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Item Measles in a Tertiary Institution in Bida, Niger state, Nigeria- Prevalence, Immunization Status and Mortality Pattern.(Oman Medical Specialty Board, Oman, 2011) Adeboye, M. A. N.; Adesiyun, O. O.; Adegboye, O. A.; Eze, E. C.; Abubakar, U.; Ahmed, G.; Abdullahi, U.; Solomon, A.; Rotimi, B. F.Objectives: Measles is a highly infectious immunizable disease with potential for eradication but is still responsible for high mortality among children, particularly in developing nations like Nigeria. This study aims to determine the hospital based prevalence of measles, describe the vaccination status of children managed for measles at the Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger state and to identify the parental disposition to measles vaccination. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out over a period of 18 months beginning from July 2007. All children with a diagnosis of measles made clinically and reinforced with serological test in the WHO Measles, Rubella and Yellow Fever laboratory in Maitama District Hospital, Abuja were recruited. Informed consent was obtained from the parents/care givers. Structured questionnaire was used to obtain information and data analysis was by SPSS version 15. Results: One hundred and nine children were managed for measles, constituting 8% of total admission over the study period. The male to female ratio was 1.2:1. Of the 109 children with measles, 90 (82%) did not receive measles vaccination. Eighty-eight (80%) of the parents or guardian felt vaccination was bad for various reasons. Of the 23 (21.1%) children whose parents or guardians were positively disposed to vaccination, one death was recorded while the remaining seven deaths were recorded among children whose parents were negatively disposed to vaccination. All the deaths were in the non-vaccinated group below 2 years of age. Conclusion: Measles is still a major health burden in our community. The majority of affected children were not vaccinated due to negative parental disposition. Continuous health education is required for change the disposition of the parents/guardian and improve vaccination coverage to minimize measles associated morbidity and mortality.Item Successful outcome of an abandoned baby infested with maggots(Injury Prevention. Published by BMJ Publishing Group Limited, 2010) Adesiyun, O. O.; Adeboye, M.A.N; Saka, A.O; Abdulkadiri, M.B.A; Mokolu, O.SItem Successful outcome of an abandoned baby infested with maggots Injury Prevention.(Published by BMJ Publishing Group Limited, 2010) Adesiyun, O. O.; Adeboye, M. A. N.; Saka, A. O. .; Abdulkadir, M.B; Mokuolu, O.SItem Unusual occurrence of congenital hypothyroidism in a set of same sex triplets: challenges of diagnosis in a resource poor setting(2015-12) Abdulkadir, M. B.; Obasa, T. O.; Ogunkanbi, S. O.; Adeboye, M. A. N.; Adesiyun, O. O.; Makuolu, O. A.Congenital hypothyroidism is the most common endocrinological disorder in children. Genetic and intrauterine factors have been implicated in its aetiology. The aim of this study was to describe an unusual occurrence of congenital hypothyroidism in a set of same sex triplets and challenges associated with the diagnosis. This is a review of a set of female triplets delivered at 34 weeks gestational age and noticed to have reduced activity, hypotonia and poor suck. On testing for thyroid hormones the patients were found to be hypothyroid. However this diagnosis was delayed until the 6th week of life as a result of difficulties in running the test. The subjects of the study were placed on thyroxine supplementation and have been doing well. Congenital hypothyroidism can occur in multiple order pregnancies and clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for its occurrence.