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The impact of flooding on Nigeria’s sustainable development goals (SDGs)

open access: yes, 2020
Nigeria has Africa’s biggest economy and a population of over 200 million people. Nigeria faces numerous challenges as it struggles to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with flooding being the most serious with wide-reaching impacts.
A. Echendu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effect of the informal sector on sustainable development: Evidence from developing countries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy &Development, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 437-451, December 2022., 2022
Abstract This study aims to explore the impact of the informal sector on the sustainability of development. A large panel data set of 50 developing countries that spans over 2010–2019 has been utilized to this end while the informal sector is evaluated in terms of working poverty.
Nahid Sultana   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria

open access: yesmedRxiv, 2020
A novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, emerged from the Wuhan city of China at the end of 2019, causing devastating public health and socio-economic burden around the world.
E. Iboi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biomass resources and biofuels potential for the production of transportation fuels in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Solid biomass and waste are major sources of energy. They account for about 80% of total primary energy consumed in Nigeria. This paper assesses the biomass resources (agricultural, forest, urban, and other wastes) available in Nigeria and the potential ...
Ben-Iwo, Juliet   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Poliomyelitis in Nigeria

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2014
Tara Mangal and colleagues quantitatively analysed the key factors that sustain transmission of polio in Nigeria. Although poor vaccine coverage and refusal of vaccine contributes to suboptimum population immunity, their finding of low vaccine effi cacy is concerning.
Rasaq Olaosebikan   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The 2017 human monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria—Report of outbreak experience and response in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Background In September 2017, Nigeria experienced a large outbreak of human monkeypox (HMPX). In this study, we report the outbreak experience and response in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Bayelsa state, where the index case and ...
D. Ogoina   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea: addressing the needs of under-fives via culturally appropriate community – level strategy in Benue state, Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Although children below the age of five years in sub-Saharan Africa bear a high burden from malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea, few studies have reported on the influence of culturally competent care within the context of integrated community case ...
Samuel Aliyu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Nigeria: 2002–2017 – systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesNigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2020
Nigeria was ranked second highest country with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden worldwide. HIV-1 subtypes and circulating recombinant forms genetic variability affect the protease and reverse transcriptase genes which code for viral enzymes and ...
Mohammed Ibrahim Tahir   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antipsychotic prescription and polypharmacy among outpatients with schizophrenia in a Nigerian hospital

open access: yesNigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2020
Background: International guidelines recommend antipsychotic monotherapy as the ideal treatment option in pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia, though this yields modest outcomes in a third of patients.
Ihechiluru Goodnews Anozie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metagenomic sequencing at the epicenter of the Nigeria 2018 Lassa fever outbreak

open access: yesScience, 2019
Mobile detection of Lassa virus Lassa fever is a hemorrhagic viral disease endemic to West Africa. Usually, each year sees only a smattering of cases reported, but hospitalized patients risk a 15% chance of death. Responding to fears that a 10-fold surge
L. E. Kafetzopoulou   +70 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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