17 research outputs found
sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656241244976 - Supplemental material for Barriers in Cleft Service Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Practical Needs of Rural Families
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656241244976 for Barriers in Cleft Service Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Practical Needs of Rural Families by Abdurrazaq Olanrewaju Taiwo, Uta Lehmann, Vera Scott, Isah Shafi’u, Suleman Gusau Lawal, Usamatu Abdulmajid, Ramat Oyebummi Braimah, Adebayo Aremu Ibikunle, Abdullahi Bello Abubakar, Bala Mujtaba, Mike Eghosa Ogbeide, Suwaiba Labbo-Jadadi, Olufemi Ibrahim Adigun and Bruno Oludare Ile-Ogedengbe in The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal</p
sj-pdf-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656241244976 - Supplemental material for Barriers in Cleft Service Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Practical Needs of Rural Families
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656241244976 for Barriers in Cleft Service Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Practical Needs of Rural Families by Abdurrazaq Olanrewaju Taiwo, Uta Lehmann, Vera Scott, Isah Shafi’u, Suleman Gusau Lawal, Usamatu Abdulmajid, Ramat Oyebummi Braimah, Adebayo Aremu Ibikunle, Abdullahi Bello Abubakar, Bala Mujtaba, Mike Eghosa Ogbeide, Suwaiba Labbo-Jadadi, Olufemi Ibrahim Adigun and Bruno Oludare Ile-Ogedengbe in The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal</p
An African construction of colonial medicine: the Sokoto people’s perception and response to the British healthcare programmes
No full textAfter the conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate and the creation of the Sokoto Province in 1903, the British introduced a number of social programmes including healthcare services. However, the services met with a number of challenges, especially apathy by the people of the Province. This paper intends to bring a new perspective of African construction of colonial regime with a focus on healthcare programmes in Sokoto Province of northern Nigeria. Through the analysis of library sources, archival materials and oral information, the paper seeks to examine the basis for the ambivalent perception and reception of the British healthcare services by the Sokoto people. The paper argues that in spite of a number of legislative measures taken to ensure the acceptance of the services, there was community rejection of the services. As in the case of other areas in colonial Africa, suspicion and mistrust of colonial officers, Christian missions, western culture and the existence of indigenous belief systems were responsible for the questions regarding acceptability of western healthcare services. It is also observed that the current challenges of international healthcare programmes in the area, for instance, rejection of polio vaccine, is a spillover of Sokoto people’s suspicion of British healthcare programmes.
Keywords: African Construction, Colonial Medicine, Sokoto People and British Healthcare Programme
FROM COLONIAL PAST TO PRESENT: THE NEXUS OF SMALLPOX AND POLIO VACCINATION REJECTION IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
No full textThis paper presents some historical precedents that provide a critical framework for interpreting the rejection of polio vaccination in North-western Nigeria. In this paper, qualitative content analysis of written and oral data is used to explore the genealogy of the suspicion that cloud both smallpox and polio vaccinations in the area. The main objective of the paper is to provide a critical analysis of the politics of smallpox vaccination that reveals mistrust that persists to the present. The paper observed that the people’s perception of colonial medicine and mistrust of colonial officers geared their apathy to smallpox vaccination in the zone. Traditional institutions and legislation were used to ensure the acceptance of the vaccination and this increased the suspicion when people perceived the strategy as a control mechanism than a genuine attempt to improve their public health. These memories of smallpox vaccinations have a direct impact on the contemporary polio eradication campaign. People perceived polio vaccination as a continuation of the surreptitious Western agenda. The findings of the study present that perceived mistrust of the West stands to be the significant challenge for polio eradication campaigns as it did during smallpox vaccination in the colonial era
The Place of History in Health Care Service Delivery: How Useful to Nigeria’s Health Care System
No full textListen to your patient. He is telling you the diagnosis (Sir William Osler, 1848-1919) emphasizes the importance of taking good history in clinical service delivery. Abstract History is a collection of records of the past happenings and experiences. Historians ask when, where and what happened in the past and historical records answer such questions satisfactorily. A number of epidemic and endemic diseases as well as illnesses and treatments occurred in the past upon which records are kept in various medical institutions and centres for historical researches. Health care practitioners ask such questions as when, where and how a disease or illness started and what type of treatments have been given over time. Historical records and oral interactions with patients answer such questions and throw light for further health care services. History also, reviews key issues in health care developments, provide insights into the challenges confronting health care delivery, bring out past mistakes including medical errors and make a compelling case for change. This article adopted qualitative approach and analyzed the extent to which history plays vital roles in health care service delivery. It is discovered that historical records are essential assets in ensuring that health care institutions and services are run effectively and efficiently. The records support not only clinical decision-making, but also health care policy-making in general and provide the reasons for the failures and successes of the past policies and services. Finally, the article shows how useful can the use of history be, in Nigeria’s health care system. Keywords: History, Disease, Illness and Health care Service Delivery. DOI: 10.7176/HRL/51-01 Publication date: February 29th 202
Understanding Community Response to the Fight against COVID-19: Lessons for Preparedness for Future Health Emergences in Sokoto State, Northwestern Nigeria
No full textThe article examines the Sokoto people’s misconception of the COVID-19 prevention and control measures and analysis how the misconception informed the people’s response to the measures. This is to address the problem for future health emergencies in Sokoto State, and northwestern Nigeria as a whole. In conducting this research, data was qualitatively obtained through in-depth interviews with key informants and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). The FGDs and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) were conducted in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the three Senatorial Zones in Sokoto State. The participants in the FGDs and KIIs included religious and traditional leaders in the selected LGAs. The selection of participants was technically made based on their closeness and direct contact with the larger community. On the whole, 48 participants were engaged in FGDs, while 6 key informants were engaged in in-depth interviews. In all, 12 engagements were carried out; 6 FGDs and 6 KIIs. Primary data collected through direct contact with the selected participants indicate that Sokoto people like many others in northwestern states of Nigeria misconceived COVID-19 prevention and control measures as anti-Islam and Hausa culture. This religious-cum-cultural motivated misconception was the greatest challenge to the activities of all the State COVID-19 Task Forces in the region
Association of rs7903146 TCF7L2 (C/T) Gene Polymorphism and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Pakistani Population
No full textExtraction and Estimation of Protein from Ginger (Zingiber officinale) and its Interaction with Glucose Molecule
No full textAim: To evaluate the protein composition in the ginger rhizome and its interaction with glucose molecule.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria, between April 2021 and May 2021.
Methodology: Protein was extracted from the rhizome of ginger using 0.1 M phosphate buffer. The protein concentration of the sample was estimated using Biuret method while using xanthoproteic test, the presence of aromatic amino acids was ascertained. The crude protein sample was interacted with glucose using UV interaction study.
Results: The protein concentration of the sample (2 g) was found to be 1.702 mg/ml, it was identified that ginger rhizome contains aromatic amino acids. UV interaction study between the crude protein sample and glucose molecule showed an increase in absorbance at the range of 280 nm.
Conclusion: The interaction of ginger with glucose shows that it possesses a hypoglycemic effect
