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Alcohol outlet density and marketing in Abeokuta, Nigeria

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2023
Abstract Aim: The physical availability of alcohol is a modifiable determinant of alcohol consumption and related harm. However, Nigeria currently does not have national regulations restricting the physical availability of alcohol. The study measured alcohol outlet density and marketing in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Ogochukwu W Odeigah, Robert Patton, Pamela Trangenstein   +2 more
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Chronic rheumatic heart disease in Abeokuta, Nigeria: Data from the Abeokuta heart disease registry

Nigerian Journal of Cardiology, 2014
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major public health problem in resource-poor countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), rheumatic fever (RF)/RHD affects about 15.6 million people worldwide, with 282,000 new cases and 233,000 deaths each year.
OkechukwuS Ogah, GailD Adegbite, SundayB Udoh, ElishaI Ogbodo, Fisayo Ogah, Adetutu Adesemowo, Oluwatoyin Ogunkunle, AyodeleO Falase   +7 more
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Predictors of Rehospitalization in Patients Admitted With Heart Failure in Abeokuta, Nigeria: Data From the Abeokuta Heart Failure Registry

Journal of Cardiac Failure, 2014
We sought, for the first time, to examine the rate and predictors of hospital readmission in patients discharged after an episode of heart failure (HF) in Nigeria.This was a hospital-based, prospective, observational study that used the data from the Abeokuta HF Registry.Overall, 1.53% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.58-4.02) and 12.2% (95% CI 8.88-16 ...
Okechukwu S. Ogah, Simon Stewart, Ayodele O. Falase, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Gail D. Adegbite, Albert A. Alabi, Akinlolu A. Ajani, Julius O. Adesina, Amina Durodola, Karen Sliwa   +9 more
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The Disturbances in Abeokuta in 1918

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 1971
In 1912 Sir Frederick Lugard set out to amalgamate the Northern and Southern Nigerian Administrations. His task, as he saw it, was to standardize the country by raising each part to the level of the highest. Specifically, the North needed help in the economic and financial fields, the South in the administrative.' The South was to benefit by the ...
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Egungun Costuming in Abeokuta

African Arts, 1982
n contemporary Yoruba society in southwestern Nigeria, the judicious use of clothing is recognized as a means of building individual, family, and social group prestige. Every important social event demands that participants wear proper clothing made from the proper fabrics.
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