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Factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and perceptions of risk factors among reproductive age women in Soba LGA, Kaduna State 2013

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: maternal mortality defined as deaths due to complications of pregnancy or childbirth remains a public health concern. Although statistics show a decline in maternal mortality ratio from 380 deaths to 210 deaths per 100,000 live births ...
Aishatu Abubakar Sadiq   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Private sector initiatives to tackle the burden of COVID-19: experiences from the Nigerian frontline

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
Across Africa, there is some evidence of COVID-19 private sector activities to tackle COVID-19 which include the development of rapid diagnostic kits, deployment of e-health platforms for bespoke health workforce training, disease surveillance, reporting,
Akaninyene Otu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-clinical isolates as potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a growing problem worldwide. This type resistance often arises due to the sequential acquisition of drug resistance determinants and subsequent clonal spread.
Kome Otokunefor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Typhoidal Salmonella Infections and Associated Risk factors in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020
Introduction: Salmonella species Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi, types A, B, and C are the causative agents of enteric fever. This disease continues to pose a severe threat to public health, especially in developing countries.
Justina Omotola   +2 more
doaj  

Pragmatics of musical rhetoric in the post-2015 elections in Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2019
In linguistics, most studies on rhetoric are approached from the perspective of persuasive ideologies of social actors such as community, religious, and political leaders with a concentration on their speeches and the impacts of the speeches on their ...
Ayodele James Akinola
doaj   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary pattern and nutritional status of female adolescents in Amai Secondary School, Delta State, Nigeria

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
INTRODUCTION: There is an existing variability in eating patterns between adolescents and children. Consequently, with the adoption of westernised way of life, this translates to a change in eating habits and food choices.
Otovwe Agofure   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2003
Some natural resources -- oil and minerals in particular -- exert a negative and nonlinear impact on growth via their deleterious impact on institutional quality. We show this result to be very robust.
Xavier Sala-i-Martin, A. Subramanian
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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