Incidence and treatment seeking patterns for venereal diseases in Jos metropolis.
This is a cross-sectional survey in Jos metropolis of a sample of hospitals, clinics and other types of western drug dispensing facilities reported to have been patronised by patients seen at the sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Nigeria. Its purpose was to obtain a better picture of the burden of STDs in the towns and villages in the different cultural areas of Nigeria. The results show that all the centres, from patent medicine store keepers upwards, treated STDs. A few of the non-physician manned centres denied treating STD patients. The estimated annual crude incidence rate of STDs in this town, from this study, was 6.8%, similar to the 7.4% estimated for Maiduguri town in an earlier study. Only 0.7% of the cases (compared with 0.8% in Maiduguri) were seen at the specialised STD clinic in the town. The implications of findings for the effective control of STDs in Nigeria are discussed.
Department of Community Medicine, University of Jos Teaching Hospital.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014504:Urban Health