THE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS' PERCEPTION AND SATISFACTION OF RADIOLOGY WAITING TIME IN UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL. 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Nwobi IC, Luntsi G, Ahmadu MS, Nkubli FB, Kawu HD, Dauda F, Moi AS, 1 3 Abubakar GM, Tahir MB 1 Department of Medical Radiography College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, 2 Borno State, Radiology Department University of Maiduguri Teaching Ho...

This paper examines, through interview and tape recordings the perceptions of patients with oral cancers from two Nigerian ethnic groups as regard the causes and treatment of cancer. 50% of the participants from the Yoruba ethnic group attributed the cause of cancer to ‘hands of others’ explaining that they were harmed by supernatural forces (evil spirits and ancestral spirits) while 72% of pat...

1Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 2Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 3Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria 4Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria 5Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri...

Abubakar Ahmed, Department of Radiology, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria; Idris Garba, Department of Radiology, and Ballah Akawu Denue, Mohammed Bashir Alkali, and Bukar Bakki, Department of Medicine, all at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno State, Nigeria; Holly Rawizza, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA, USA. Correspondence to...

Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. Molecular Bio/Sciences Limited, 124 MCC Road, Calabar, Nigeria. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria. Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Pluridisciplinary Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Camp...

OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence and cost effectiveness of antenatal syphilis screening at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri, Nigeria. METHODS A retrospective chart analysis of venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) results among pregnant women at the UMTH, Maiduguri, Nigeria, during a 10-year period (from 1st January 1999 to 31st December 2008) was...

AN APPRAISAL OF MALE MAMMOGRAPHY IN MAIDUGURI, NORTH EASTERN

Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria Department of Biological Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, P.M.B 71 Yenagoa, Nigeria Department of Animal Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria Chemical, Biological and Agricul...

LEUCOCYTE CHANGES IN NORMAL PREGNANCY IN MAIDUGURI NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA 09 Kanem journal of medical sciences 2009;3(1):9-12 ORIGINAL ARTICLE

INTRODUCTION Resistance to antimicrobials has become a serious global health concern complicating treatment strategies and increasing health-care costs. The extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacteria stand out as bacteria of great epidemic concern among Gram negative bacilli. Control and appropriate interventions for antimicrobial resistance depend on effective surveillance and knowled...