Browsing by Author "Henry Olawale Sawyerr"

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    Assessment of Human Resources Core Capacity under International Health Regulations 2005 (Ihr 2005) At Ports Of Entry (Poe) In Lagos.
    (IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2018-09) Muhammad Shehu Usman; Oluwasogo A. Olalubi; Henry Olawale Sawyerr
    International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) is an international legal instrument that is binding in 196 World Health Organisation (WHO) member countries worldwide that aims to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to the international spread of disease and to cut out unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade especially in all the member states of World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. The IHR 2005 is also applied to our Country- Nigeria. The IHR (2005) is a result of the revision of its predecessor, IHR 1969 which did not adapt to the development of international trade and disease spectrum, especially the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). To lower the transmission risk of diseases at international airports, ground crossings, or ports, the IHR (2005) is designed to meet the requirements. [1-2] As a legally binding global framework, the IHR (2005) aims to prevent, protect against, control, and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease as well as avoid unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade [2] We are living in a world today that is highly mobile, interdependent, and interconnected, giving tremendous opportunities for diseases to spread rapidly. Furthermore, the public has been focusing on new health events caused by chemical, nuclear, and sudden environmental changes in the recent past [3] The countries meeting the IHR 2005 requirements need to develop a minimum particular core public health capacity and to notify the WHO of any event that is considered a public health event of international concern(PHEIC), which should be confirmed and declared by the WHO [4]. At the same time, the IHR clarifies a series of procedures that should be observed by the WHO to protect global public health safety [4]. The revised IHR focuses on public health crisis prevention, which has been expanded from certain “quarantine diseases” to any public health emergencies that may cause international repercussions. The implementation of the IHR shifts from the passive barrier of entry and exit points to the proactive risk management, aiming at early detection of any international threat before its formation and at stopping it from the very beginning [5]. To meet the IHR requirements, the countries need to develop, strengthen, and maintain core response capacities for public health risk and PHEIC and to meet the related core capacity requirements before June 15, 2012 (within 5 years after the enforcement of the revised IHR). If not, then an extension of the application to 2014 and another 2-year extension afterward for particular circumstances will be approved [6-9]. Following the „„One-health approach‟‟ of WHO for surveillance, emergency responses, prevention, management and control of infectious disease, it is imperative to assess distribution of personnel by profession at each point of entry so as to determine whether staffing is adequate or otherwise. Hence this study aims at assessing the adequacy or other wise of Human resources needed as frontline workers at PoEs for the implementation of IHR 2005.
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    Assessment of Impact of National Home Grown School Feeding Programme on The Academic Performance Of Pupils In Selected Primary Schools, Orire Local Government, Oyo State.
    (IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2020-06-12) Mubarakat Iyabode Alabede; Henry Olawale Sawyerr; Mercy Itunu Ogunruku; Adiama Babatunde Yusuf
    Background: Hunger during school may prevent children from benefiting from education. Although many countries have implemented school feeding programs, school-feeding programs are popular development assistance programs in both developed and developing countries, but have previously had few sound, empirical assessment and analyses of their effectiveness on academic performance in most developing countries like Nigeria. The study assessed the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme of primary school pupils in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was done with a view to determine its impacts on academic achievement of the pupils as well as the impact of the programme on the attendance of pupils and learning environment of the selected schools, the study also elicit the limitations of the programme in implementation. Materials and Methods: The study is a descriptive research design and obtained data through a structured questionnaire and checklist administered in 30 randomly selected schools in Orire Local Government of Oyo state. The retrieved data were analyzed using a descriptive statistics, chi-square. Results: The results showed that 10% out of the 88 students that were Poor academically before the pogramme 10.2% remained Poor, 9.1% moved to Below Average while 42% moved to Good in their academic also, out of the 30 pupils that were below average before the school feeding programme started 6.7% dropped to Poor,13.3% remained in the level of Below Average, 30% moved to Average, 23.3% improved in their academic to Good and 16.7% excellent. Also ,in the result showing the effect of the programme on attendance, 508 pupils were regular before and 93.7% f the regular ones remained regular and out of the 242% that were irregular before the programme 88.8% of them became regular. Conclusion: Generally, the research reveals that the school feeding programme has more impact on attendance than on academic achievement of pupils.
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    Spatial Assessment of Hygiene and Sanitation Facilities of Unregulated Premises in Traditional Settlement of Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Science Publishing Group, 2018-08-18) Adiama Babatunde Yusuf; Henry Olawale Sawyerr; Alabede Iyabo Mubarakat; Habeeb Modupe Lateefat; Shehu Usman Mohammmed; Yusuf Olarewaju Rauf
    Housing is one of the most important basic necessities of mankind which is known to tremendously affect human health and well-being. Water and sanitation projects are synergistic in producing health effects. The WHO estimates that 5.5% of the global disease burden is due to inadequate water and sanitation, while the duo is believed to be responsible for 88% of the 4 billion diarrheal cases, and the resultant 1.8 million deaths. This study examined the state of sanitation facilities and hygiene in traditional settlement of Ilorin community in Kwara state, Nigeria. The study was based on cross sectional descriptive design involving household head in core Ilorin metropolis. A semi-structured questionnaires and Observational checklist were distributed to three hundred and thirty (330) randomly selected household heads. The data was analyzed for descriptive and inferential at 5% level of significant. Informed consent was obtained. The mean age of respondents were 48 ± 11.77years. Majority (42.7%) of respondents occupied tenement type and 20% occupied traditional compound. Most (68.5%) of respondents had sanitation facilities but only (35.4%) were hygienic. Almost (92.1%) of respondents experienced malaria and 77.7% also reported to have experienced cholera as health hazard associated with insanitary housing. Findings from this study indicated that family size, inspection of premises in the last one month, average monthly income and level of education influenced the sanitary status among the respondents (p<0.05). The availability of sanitation facility in the study area was appreciably high 68.5% but not hygienic.