Starch is non-crystalline white powder, insoluble in cold water. It can be hydrolysed into simpler molecules by either heating with an acid or a suitable enzyme. (Awan and Okaka, 1983). Starch is the major storage form of carbohydrate in sorghum and millets. It consists of amylopectin, a branched – chain polymer of glucose, and amylose, a straight chain polymer (FAO, 1992). The digestibility of the starch, which depends on hydrolysis by pancreatic enzymes, determines the a... read more

In both cities and rural area, young people and adults can be seen who have unsound minds. They wander about, sometimes begging for food or money. As they talk to themselves or to others, it can be noticed that they are mentally ill. In the neighbour hood where they live, those who now them well can trace their problems back to excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages, smoking and or use of drugs such as marijuana.

The problem of every hospital when the targeted objective is not achieved is that there is something wring either with health care givers, the patients or the general public. In order to improve the standard of health of the patients and keep them progressively fit. The reason why such lapse are present here to be sought and the remedy met in order to achieve the set objective of the hospital. This study is based on the Attitude of nurses towards Relapse prevention among psychiatric patients ... read more

Quality health is a fundamental right of all Nigerian citizens. While primary health care (PHC) centers are relatively uniformly distributed throughout local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria, the rural people tend to underuse the basic health services. This article examines some cross cutting issues in PHC and outlines strategies to enhance the utilization of health services by rural people. The responsibility for perpetuating the existing low use of PHC services should be held by PHC policy ... read more

AIDS was caused by a new infectious agents. Dulbecco et-al (1983, located small quantities of the new virus named Lymphademopalty virus (LAN) but enough to be used an antigenina blood test which showed that AIDS patients were infected with the virus. WHO, (19097), responded that the number of patients living with AIDS has escaculated, a figure of 9000 was confirmed by may 1997. In African AIDs was first responded in 1982. In Nigerian it was first responded in 1986, among commercial sex workers ... read more

doctors, team work among doctors and presence of specialist obstetricians. There were statistically significant associations between choice of institutional or non-institutional deliveries and socio-demographic/economic factors such as place of residence (urban/rural), religion, educational status, tribe, marital status, occupational level, husband’s occupational and educational levels, age and parity (p<0.05). We conclude that factors which will positively influence women to deliver in health... read more

he major limitations of the study were 1. Interviews and FGDs were held on the health facility premises. This might cause clients to have the tendency to give higher ratings for fear of victimization even though they were assured of confidentiality. 2. Interviewing caretakers of patients less than 15 years of age rather than the patients themselves might not give the true picture since their views may be different from that of the patients themselves. 3. Only one health centre and one c... read more

In Kenya, maternal mortality rate has not reduced over recent years, and may even have increased from an estimated 380/100000 live births in 1990 to 530/100000 live births in 2008 . Although a number of factors may have contributed to this, including improved identification of maternal deaths, health facility delivery remained low at 44% and 42.6% in the early 1990s and in 2008 respectively [18, 19]. Recent evidence on determinants of place of delivery in Kenyan utilising a nationally representa... read more

terviews for mothers, fathers, health givers and opinions leaders were conducted. The data were analyzed through simple statistical method and content analysis for IDI. Data revealed strong significant but inverse relationship between the socio-cultural factors and choice of health care also incongruous relationship between the pregnant woman and nursing mother‘s residence and healthcare consumption. The results amongst other things saw culture of patriarch , income ,occupation and where one r... read more

ategories must enlist the cooperation and initiative of the population as well as those of the health service providers. Hitherto, the assumption has been that the Health Ministry and other providers of health services knew the demand on their resources, upon which planning was based, by the number of people that demand services. There is at present increasing evidence, especially in the developing world, that many more who attempt to obtain such services are not getting them for a number of rea... read more

availability, financial accessibility, and acceptability of services. Whereas the poor in LMICs are consistently at a disadvantage in each of the dimensions of access and their determinants, this need not be the case. Many different approaches are shown to improve access to the poor, using targeted or universal approaches, engaging government, nongovernmental, or commercial organizations, and pursuing a wide variety of strategies to finance and organize services. Key ingredients of success inclu... read more

vailability, financial accessibility, and acceptability of services. Whereas the poor in LMICs are consistently at a disadvantage in each of the dimensions of access and their determinants, this need not be the case. Many different approaches are shown to improve access to the poor, using targeted or universal approaches, engaging government, nongovernmental, or commercial organizations, and pursuing a wide variety of strategies to finance and organize services. Key ingredients of success includ... read more

dividuals’ decision to seek care on condition of illness reporting. The major findings include: cost of care is regressive and sustainability reduces the health care utilization for any formal provider by the poorer individuals afters controlling for other factors. In other words, even among public facilities cost of care remains a barrier to utilization of these services. Second, there is no doubt that putting in place strategies aimed at increasing the income of the poor will increase their ... read more

In a study carried out in Jos, Nigeria, it was revealed that women who primarily gave formula milk complained of family pressure as their reason for breastfeeding (Sheela, Pam, Dilhatu, Edwina, Buki and Anuri, 2015). In Zaria, mothers that practiced formula feeding complained of feelings of anger and guilt as well as inadequacy for not being able to play their motherly role of breast-feeding their babies. They also complained of high cost of formula, the fear of stigmatization and social discrim... read more

ublications were identified from references cited in relevant articles and reports. We reviewed only papers published in English. No date restrictions were placed on searches. It notes that health care in Nigeria is financed through different sources including but not limited to tax revenue, out-of-pocket payments (OOPs), donor funding, and health insurance (social and community). In the face of achieving UHC, achieving successful health care financing system continues to be a challenge in Niger... read more

he aim of the research work was to investigate the impact of challenges and limitations confronting international organization in carrying out humanitarian aid in Nigeria. The primary source of data used for the purpose of this research was the questionnaires for the primary data. Which the secondary data was obtained from journals and other related articles. The method of chi-square was used for the purpose of analysis. The hypothesis to be tested was the effect of crises in carrying out humani... read more

Although many scholars have written on the prevalence of anaemia in Nigeria, it is significant to note however that micronutrient deficiencies lead to anaemia in pregnancy. Therefore this study is basically for pregnant women, expectant mothers and women who are ready for marriage. Hence the study hopefully is significant to the extent that the above specify persons should be able; to know what causes anaemia, to understand the important, benefits of enough nutrients and enhanced their nutrition... read more

This study is based on the Attitude of nurses towards Relapse prevention among psychiatric patients in Federal neuropsychiatric hospital Barnawa Kaduna. The aim and objective of this study are all directed towards bringing out lasting solutions to curtail this menace. It also intends to actively involve the management of the hospital especially on employing new and scientific approach to holistic patient care. The instruments used for data collection were from interview and Questionnaire which ... read more

The study was restricted only to the rural women in NsitIbom Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State. Since this research aimed at determining the factors affecting family planning services in rural area among women in NsitIbom Local Government of AkwaIbom State, thoughtfulness were paid to the several methods of family planningand independent variables such as educational background of rural women; culture of rural women; religion of rural women as well as economic status of rural women were ex... read more

Provision of maternal and child healthcare services to mothers seeking child welfare services in Nigeria are not significantly adequate. Utilization of maternal and child health care services among mothers seeking child welfare services in Nigeria, is not significantly influenced by location of health care facilities. Utilization of maternal and child health care services among mothers seeking child welfare services in Nigeria is not significantly influenced by their educational status. Utili... read more