OBJECTIVE To determine the sanitary conditions of vending sites as well as food handling practices of street food vendors in Benin City, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY A descriptive cross-sectional study was done using an observational checklist and researcher-administered questionnaire. 286 randomly selected vending units were surveyed, and their operators interviewed on their food handling practices....

INTRODUCTION Vaccination has caused a dramatic reduction in the threat of diseases that were once widespread and often times fatal. The efficient practice of cold chain management is therefore key to ensuring that the benefits of vaccination are sustained. The objective of this study is to assess the practice of cold chain management among health workers in primary health care facilities in Ben...

In 1953, officials of the Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) Church in Benin City, Nigeria, requested schoolgirls Benin–Edo ethnic origin at local Convent Primary School preparing for baptism to bring their fiancés school as a condition baptism. The demand presentation fiancé was first time such given young teenage girls since establishment RCM City 1923. and affected girls’ relationship with denomin...

OBJECTIVE To determine the causes and characteristics of maternal deaths in HIV-infected women. DESIGN A retrospective study of maternal deaths in a cohort of HIV-infected women. SETTING A facility-based maternal death review using case records and mortality summaries. METHODS Thirty seven maternal deaths which occurred in HIV-infected women were reviewed in a university teaching hospital...

BACKGROUND This study aimed at determining the prevalence and associated risk factors for asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and anemia among blood donors in a private medical laboratory in Benin City, Nigeria. METHODS Venous blood was collected from a total of 247 blood donors. Malaria status, ABO, Rhesus blood groups and hemoglobin concentration of all participants were determined using stan...