background: this study was carried out in opi-agu a tropical semi-urban autonomous community comprising of three villages in enugu state, nigeria, between the months of april and june 2010. it was designed to determine the prevalence of onchocerca volvulus infection and assess the perception of the disease among the inhabitants of this community. methods: a total number of 305 individuals compr...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to explore and document perceptions and attitude associated with uptake of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy infection during pregnancy in Enugu State, Nigeria. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study in three local government areas in Enugu State to identify the people's perceptions and attitudes towards sleeping under insecticide-treated...

OBJECTIVE This was designed to provide background information for the implementation of family life and HIV/AIDS education in post primary schools in the Enugu State. METHODS A cross sectional survey of the reproductive health knowledge and practices of 412 junior secondary school pupils from 12 schools in Enugu State, Nigeria was undertaken using a uniform set of structured self-administered...

  T he study examined factors influencing the adoption of improved cassava processing technologies. Interview schedule was used to collect information from 100 rural women involved in cassava processing. The average age of the respondents was 51 years and majority (77%) had formal education. The women’s main source of information on the improved cassava processing technologies was through the W...

Africa faces a double burden of communicable and chronic non-communicable diseases which have long-term public health impact. This study is to ascertain the disease prevalence, degree, predisposing risk factors in Uvuru, Uzo-Uwani Enugu State.

BACKGROUND In view of the massive rural-to-urban migration in Nigeria, investigations on transmission of urinary schistosomiasis were carried out in urban and semi-urban communities in Nike Lake area of Enugu State, Nigeria. METHODS Urine samples of school children were tested for micro-haematuria using reagent strips followed by microscopic examination for Schistosoma haematobium eggs. Water...

BACKGROUND Anemia in pregnancy is highly prevalent among antenatal clinic attendees in Enugu, Nigeria despite the practice of routine iron supplementation in pregnancy. The major problem with iron supplementation in pregnancy is compliance, and this may be a potential driver to the persistent high prevalence of anemia in this population. OBJECTIVES To find out the compliance rate and determin...