Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) have a great
impacts in our society, both as an illness and as a source of discrimination. These diseases
have attracted international medical and political attention as well as large-scale funding since
it was identified in the 1980s. A six year retrospective studies was carried out in two hospitals
(The State Specialist Hospital and Don Bosco Health Centre) in Akure, Ondo State from
2009-2014. This study aims at revealing the mostly affected gender and age cohorts by these
diseases. Hospital medical data on Tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) were extracted from the medical record books of the two referral hospitals
and were added up. Eighty-eight thousand three hundred and eighty (88,380) were examined
while two thousand one hundred and forty-eight (2,148) positive cases were recorded on
HIV/AIDS, Eighty-nine thousand two hundred and seventy-seven (89,277) individuals were
examined while Six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four (6,784) positive cases were
recorded on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and Seventy- two thousand nine hundred
and ninety- two (72,992) were examined while three thousand eight hundred thirty-one
positive cases were recorded on Tuberculosis. The most affected age cohorts in HIV were the
0-5 with 17.85% while the least was the 6-19 age cohorts with 0.95%. For STIs, age 20-80
years had the highest prevalence while the least prevalence were recorded in the 0-5 age
cohorts for all the years investigated. Results from this study shows that females are mostly
infected with HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs) while the males are most
affected with tuberculosis. This study has revealed the need to put more efforts into
preventing the spread of the diseases.
