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O O Hunponu-Wusu

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PubMed1977

The need for medical statistics in the training of health personnel.

Medical statistics is essential in the training of all categories of health workers and early involvement with the subject is advocated during the training of these health personnel. Four important areas of the application of statistical methods have been defined, namely, (1) the study of specific rates, (2) evaluation of clinical trial of drugs, (3) the assessment of factors affecting health or disease, and (4) the establishment of new avenues of medical research. Using examples from the training of the undergraduate medical student, the midwife and the family planning field health worker, different aspects of medical statistics should be emphasized at different levels of learning depending on the professional or academic needs of the trainee health worker.

Community Health Workers↗
PubMed1977

Onchocerciasis in Nigeria: observations on the geographical basis of the endemicity in Lagos.

Ninety-five patients suffering from onchocerciasis in Lagos, Nigeria have been presented. The majority were young adults with no ocular complications suggesting the Rain Forest type of African onchocerciasis. Geographical distribution shows that the majority came from endemic foci outside Lagos. The case finding of five patients from Lagos State and in particular two from Lagos City suggests an endemicity of onchocerciasis in Lagos. Furthermore this observation emphasizes a need for prevalence studies of onchocerciasis in this area. The public health importance of this disease is briefly discussed.

Adolescent↗