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Assessment Of Malaria And Typhoid Coinfection Among Individuals Attending Tela Phcc
[A CASE STUDY OF GASSOL LGA TARABA STATE]
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Research Question
What is the prevalence of malaria and typhoid fever among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba State.
What
is the rate of co-infection of malaria and typhoid in individuals
attending in Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba State using use of widal
test and blood culture methods for diagnosing typhoid?
What is the
overall prevalence between malaria and typhoid fever infections among
patients in Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba State.
Significance of the study
The
findings from this study would be useful to the following; patient,
ministries of health, hospitals, policy makers and health practitioners .
To health practitioners, the result of the study would help them in
caring adequately and planning well for patients attending the clinic
when treating them for malaria and typhoid. This study will help policy
makers to formulate relevant policies on malaria and typhoid prevention
.This study would be useful to government and parastatal by educating
them on the need to provide concerted health education intervention to
improve the attitude and knowledge of Taraba State resident regarding
poor health seeking behavior and adequate strategies for malaria and
typhoid prevention especially with the use of insecticide, treated Net,
adequate funding, etc. necessary for controlling and reducing incidence
of malaria and typhoid in the general public.
Scope of the study
The
scope of this study borders on the assessment of malaria and typhoid
co-infection among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba
State. The study will further discuss the risk factors leading to malara
and typhoid infection. The study will also examine rate of co-infection
of malaria and typhoid in individuals attending in Tela PHCC in Gassol
LGA Taraba State using use of widal test and blood culture methods for
diagnosing typhoid.
1.7 Limitation of the study
Financial
constraint– Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the
researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or
information and in the process of data collection (internet,
questionnaire and interview).
Time constraint– The researcher will
simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This
consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The broad objective of this study is to present an assessment of malaria and typhoid co-infection among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba State. Venepunture technique was used for collection of the blood samples. A total of 250 patients with clinical suspicion of malaria and typhoid fever comprising of 113 males and 137 females were examined. Giemsa stained thick and thin blood films were used to detect malaria parasites in the samples.Typhoid fever was diagnosed from each sam ... Continue reading---
