are highlighted...

..It is concluded that maternal age, maternal education, and family socioeconomic status are predictors of appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviors for childhood illnesses...

..To determine health-care-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in a resource-poor setting...

..To determine predictors of acute bilirubin encephalopathy (ABE) among term infants presenting with moderate-to-severe hyperbilirubinaemia...

..Sepsis is a major contributor to newborn deaths in the developing world. The objective is to determine the prevalence of newborn sepsis, the bacterial pathogens and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the isolates...

..To determine the predictors of mortality in neonatal septicemia...

..Identification of the causes of death among low birth weight babies may facilitate interventions required to improve their survival...

..To determine the pattern and determinants of blood transfusion in a Nigerian neonatal unit...

..This report is to alert child health physicians in the developing world to the possibility of a pre-existing thiamine deficiency progressing into ataxic disorders when certain foods are ingested...

..Facilities which manage high-risk babies should frequently assess the burden of hypothermia and strive to reduce the incidence...

..Also, the need to employ information, education and communication in improving the sociocultural acceptability of this veritable infant feeding method in tropical Africa is discussed...

..To determine the current trends in the incidence and outcome of bilirubin encephalopathy among Nigerian babies...

..The mortality was 33/124 (26.6%) while 16/ 91 (17.6%) of the survivors had various neurologic sequelae...

..The injury, with surface area coverage of about 4%, involved the lower limbs. This report highlights the poor newborn resuscitation skills of traditional medical practice...

..15; 95% CI = 3.83 to 13.43; p=0.0000). It is concluded that parasitic infestations are commonly associated with childhood diarrhoea in Nigeria. Malnutrition and low socio-economic status are risk factors...

..Hypothermia is a major contributor to early neonatal deaths especially in the developing world. Factors which predispose babies to hypothermia need to be identified for intervention purposes...

..The success of breastfeeding promotion is influenced by maternal factors. Therefore, it is vital to examine the influence of basic maternal demographic factors on breastfeeding practices...

..Further and large-scale intervention studies to compare C. papaya with standard antiparasitic preparation are desirous...

..This study was undertaken to determine the indications for EBT in neonatal jaundice (NNJ) at our unit and what proportion of EBTs was possibly avoidable...

..This case is being reported to create awareness about this condition and to highlight diagnostic and therapeutic challenges...

..To clinically compare the healing of abscess wounds dressed with either crude undiluted honey or Edinburgh University solution of lime (EUSOL)...

..To compare the median weight, height and body mass index of school children with the 2000 CDC and 2007 WHO reference values...