Many researchers have revealed that corruption is associated with adverse effects on the sustainable development of country. However, rapid increase in measures to combat globally portrays a picture losses due corruption. Corruption, especially developing countries, mainly manifests public procurement sectors large amount money involved. The emergence covid-19 has also amplified cases medical s...

INTRODUCTION Social support can facilitate compliance or adherence to recommended treatment regimens, especially for chronic disease management. There is little data from Africa on the role of social support in the management of chronic disease. OBJECTIVE The current study investigated the relationship between social support for treatment compliance among hypertensive subjects in a poor urban...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis remains a global public health problem. In 2011, tuberculosis incidence was 133 per 100,000 in Nigeria. In Nigeria, little is known about the factors associated with tuberculosis, especially in the northern part and only few studies have characterized the Mycobacterium species that cause tuberculosis infection in humans. This study determined factors associated with tu...

Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis, three World Health Organization (WHO) regions (Americas, European, and Western Pacific) have been certified polio-free, and the number of countries with endemic polio has decreased from 125 in 1988 to six in 2003 (Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger, Nigeria, and Pakistan). During January 2003-March 2004, importations of w...

Abstract A substantial number of factors have been examined on the potentials SMEs to exploit mobile marketing devices achieve a competitive edge. However, limited scholarly investigation has focused demographic characteristics top executives and how location moderates interaction between structure SMEs’ rate technology adoption, particularly in south-west Nigeria where adoption these are slow....

BACKGROUND The staphylococci are implicated in a variety of human infections; however, many clinical microbiology laboratories in Nigeria do not identify staphylococci (in particular coagulase negative staphylococci - CNS) to the species level. Moreover, data from multi-centre assessment on antibiotic resistance and epidemiology of the staphylococci are not available in Nigeria. This study inve...

PROLIFICA: a story of West African clinical and research collaborations to target hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africa J. Howell, N.G. Ladep, S. Nayagam, M. Lemoine, D.A. Garside, M.M.E. Crossey, E. Okeke, R. Njie, M.M. Ka, M. Taal, M.R. Thursz and S.D. Taylor-Robinson From the Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus, South Wharf Road, London W2 ...

OBJECTIVE To present our recent experience in the management of penile fracture. PATIENTS AND METHODS We present 21 cases of penile fracture managed at the two Federal-owned tertiary hospitals in two neighbouring states in south-west Nigeria between 2001 and 2011. The diagnosis was based mainly on a clinical evaluation. The treatment was surgical in patients who presented within 2 weeks of th...

Introduction: The Proliferation of small arms in the West African sub-region and the activities of insurgent groups and rustlers have caused renewed interest in Gunshot injuries. We aim to document the trend and outcome of such injuries in our sub-region. Methods: It was a prospective study of cases of gunshot injuries admitted at the University Teaching hospital over a period of 18 months. Par...

The purpose of this study was to find out, the types, causes of conflict and management techniques of resolving conflicts by university administrators. It was a descriptive research design of the survey type which aimed at eliciting information from the university administrators. The administrators include the ViceChancellors, Deputy Vice Chancellors (Academic and Administration) Registrars, Li...