Knowledge of disease notification among doctors in Government hospitals in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Ofili, AN; Ugwu, Esther Nkiruka; Ziregbe, A; Richards, Robert H.; Salami, Solmaz

doi:10.1016/s0033-3506(02)00021-5

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“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In addition, the distribution of cases in the local government areas was similar to the spread of the cholera outbreak in western Kenya, where 10 (48%) of 21 districts were affected in one province. 3 In this Cholera is endemic in Nigeria.…”

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“…In addition, a time lag of nine days was observed between the occurrence of the index case and the report of the outbreak to local public health authorities. A lack of knowledge by health professionals in Nigeria of the need for immediate notification of epidemic-prone diseases to public health authorities has been demonstrated in previous studies [6][7][8] as a cause of untimely reporting of the outbreak of diseases. The progressive decrease in the number of cases that were observed after the epidemic peak might have been because of the rapid response that was instituted by the local authorities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Epidemiology of an outbreak of cholera in a south-west state of Nigeria

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Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection

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Epidemiology of an outbreak of cholera in a south-west state of Nigeria

Fatiregun

Olowookere

Isere

et al. 2012

Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection

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“…A study carried out in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, showed the lack of knowledge about disease notification among the doctors [54].…”

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The epidemiology of end-stage renal disease in Nigeria: the way forward

2011

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The incidence of CKD (Chronic kidney disease) in Nigeria has been shown by various studies to range between 1.6 and 12.4%. We have shown that the burden of renal disease in Nigeria is probably significantly higher than any previous study on end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has documented, as most studies are hospital-based and fail to include the many patients who do not have access to hospital care. The increased prevalence of ESRD among blacks in the United States and South Africa compared with other races also suggests that ESRD may be more prevalent in Africa than in the United States and other developed nations. Common causes of CKD in Nigerian adults are glomerulonephritis and hypertension, while common causes in children are glomerulonephritis and posterior urethral valves. In the United States, diabetes and hypertension are the commonest causes of CKD and glomerulonephritis plays a less important role. Access to renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Nigeria is limited, and mortality rates are very high, ranging between 40 and 50%. Important steps towards improving the situation are the development of prevention programmes and increased funding to ensure increased availability of RRT. To achieve this, health policies concerning CKD must be formulated, and the lack of a renal registry makes it difficult for this to be done. There is need for the development of a functional organizational structure for the reporting of CKD in Nigeria, the Nigerian Renal Registry.

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“…6 Over time, disease out breaks in Nigeria have been attributed to health care workers especially clinicians either reporting late or not reporting at all, and this may partly be due to low awareness of their roles in the prevention and control of disease outbreaks through disease surveillance and notification activities; and ignorance of both the reporting guidelines and list of notifiable diseases and also, the lack of feedback information regarding notification. [6][7][8] These challenges appear to hinder any progress that may have been achieved in closing those IDSR critical gaps identified in 2010, because without disease information generated from the health facilities, there will be no data to collate, analyse, interpret or disseminate. As a consequence, under reporting of disease increases the risk of disease outbreaks and prevents timely public health intervention, resulting in increased morbidity, disability and mortality.…”

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confidence: 99%