HEALTH

This project focuses on the implementation and analysis of a Virtual Private Server (VPS) for a Digital One Health Surveillance System. The aim of the work is to ensure a stable and reliable infrastructure that can support both the core system components and integrated AI health models without interruptions. The One Health approach requires a platform that can process data from human, animal, and environmental health sources in real time, and this can only be achieved with a server that offers improved performance, security, and scalability. In this project, a Hostinger KVM2 VPS was deployed and configured with EasyPanel, aPostgreSQL database, and both the frontend (React) and backend (Node.js) services. AI health
models were installed locally using Ollama, and a benchmarking script was developed to measure and compare the performance of different models. These tests helped verify that the upgraded VPS could run AI model inference alongside the application without system crashes or database shutdowns, which was a major limitation of the previous VPS setup.

is study assessed the knowledge and practice of safe handling and administration of chemotherapeutic drugs amongst nurses in tertiary health institution, Benin City. The study aims to evaluate the level of knowledge and practice in the safe handling and administration of chemotherapeutic drugs among nurses in a tertiary health institution; and to identify the perceived factors that support the practice of safe handling and administration of chemotherapeutic drugs among nurses in a tertiary health institution. Three research questions were raised and answered while two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significance value. The study adopted the descriptive cross-sectional design and simple random sampling method was used to select 278 nurses in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City. A well-structured questionnaire was used as instruments for data collection. The instrument was validated by the research supervisor and two other experts in the field. To ensure the reliability of the instrument, a pilot study was conducted and a reliability value greater than (>0.5) was obtained. The data collected were analysed using both descriptive (frequency, percentages, mean value) and inferential statistics (chi-square statistical test) to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significance level using International Business Machine (IBM) Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0. The result shows that majority of the respondents have fair level of knowledge of chemotherapeutic drugs and low level of practice of safe handling of chemotherapeutic drugs and that none of the sociodemographic characteristics was associated with level of knowledge of chemotherapeutic drugs

Spatial distribution of health infrastructure in Edo State using Oredo Local Government area as a case is examined. The location of healthcare facilities in the twelve wards of the local government areas is presented against the background of the pattern of population distribution. Data was obtained from both primary and secondary source. Methods of data analysis are simple ratio, percentages and averages. The Geographic Information Systems analysis was used in spatially depicting data, while coefficient of localization analysis was run with SPSS to determine the level of uniformity in distribution of health facilities with respect to
population distribution. Findings show that distribution of he alth care facilities, are not exactly uniform with respect to population distribution among the wards in Oredo Local Government Area. Perception analysis on accessibility, reveal that accessibility to health facilities is average, due to the reasons of poorly maintained accessible roads and financial affordability. The study concluded by recommending a policy of deliberate dispersal of health care services to areas of insufficiency as well locating intending new and affordable health facilities in ideal and accessible locations. It is also suggested that the Government should make provision for better transport systems, improved staffing and equipment in health care centres