https://journalijtdh.com/index.php/IJTDH/issue/feedInternational Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health2024-03-27T12:14:22+00:00International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Healthcontact@journalijtdh.comOpen Journal Systems<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health (IJTDH) (ISSN: 2278 – 1005)</strong> aims to publish high quality papers (<a href="https://journalijtdh.com/index.php/IJTDH/general-guideline-for-authors">Click here for Types of paper</a>) in the areas of tropical medicine and public health research, reports on the efficacy of new drugs and methods of treatment, prevention and control methodologies, new testing methods and equipment. This is a quality controlled, peer-reviewed, open access INTERNATIONAL journal. 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This is an independent journal.</p>https://journalijtdh.com/index.php/IJTDH/article/view/1530Assessment of Prevelance and Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Mothers with Infants Aged under Six Months in Wadajir District, Banadir Region, Somalia2024-03-22T12:16:48+00:00Madina Ali Abdirahmanmadna11@gmail.comDominic MogereAnne Aswani MusotsiAlloysius Luambo Omoto<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that include ending hunger and improving nutrition, preventing child mortality, and lowering the risk of non-communicable diseases, and promoting cognitive development and education are among the many that breastfeeding is essential to achieving including SDG 2, ending hunger and improving nutrition; SDG 3, preventing child mortality. By 2025, the World Health Organization's (WHO) global nutrition targets to increase at least 50% of infants under six months old to exclusively breastfeed (EBF).</p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To assess knowledge, determinants and measure prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants aged below six months in Wadajir district, Banadir region- Somalia.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A hospital-based cross-sectional study design was applied. Systematic sampling method was used to include mothers with infants aged less than 6 months in search of healthcare in Wadajir health center-mother and child health clinic. Study period was August to September 2023. Close ended structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was entered into SPSS, multiple analysis was used to correlate independent variables like cultural barriers, maternal barriers, policy barriers, health system barriers with dependent variable of exclusive breastfeeding.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> The study population comprised 353 mothers; about 65% were aged 25 to 35 years and 76% of them were housewives. The study established that 65% of mothers in Wadajir district who visited the health facility during study period were practicing exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months. On Knowledge, More than half (59%) of the mothers were not aware of the duration of EBF and there was a correlation between EBF and mother education level (P=0.213). there was no relationship between maternal determinants of EBF and low rates of EBF. There was statistically significant correlation (P=0.199) between EBF and the number of pregnancies. Because of having frequent and close pregnancy outweigh EBF and overall breastfeeding, and infant care.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> There is poor knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Wadajir district, Somalia. Maternal education, the number of children, the place of delivery, and the educational attainment were all found to be related to exclusive breastfeeding.</p>2024-03-22T00:00:00+00:00Copyright (c) 2024 Author(s). The licensee is the journal publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://journalijtdh.com/index.php/IJTDH/article/view/1531Knowledge and Attitude of Eye Care Workers towards Electronic Medical Records in a Tertiary Eye Facility in South-East Nigeria 2024-03-27T12:14:22+00:00Arinze Anthony OnwuegbunaUgochukwu Anthony Eze ugorexeze@gmail.comAkunne Ijeoma ApakamaEmeka Akujuobi ChianakwalamPeter Olisa Ogazi Chidiebele Malachy EzeudeBernard Chukwunonyerem OchioguAnthonia Chinyelu Udeaja <p>Electronic Medical Records (EMR) has been an integral part of patient management in the developed world but still gradually gaining popularity in the developing world. It was met with resistance by health workers in Nigeria though this is changing in the post COVID era. However, there still appears to be some resistance to its acceptance for different and sometimes justifiable reasons. The aim is to determine the knowledge and attitude towards EMR among eye health workers in a teaching hospital in South East Nigeria. This cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted among consenting consecutive eye care workers at Guinness Eye Centre, Onitsha aged≥ 18years from July to September, 2023. A pretested semi structured self-administered questionnaire was used. Information of interest were biodata, knowledge and attitude towards EMR. They were summarized into simple frequencies and percentages. Knowledge scores were grouped into good and poor using the blooms cut off for knowledge attitude and practice. Univariate and bivariate analysis were done and results represented in tables and charts with levels of significance placed at p<0.05. There was a total of 135 respondents; the mean age was 32.6 years ± 10 SD, male to female ratio of 1:1.1. The result showed good knowledge and positive attitude towards EMR (85.2% and 73.2% respectively) with younger age group, professional cadre and computer literacy found to be associated with good knowledge and positive attitude towards EMR in the population. The hospital/ clinic were the most common sources of EMR information. This study showed good knowledge and positive attitude toward EMR in the study population. It also suggested an association with younger age group, professional cadre and computer literacy.</p>2024-03-27T00:00:00+00:00Copyright (c) 2024 Author(s). The licensee is the journal publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://journalijtdh.com/index.php/IJTDH/article/view/1529Review of Abstinence Syndrome: A Comprehensive Analysis of Current Practices and Recommendations2024-03-18T12:01:03+00:00Lolla Siddhartha siddu.pharmd@gmail.comJemini Charan Nanna Saraswathi Todima Deepika Kolupula Shireesha Sunkari Rachana <p>Alcohol use disorder is frequently accompanied with the diverse and sometimes fatal consequence of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). Many patients with AUD may develop AWS during their Emergency Department stay, and AUD is one of the top causes of death worldwide. This study summarizes the etiology, epidemiology, and emergency management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Alcohol Use Disorder.The influence of AWS on the therapy of ED is highlighted, along with its temporal course. Once AWS is diagnosed, the most common therapy is still symptom- triggered benzodiazepine injection; however, patients who have significant medical or psychiatric comorbidities or are about to be discharged may not be good candidates for this approachIn these circumstances, emergency department doctors can consider employing alternative regimens based on state-of-the-art anticonvulsants or shorter barbiturate durations. For clinical practice, specific treatment procedures are described. Lastly, in addition to managing acute patients' AWS, emergency physicians also need to provide the groundwork for effective AUD therapy. A strategy for the patient with AUD's disposition is offered.</p>2024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00Copyright (c) 2024 Author(s). The licensee is the journal publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.