EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH WORKERS IN PHC CENTERS IN ISIN LGA OF KWARA STATE ON THE CAUSES, EFFECT AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE

Haemophilus influenzae is among the most common causes of bacterial meningitis and other invasive infections in infants and young children throughout the world. Historically in the developing world, it has not been recognized as a vaccine-preventable cause of serious morbidity, long-term disability, and death. The availability of an effective vaccine against H. influenzae type b (Hib), which can virtually eliminate Hib disease, underscores the importance of determining the burden of vaccine-preventable illness caused by Hib. It also deserves recognition as a tropical illness in view of its global swathe of illness and death.1,2F. Pfeiffer in 1889 first described the “influenza bacillus” in Germany during an influenza epidemic, mistakenly reporting it as the cause of influenza. H. influenzae is part of the normal human nasopharyngeal flora and spreads by the airborne or direct contact routes from person to person. The rates of carriage of invasive type b organisms vary significantly with age and socioeconomic factors but are markedly decreased in vaccinated populations. The Hib serotype causes most invasive disease, including bacteremia, meningitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia and empyema, septic arthritis, and cellulitis. According to the study at large it could be seen that PHC health workers in Isin LGA of kwara state are having a more good knowledge about haemophilus influenza..