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    ONCHOCERCIASIS INTENSIVE CASE CENTRE SHAO. (A BRANCH OF UNILORIN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
    (1983-06) LAD1MEJI, AYANDA OYENIYI OMOTOSO
    The effect of Onchocerciasis is very much undesirable and unpleasant to human l i f e : It affects human in the skin, and the Rye. This then results in dyspigmentation of the skin and or partial or total blindness. There hasn't been any centre for the treatment for the said disease and so the need for a treatment centre ia necessitated with the rate at which it spreads all over the country. The disease is found along the equitorial and sub equitorial region of the world. This thesis write - up therefore gives the account of architectural design proposals of an intensive care centre proposed for onchocerciasis In this proposed centre, there are three main sections:- They are the Treatment section which is the core of the centre, the Research Section and the general Administration Section. All the procedures, steps and methods adopted in arriving at the end product i e , a functionally and aesthetically designed centre are fully and detailly dealt within the five main parts to which this write- up is sub-divided. It comprise Ten main Chapters each dealing fully with specific aspects of the centre, relating from personal contacts with proffessionals and specialists in the field, especifically to Dr. Wambebe of Pharmacy departments Or. Aguije of A.B.U. Teaching Hospital, Dr. W. 0. Gregory of NITT. Kaduna, Dr. D.L. Edungbola University of I l o r i n Teaching Hospital and Alhaji Babatunde of Basic Health Clinic Shao,) Clinical/midecal books, journals on the disease, Architectural books on Research and Hospital designs, Magazines read, up to the design stage. Though less of the personal contact was made because, there is not a specific tyre of i t s like in the country to which it can be likened and so Tor most of the technical data collection, I relied majorly on the architectural magazines, text books, journals, and other medical magazines to aquiant me with the disease in questionand the technicality involved in the operative aspect of the centre. The five parts thesis write - up is briefly highlighted below. The Introductory part is mainly on the research, and investigation so as to be able to organise a logical and accurate programme of requirements on which the design is based. Then the contacts made with interested personels and the proffesionals and s p e c i a l i t s in the field and started building upon their knowledge and views. This some part also gives what the disease i s , the treatment so far adopted, then what motivated me into designing the said centre, the purpose of designing i t . In this part, there is discussion on medical research in Nigeria i e , Historical background of medical Research in Nigeria, the present, situation of medical research in Nigeria. Then there is the record of Research already conducted on Onchocerciasis and that is s t i l l being conducted. The Sample of existing related Institutions l i k e the NITT kaduna and medical Science Building and teaching Hospitals at Hershey'. U.S.A. wherein in Hershey medical science building, there is the research section on cancer and general treatment for the community then there are teaching f a c i l i t i e s all compounded in a single semi-circular complex with the Clinical section at the front and the research and teaching f a c i l i t i e s at the background and quiet zone. The chapter that follows this deals with the centre, the concept of the centre scope and function of the centre, Operational and Organizational structure and finally in the same part is the architectural implication of the centre - the whole system set up - f l e x i b i l i t y , Rerponao to the present need, and the convention of hospital design having a clinical