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Background: An understanding of the febrile illness experience of Nigerian nomadic Fulani is nece... more Background: An understanding of the febrile illness experience of Nigerian nomadic Fulani is necessary for developing an appropriate strategy for extending malaria intervention services to them. An exploratory study of their malaria illness experience was carried out in Northern Nigeria preparatory to promoting malaria intervention among them. Methods: Ethnographic tools including interviews, group discussions, informal conversations and living-in-camp observations were used for collecting information on local knowledge, perceived cause, severity and health seeking behaviour of nomadic Fulani in their dry season camps at the Gongola-Benue valley in Northeastern Nigeria. Results: Nomadic Fulani regarded pabboje (a type of “fever ” that is distinct from other fevers because it “comes today, goes tomorrow, returns the next”) as their commonest health problem. Pabboje is associated with early rains, ripening corn and brightly coloured flora. Pabboje is inherent in all nomadic Fulani for...
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Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2020
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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2012
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International Health, 2012
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Nigerian Journal of Parasitology, 2008
The renewal of malaria and filarial parasite control efforts has led to re-invigoration in malari... more The renewal of malaria and filarial parasite control efforts has led to re-invigoration in malaria and vector research involving laboratory rearing of mosquitoes, particularly Culex and Anopheles species. Too often, researchers spend valuable time estimating the egg density in culicine rafts and despite dwindling research budgets, a lot of funds are committed to the feeding of mosquitoes in the laboratory with traditional feeds. A study was carried out to estimate the population parameters of culicine egg rafts and the food preferences of immature feeding stages and adult Culex species kept in an outdoor-cage in Yola, Nigeria. The mean eggs per raft varied from 148 for Culex in captivity to 227.6 for those in the wild. The difference between egg rafts in the wild and those laid in the laboratory are therefore not similar in density but can be estimated to be about 150 eggs. Larvae fed on yeast have twice as much chance for survival as those fed on crayfish. However there were no observable differences in adult preference for table sugar and sucrose solutions. The adult female and male fed on the feed that was available and fed equally on both feeds when kept together. Investigators requiring the rearing of mosquitoes will find the results from this study useful for estimating the number of eggs in a culicine egg raft, making a decision on larvae food preference and using the easily available table sugar instead of the more expensive sucrose in adult rearing. Keywords :mosquito eggs, mosquito larvae, culicine mosquito, egg raft density. Nigerian Journal of Parasitology Vol. 28 (2) 2007: pp.131-134
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Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2020
The Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria introduced incentives such as sachets milk powder to incr... more The Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria introduced incentives such as sachets milk powder to increase demand for oral polio vaccine (OPV). This study assessed whether the milk encourages the use of breast milk substitutes thereby dis-incentivising exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in children during the first six months of life. A cross sectional design with mixed method was used for collecting quantitative and qualitative data in Borno and Kaduna states. Questionnaire was administered to 808 caregivers. There were focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and observations of an ongoing OPV+ intervention campaign. Quantitative and qualitative data were analysed using STATA 10 and MAXQDA, respectively. Milk was an infrequent component of the incentive package and accounting for only 4.6 and 1.5% in the 3 most recent immunisation campaigns. The high EBF awareness (82.4%) was associated with the demand creation campaign which the health service providers used to reinforce EBF messages. Breastfeeding decisions were mainly influenced by family and group norms and not by the sachet of milk powder that was given during the OPV+. There were no indications of inappropriate promotion of foods or any of the incentives. The inclusion of sachet milk in OPV+ kit did not compromise EBF but further enhanced it since the same service providers were responsible for all health interventions in the local government. Using milk powder and other incentives are effective for increasing participation and compliance with uptake of OPV in both states.
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Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2020
The Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria introduced incentives such as sachets milk powder to incr... more The Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria introduced incentives such as sachets milk powder to increase demand for oral polio vaccine (OPV). This study assessed whether the milk encourages the use of breast milk substitutes thereby dis-incentivising exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in children during the first six months of life. A cross sectional design with mixed method was used for collecting quantitative and qualitative data in Borno and Kaduna states. Questionnaire was administered to 808 caregivers. There were focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and observations of an ongoing OPV+ intervention campaign. Quantitative and qualitative data were analysed using STATA 10 and MAXQDA, respectively. Milk was an infrequent component of the incentive package and accounting for only 4.6 and 1.5% in the 3 most recent immunisation campaigns. The high EBF awareness (82.4%) was associated with the demand creation campaign which the health service providers used to reinforce EBF messages. Breastfeeding decisions were mainly influenced by family and group norms and not by the sachet of milk powder that was given during the OPV+. There were no indications of inappropriate promotion of foods or any of the incentives. The inclusion of sachet milk in OPV+ kit did not compromise EBF but further enhanced it since the same service providers were responsible for all health interventions in the local government. Using milk powder and other incentives are effective for increasing participation and compliance with uptake of OPV in both states.
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International Health, 2012
As in other public health efforts, the current promotion of insecticide-treated net (ITN) usage a... more As in other public health efforts, the current promotion of insecticide-treated net (ITN) usage and prompt treatment of malaria has left the nomadic populations behind. The hypothesis that nomads can apply the community-directed intervention (CDI) strategy for fever management in children under-5 was tested among nomadic Fulani communities in northeastern Nigeria. Twenty camps selected representatives who were trained to provide artemisinin-based combination therapy and ITNs to their members. Coverage was compared with existing practice in 20 other nomadic Fulani communities. At baseline, none of the camps had ITNs, and antimalarial usage was only 2.7% in intervention camps and 5.8% in comparison camps. The nomads redesigned the negotiated intervention delivery approach to suit their culture. Within 12 months antimalarial usage and appropriate management of malaria in children under-5 reached 88.0% and 81.7%, respectively, and within 24 months they reached 87.9% and 86.1%, respectively, surpassing the Roll Back Malaria target of 80% coverage by 2011. In contrast, usage was <5% in the comparison camps. ITN possession reached 66.7% and 73.2% in the first and second years, respectively, within intervention camps, but was unchanged in comparison camps. However, ITN usage remained low at 21.7% in the second year (P < 0.05). When empowered, nomads will appropriately manage malaria using the CDI approach.
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Nomadic Fulani communities manage malaria on the move, 2012
As in other public health efforts, the current promotion of insecticide-treated net (ITN) usage a... more As in other public health efforts, the current promotion of insecticide-treated net (ITN) usage and prompt treatment of malaria has left the nomadic populations behind. The hypothesis that nomads can apply the community-directed intervention (CDI) strategy for fever management in children under-5 was tested among nomadic Fulani communities in northeastern Nigeria. Twenty camps selected representatives who were trained to provide artemisinin-based combination therapy and ITNs to their members. Coverage was compared with existing practice in 20 other nomadic Fulani communities. At baseline, none of the camps had ITNs, and antimalarial usage was only 2.7% in intervention camps and 5.8% in comparison camps. The nomads redesigned the negotiated intervention delivery approach to suit their culture. Within 12 months antimalarial usage and appropriate management of malaria in children under-5 reached 88.0% and 81.7%, respectively, and within 24 months they reached 87.9% and 86.1%, respectively, surpassing the Roll Back Malaria target of 80% coverage by 2011. In contrast, usage was <5% in the comparison camps. ITN possession reached 66.7% and 73.2% in the first and second years, respectively, within intervention camps, but was unchanged in comparison camps. However, ITN usage remained low at 21.7% in the second year (P < 0.05). When empowered, nomads will appropriately manage malaria using the CDI approach.
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