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Abdominal Pain/etiology , Ascariasis/complications , Hookworm Infections/complications , Trichuriasis/complications , Abdominal Pain/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Ascariasis/epidemiology , Female , Hookworm Infections/epidemiology , Humans , Malaysia/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Parasite Egg Count , Trichuriasis/epidemiologyABSTRACT
According to the results there was no significant difference between the number of positive cases among the diarrhoeal and non-diarrhoeal subjects but a prevalence rate of 44.2 per cent and 20.2 per cent of Giardia lamblia among the diarrhoeal and controls respectively is significant
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Child , Diarrhea/parasitologyABSTRACT
PIP: In 1961, the Christian Council of Ghana, a national association of the Orthodox Protestant Churches, introduced family planning as a public service in Ghana. The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) was formed in March 1967; its objectives were to educate the public on the benefits of family planning and to offer family planning services. The philosophy underlying the provision of family planning in Ghana is that relevant aspects of family planning should be integrated into the ongoing activities of both government and nongovernmental organization programs. Diseases caused by parasitic agents constitute some of the important health problems in Ghana. Some of the objectives of the PPAG are: 1) to collect basic information about health, nutrition, family planning, and socioeconomic status of some selected Awutu populations through a baseline survey, 2) to improve the health and socioeconomic welfare of the population in the selected area through health and family planning education, 3) to promote better health through education of community members, and 4) to establish the prevalence rate of intestinal parasitic infestation in the Awutu District and treat the positive identified cases carrying the parasites.^ieng
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Communicable Disease Control , Health Planning , Medicine , Public Health , Africa , Africa South of the Sahara , Africa, Western , Community Participation , Delivery of Health Care , Developing Countries , Family Planning Services , Ghana , Health , Health Services , Health Services Administration , Organization and AdministrationABSTRACT
A survey of a relative prevalence of helminth parasites in pet dogs has been conducted in the Accra metropolitan area. Carcass examination revealed a high incidence of Ancylostoma caninum (58%), Toxocara canis (40%), Dipylidium caninum (24%), Spirocerca lupi (18%) and a low 2% of Taenia pisiformis. Stool examination revealed hookworm ova in approximately 39% stools, ascarid ova in 4%, tapeworm in 1.3% and Spirocerca in 0.24; a low incidence of Strongloides (0.03) and trichurid ova (0.1%) were also encountered. It appears that anthelmintic treatment of dogs is relatively ineffective and indirect transmission of hook-worm and ascarids in children may occur in Accra.
