Effectiveness of trained community volunteers in improving knowledge and management of childhood malaria in a rural area of Rivers State, Nigeria

CI Tobin‑West, NCT Briggs - Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2015 - ajol.info
… management of malaria in children in rural south‑west Nigeria. Malar J 2008;7:24. 16. … on
childhood malaria and treatment in urban and rural communities in Enugu, south‑east Nigeria. …

Illness-related practices for the management of childhood malaria among the Bwatiye people of north-eastern Nigeria

OB Akogun, KK John - Malaria Journal, 2005 - Springer
… In Tanzania, as in western Nigeria, studies show that mothers were unable to … childhood
malaria was carried out among the poorly-served Bwatiye ethnic group of north-eastern Nigeria, …

[PDF][PDF] Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in an urban community in south-western Nigeria

AA Adedotun, OA Morenikeji, AB Odaibo - Journal of Vector Borne …, 2010 - mrcindia.org
Malaria is endemic throughout Nigeria with perennial malaria transmission2 and is
responsible for 60% outpatient visits to health facilities, 30% childhood deaths, 25% of deaths in …

Complexity of the msp2 locus and the severity of childhood malaria, in south–western Nigeria

OK Amodu, SI Oyedeji, F Ntoumi… - Annals of Tropical …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… (1997) found an association between severe malaria and FC27, … south–western Nigeria,
alleles of the 3D7 allelic family were found to be strongly associated with uncomplicated malaria

Mothers' understanding of childhood malaria and practices in rural communities of Ise-Orun, Nigeria: implications for malaria control

AE Orimadegun, KS Ilesanmi - Journal of family medicine and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
… Regular evaluations of communities’ understanding of malaria-… for childhood malaria by
mothers in rural communities. … and practices relating to childhood malaria. We used a 10-point …

Malaria in Nigeria: a revisit

LA Salako, FO Ajayi, A Sowunmi… - Annals of Tropical …, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
… In conclusion, our study has shown continuing stability of malaria transmission in southwestern
Nigeria in both urban and rural areas, but with lower parasite rates in the urban areas. …

Caregivers's knowledge, attitude and practice on childhood malaria and treatment in urban and rural communities in Enugu, south-east Nigeria

T Oguonu, HU Okafor, HA Obu - Public health, 2005 - Elsevier
… Also of concern is the failure to acknowledge the danger of malaria to pregnant women, … ,
in western Nigeria, Fawole et al. showed poor knowledge of rural dwellers about malaria, and a …

Increasing burden of childhood severe malaria in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: implication for control

AE Orimadegun, O Fawole, JO Okereke… - Journal of Tropical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… south-west of Nigeria, area of malaria hyperendemicity. The UCH was established to serve
the people of Ibadan city and other parts of Nigeria. All children with severe malaria are first …

Prevalence and management of falciparium malaria among infants and children in Ota, Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria

GI Olasehinde, AA Ajay, SO Taiwo, BT Adekeye… - African Journal of …, 2010 - ajol.info
… referred to the laboratory for malaria diagnosis test at the … Ogun State, South West Nigeria
between April and December… Malaria remains one of the world's greatest childhood killers …

Childhood malaria: mothers\'perception and treatment-seeking behaviour in a community in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria

AP Agu, JO Nwojiji - Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health …, 2005 - ajol.info
… Unlike in other studies in Nigeria and elsewhere 16, 18 where self medication was the most
preferred first option for management of childhood malaria, this was not the case in this study…