Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is now regarded as a global public health epidemic. Management of chronic kidney disease is often beyond the reach of some patients especially in resource-poor countries of sub-Saharan Africa where patients have to bear the funding. Many Nigerians do not know the functions of the kidney, the symptoms of kidney diseases and the causes of kidney failure. A...

Adepoju T. F.1*, Ukpong A. A.2 and Jimoh R. O.3 Author Affiliations 1Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University Otuoke, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria 2Chemical/Petrochemical Akwa-Ibom State University, 3Department Chemical Geological Sciences, Faculty of Natural Al-Hikmah Received: December 02, 2021 | Published: 17, Corresponding author: TF, Otueke, Nigeria. P.M.B 126, Yenagoa, DOI: ...

Immunization is aimed at the prevention of infectious diseases. In Nigeria, the National Programme on Immunization (NPI) suffers recurrent setbacks due to many factors including ethnicity and religious beliefs. Nigeria is made up of 36 states with its federal capital in Abuja. The country is divided into six geo-political zones; north central, north west, north east, south east, south west and ...

A study of the abundances of small mammals was conducted in Idu, Uruan L.G.A of Akwa Ibom State Nigeria from April to December 2013. Indirect and direct methods for the observation of small mammals were employed in the area under study. A total of 36 individuals, consisting of 3 Orders (Rodentia, Carnivora and Pholidota) and 7 families of small mammals were encountered. The most abundant was Th...

Phytochemical screening and effect of ethanolic root extract of parameters on albino rats in Akwa Ibom State was investigated. were: haemoglobin concentration (Hb.), white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), packed cell volume (PCV), platelet (PLT), haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC). of the extracts were examined intraperitoneally using albino ...

This study was carried out to determine the awareness and practice of FGC in a rural community in southern Nigeria. A cross sectional study was carried out among Ayadehe women in Itu, LGA Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria using a semi-structured interviewer administered questionnaire. Information obtained was analysed using SPSS version 17. A total of 218 respondents participated in the study. Majority,...

Floods are natural events, however, due to various anthropogenic activities coupled with climate change, flooding tends be both human-induced and events. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques can spatially process different physical-environmental parameters in flood risk assessment the present study determine extent of vulnerability among communities Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. From a...

The aim of the study was to investigate effect disruptive innovations on marketing performance online marketers in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. survey research design adopted and a structured questionnaire used collect data from respondents. Three hundred eighty four participated study. Personal were analyzed using frequency count simple percentages, while regression test hypotheses. results showed th...