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Malaria, syphilis and Hepatitis B during pregnancy are detrimental to the life of the pregnant women a nd the foetus. In this study, we documented the preval ence of the three diseases among pregnant women attending selected Comprehensive Health Care centers in Osogbo, Nigeria using serological kits of the 200 participants who consented to participate in the st udy, 26 (13%) were positive for malaria while 6 (3% ) were positive for Hepatitis B. The co-infection of malaria and Hepatitis B was found only in two participants (1%) while none of the participants wa s positive for syphilis. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of malaria and Hepatit is B in relation to age (p>0.05). All the participa nts had good knowledge that mosquitoes transmit malaria but only 29 (14.5%) claimed to be sleeping under insecticide treated bed-net, About 169 (84.5%) reli ed solely on insecticide spray of the room and 2 (1 %) did not practice any mosquito control measures. The res ults suggest the low prevalence of malaria, Hepatit is B and syphilis at the study area. However, early surv eillance and adequate public health education will be immeasurable in safe-guiding the pregnant women from the detrimental effects of these infections. |
