INTRODUCTION Nigeria's population of 160 million and estimated HIV prevalence of 3.34% (2011) makes Nigeria the second highest HIV burden worldwide, with 3.2 million people living with HIV (PLHIV). In 2010, US government spent about US$456.5 million on the Nigerian epidemic. Antenatal clinic (ANC) HIV sero-prevalence sentinel survey has been conducted biennially in Nigeria since 1991 to track t...

BACKGROUND The importance of the media in the coverage of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Nigeria and its implications (negative or positive) amongst the populace cannot be overemphasized.This study was conducted to assess the role of media in the Ebola reportage and its implication in creating awareness and stopping the spread amongst the populace. METHODS The nature and extent of media coverag...

Since the 1988 launch of global poliomyelitis eradication efforts, four of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have been certified polio-free. Nigeria is one of only three countries, along with Afghanistan and Pakistan, where transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) has never been interrupted. During 2003-2013, northern Nigeria served as a reservoir for WPV reintroduction into 26 previ...

Background For the world can get rid of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by 2030, there is need for more to be done especially in the case of countries in Africa. In Nigeria, such efforts have included Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) recognized as partners in the National Response Framework. However, the extent to which these FBOs contribute to efforts to control the pandemic will depend on their capacit...

INTRODUCTION Road traffic injuries (RTIs) and attendant fatalities on Nigerian roads have been on an increasing trend over the past three decades. Mortality from RTIs in Nigeria is estimated to be 162 deaths/100,000 population. This study aims to compare and identify best prehospital trauma care practices in Nigeria and some other African countries where prehospital services operate. METHODS ...

Given that social institutions are the basis of any society, they must ideally operate in unison with functional necessities for any society to function and then flourish. The plethora of issues confronting Nigeria as a country may be traced back to weak, incompetent, and dysfunctional social institutions that have failed to alter the status quo. According to Talcott Parsons, society is analogo...

Nigeria defense strategy has since combined soft and hard diplomacy to negotiate, persuade induce both global regional allies support her counter terrorism fight. This study examined challenges of in securing external arrangement between 2007 2022. The adopted mixed research design using qualitative quantitative methods. relied heavily on secondary sources such as books, journals, articles, per...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to establish the patterns of death amongst Nigerian leaders since independence, thus providing a feasible avenue to avoid their recurrence if possible especially amongst the political elite who currently hold power. METHODS Using available unclassified authentic public information, all leaders who had ruled Nigeria since her independence on 1 October, 1960 ...

The primary factor in ecumenism has been the church's unity. World Council's Central Committee produced an agreed-upon definition of ecumenical 1951. word derives from Greek for inhabited earth, and it refers to church its efforts spread Gospel over world. As a result, is linked Christian faith's unique unity mission context entire globe. In Nigeria, some State Governments have attempted unify ...