OBJECTIVE Carcinoma of the cervix is still the most common gynecological malignancy among women in the developing nations. The purpose of this study is to review the pattern of carcinoma of the cervix in Zaria, Northern Nigeria. METHOD This is a retrospective study of patients seen at the Gynecologic oncology unit of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria between November 2...

BACKGROUND First childbirth in a woman's life is one of the most important events in her life. It marks a turnaround when she might have to drop roles of career building and education, for motherhood and parenthood. The timing of the commencement of these roles affects the child bearing behavior of women as they progress in their reproductive ages. Prevalent early first childbirth in Nigeria ha...

This paper surveys flood mapping and modelling in Nigeria regard to frequency impact of floods the last decade. The aim is understand patterns flooding approaches its relation current practices globally. northern part affected more by than south, so should be prioritised for management. use remote sensing data with GIS techniques most common approach Nigeria. Bayesian machine learning used, pre...

BACKGROUND Attitude and subjective well-being are important factors in mothers accepting or rejecting Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) supplemental immunization. The purpose of the study was to determine the role of mothers' attitude and subjective wellbeing on non-compliance to OPV supplemental immunization in Northern Nigeria. METHODS The study utilized a cross-sectional design to assess attitude a...

OBJECTIVE This paper reviews the 13-year evolution of the social economic activities in Northern Nigeria from a welfare-oriented to a community-centred programme for people affected by leprosy. DESIGN The review relied on the analysis of policy and strategy documents, programme guidelines and statistical and evaluation reports. RESULTS Findings revealed that the transformation among other t...

The political thought and judicial system before the advent of Islam in Northern Nigeria was based on its traditions inherited customs. After emergence land, Kings adopted Islamic Sharia’. Nevertheless, research not as developed it jurisprudence worship marriage. Perhaps, there are terrible things happening Emirates this period. Based this, aim is to explain role Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Karim al-...

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...

Immunological aspects of 40 northern Nigerian children with nephrotic syndrome of recent onset are reported. Eight our of 30 had hepatitis-associated antigen in their sera. Hypocomplementaemia was rare. Measurement of serum C3, C4, and ASOT was not of diagnostic value. Proteinuria selectivity index was poor in half of the patients, and appeared t o depend on the severity of the kidney lesion. A...

BACKGROUND Treatment of hemorrhoids in Nigeria is usually done by the traditional open method that requires hospital admission; anesthesia and is associated with high morbidity. Rubber band ligation is a suitable alternative to open hemorrhoidectomy and has the potential to reduce the need for hospital admission. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective analysis of consecutive patients pre...

cursory reading of the literature, it is obvious that women's health and social status in Northern India are relatively poor? The authors also fail to consider how recent epidemiological work may change our notions about the WHO DOSMD data. However, Susser et a! (1996) have demonstrated the possibility that acute brief psychoses may constitute a distinct diagnos tic category different from that...