background one of the requirements of the osun state smoke-free legislation is to ensure smoke-free enclosed and partially enclosed workplaces. this survey was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of workers in indoor bars, beer parlors and discotheques to smoke-free legislation in general and the osun state smoke-free law in particular.   methods a convenience sampling of 36 hospital...

objective: studies have identified high prevalence of depression among people living with hiv/aids, but only few studies have looked into this association in this environment. the objectives were to determine the prevalence of major depressive disorder, associated socio-demographic and psychosocial variables in people living with hiv/aids attending an out-patient clinic at the olabisi onabanjo ...

INTRODUCTION Immunization is the world's most successful and cost-effective public health intervention as it prevents over 2 million deaths annually. However, over 2 million deaths still occur yearly from Vaccine preventable diseases, the majority of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is a major contributor of global childhood deaths from VPDs. Till date, Nigeria still has wild polio vi...

A comparison of university lecturers’ perception towards consumption of genetically modifi ed foods in Nigeria and Botswana was conducted in 2007. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 100 lecturers out of 685 from fi ve faculties of agriculture in south western Nigeria and 47 from 67 in Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA). Data were collected through structured questionnaire on...

introduction: amodiaquine is a partner drug in the artemisinin-based combination therapy artesunate-amodiaquine. reports of the adverse drug reaction known as amodiaquine-associated asthenia are scarce, and this adverse reaction needs to be investigated in detail. this article presents and reviews a case of amodiaquine-associated asthenia. a literature search for the characteristics of this adv...

background: long term exposure to hazards at the work place is injurious to health and usually leads to diseased conditions. the objective of this study was to determine the occupational health problems associated with driving among the professional drivers in sagamu, ogun state, nigeria. methods: this study is a cross‑sectional study. total sample of all the consenting professional drivers in ...

In Africa, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus was first detected in northern Nigeria and later also in other regions of the country. Since then, seven other African countries have reported H5N1 infections. This study reports a comparison of full-length genomic sequences of H5N1 isolates from seven chicken farms in Nigeria and chicken and hooded vultures in Burkina Faso with earlier H5...

BACKGROUND The burden due to cancers is an emerging public health concern especially in resource-limited countries like Nigeria. The WHO estimates that cancer kills more people than tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. As people in Nigeria and other developing countries are beginning to survive infectious diseases, there is an observed epidemiologic transition to chronic diseases, such ...

Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. Molecular Bio/Sciences Limited, 124 MCC Road, Calabar, Nigeria. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria. Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Pluridisciplinary Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Camp...

U. S. B. Anyaehie, E. Nwobodo, G. Oze, U. I. Nwagha, I. Orizu, T. Okeke, and G. E. Anyanwu Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra; Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Imo State University, Owerri; and D...