ABSTRACT Maternal mortality continues to be the major cause of death among women of reproductive age in many countries and remains a serious public health issue especially in developing countries. Nigeria presently has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the developing world. Indeed, the country has been ranked as the number two... Continue Reading

                                                                            ABSTRACT Maternal mortality continues to be the major cause of death among women of reproductive age in many countries and remains a serious public health issue especially in developing countries .... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Background Maternal mortality has seen a significant decline in Ghana over last decade. Stakeholders and government continue to invest in strategic policies aimed to further decrease the ratio of maternal mortality. To achieve the desired results, interventions must be tailored toward specific factors in order to further strengthen the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The growing concern on improving reproductive health at the global level has created a demand for research especially in the area of maternal health. Maternal health, which is the physical well being of a woman... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The growing concern on improving reproductive health at the global level  has created a demand for  research  especially in the area of maternal health. Maternal health, which is the physical well being of a... Continue Reading

Determinants of maternal mortality in General hospital Calabar, Cross River State. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The growing concern on improving reproductive health at the global level  has created a demand for  research  especially in the area of maternal health. Maternal health, which is the physical well being of a... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT   Maternal mortality has remained high worldwide, especially in developing countries including Nigeria where over 90% of maternal deaths are essentially preventable. The target of MDG 5 is to reduce maternal deaths at least75% by the end of 2015. The study sought to establish the maternal mortality ratio, trend and causes of maternal... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Skilled care during pregnancy, child delivery, and immediately after the delivery isimportant because itsaves lives of millions of women and newborns and prevent serious and hard to predict complications during pregnancy, delivery or immediately after delivery. Life Saving Skills (LSS) has been in practice by nurses, since 1992, to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Maternal and child mortality are not new concepts in the social and medical sciences. They both pose serious threats to human survival especially in the future generations. It is a saying, that the future of any society depends on the health condition of the women and the young... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Maternal mortality has been describe as the death of women while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy. Kutungare village under Igabi Local Government Area is not an exemption to the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Among the most severe public health problems worldwide is malaria. In many developing countries, especially those in the sub Saharan region, malaria is a leading cause of mortality. Malaria is a febrile illness characterized by fever and... Continue Reading

MALARIA AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IN NIGERIA (1980-2014): AN ECONOMETRIC ASSESSMENT ABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine the relationship between malaria and maternal mortality in Nigeria for the period 1980-2014. The data used for this study were obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. The study employed Error... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study was carried out in Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality. The purpose of this study was to identify factors which influence mother’s choice of delivery site. The respondents were mothers between the ages of 15-49 years with sane minds. There were 100 mothers in the quantitative data. The research showed that among the women that had... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  Zimbabwe has a fairly developed maternal-care delivery system that is served by public and private hospitals at district, provincial and national level. The public health-care system is the largest provider of maternal-care services and caters for the majority of the population but this is done in a resource-restricted context, typical... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The present study examined the relationship between entrepreneurship education programme of universities in Benue State and job creation, career intention, self productivity and poverty alleviation of undergraduate students. Four research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The correlational research design was adopted for... Continue Reading

The issue of Gender based violence or GBV as it is also called is a topic not to be discussed in a rush as it has to do strictly with the violation(s) of weaker humans. GBV is an issue of global concern, but it is more pronounced in African countries where there is a prevalence of a patriarchy, poverty, terrorism, human right abuses, inequality,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0     Introduction Historically, Borno State, which was founded in 1976, initially comprised the present Borno and Yobe State. Prior to the advent of insurgency, it has been a relatively peaceful, multicultural and dynamic State in Nigeria. The State is fortunate to... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The hostility of community member towards immunization has been a concern to the health workers and this has been attributed to their cultural belief. The objective of this study is therefore to examine cultural beliefs and immunization of children. 120 questionnaire were administered were designed for three categories of respondents who... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1       Background of the study Insurgencies has been as old as civilization but became most prominent after the September 11 2001 bombings of the United States by Al-Qaeda. The bombings were carried out on world trade centre which has... Continue Reading

ABSRACT This study examined the activities of the CJTF in suppressing counter terrorism in Maiduguri (MMC), Borno State, Nigeria. The different security challenges across the nations, most especially in the African Continents have necessitated for emergence and creation of different vigilante groups (Civilian JTF ) outfits form different parts of... Continue Reading