Adewole, Adekanmi and Babailo, Yetunde (2019) KNOWLEDGE AND TREATMENT SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF PEOPLE IN NIGERIA-BENIN BOARDER COMMUNITY OF OJA- ODAN,YEWA NORTH LG, NIGERIA. In: 1st National Conference of WITED, Ilaro Chapter, August 13-16, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
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Abstract
The scourge of malaria infection in Africa remains despite all effort to combat the disease. The research investigated the knowledge and treatment practices in a boarder community of Oja-odan, Ogun state, Nigeria. It employed a cluster sampling method to recruit respondents that are 300 in numbers. Findings indicated that the knowledge about malaria among the populace was at average of 151(50.3%), while 111(37.0%) are of the opinion that stagnant water is the breeding site for mosquito, 50% of the respondents are of the opinion that the highest transmission period is rainy season. While the majority of them preferred purchasing of the drugs from Pharmacy, Artemisinin combination therapy (ACTs) is the most preferred antimalarial drug(130, 65%). Majority of them have dual citizenship of Nigeria and Benin republic. While the respondents claimed to be listening to radio stations of both countries as a result of proximity, this does not in any way affects their opinion about treatment or the choice of antimalarial drugs. The reason for this could be as results of both countries have the same treatment regiments for malaria. While the efforts in educating populace on common cause and treatment of malaria is yielding fruits, government and other stakeholders must make the drugs for the treatment of malaria lie majorly in the hands of professionals in government hospitals.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2020 11:44 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2020 11:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1013 |
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