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Finding missing TB cases in Northern Nigeria [PDF]

Public Health Action
SETTING: Despite recent progress in TB notification rates, 6.2% of the 3.1 million ‘missing’ people with TB globally are from Nigeria. Identifying these ‘missing’ cases will improve TB control efforts in Nigeria.
S.A. Omotayo, O. Chukwuogo, C. Ogbudebe, D. Egbule, P. Opara, T. Bot, E. Chukwu, P. Nwadike, I. Gordon, C. Ezekhaigbe, A. Yakubu, B. Odume   +11 more
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The Political System in Northern Nigeria: Achievements and Challenges from Islamic Perspective [PDF]

مجلة الاجتهاد للدراسات القانونية والاقتصادية, 2022
This research aims at analyzing the political system in northern Nigeria in order to compare its system before and after the colonialism, and choose the one which is better for the development of northern Nigeria, the rights and dignity of its citizens ...
BelloTukur, Zainab Ibrahim Jalo, Ali Manzo Usman   +2 more
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The burden of drug abuse: Predictors of prescription drug abuse among women in Northern Nigeria. A systematic review

Scientific African, 2023
Introduction: The North-Eastern, North-Western, and North-Central cities in Nigeria comprise of 19 states, each with its own governor. With over 400 ethnicities in the country, Northern Nigeria is home to many ethnic groups nearly half of whom are the ...
Kipazze Madaki
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Drawing on the Collective Wisdom of the Past to Develop a Transformative, Scripture-Infused Eco-Theology for Land Use in Africa

Conspectus, 2023
How can eco-theology impact people, communities, countries, and continents? Two things are necessary. First, a thorough engagement with the beliefs, attitudes, and actions, both past and present, that make up a community’s interactions with each other ...
Katharine Norton
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Sorghum production in Nigeria: opportunities, constraints, and recommendations

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2022
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) production has considerable socio-economic values in sub-Saharan Africa for food security and to serve the increased industrial demands due to high population pressure and climate change.
Muhammad Ahmad Yahaya, Hussein Shimelis, Baloua Nebie, Chris O. Ojiewo, Gideon Danso-Abbeam   +4 more
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Awareness of health and environmental hazards of plastic bag use and available substitutes among health workers of two hospitals in a rural area of Northwest Nigeria

Environmental Disease, 2022
Objective: This study assessed health-care workers' awareness of the health and environmental hazards associated with plastic bags and available substitutes.
Adewale Olufemi Ashimi, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Abdulkadir Yusuf, Godpower Chinedu Michael   +3 more
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Rainfall variability patterns in Nigeria during the rainy season

Scientific Reports, 2023
To enhance the physical understanding of the circulation patterns associated with rainfall variations in Nigeria, we spatially decomposed rainfall during the rainy season and uncovered the asymmetric atmospheric circulation patterns driving wet and dry ...
Chibuike Chiedozie Ibebuchi, Itohan-Osa Abu   +1 more
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Factors associated with the knowledge of obstetric danger signs, and perceptions of the need for obstetric care amongst married young women in northern Nigeria

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2021
Background: Married adolescents contribute to poor maternal health indicators in many low-and middle-income countries, where restrictive social norms hinder access to, and utilisation of maternal health services.
Olugbenga Oguntunde, Jabulani Nyenwa, Farouk Yusuf, Dauda Sulaiman Dauda, Abdulsamad Salihu, Irit Sinai   +5 more
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History of Blackwater Fever in Northern Nigeria from 1900-1918 [PDF]

Journal of Research on History of Medicine, 2023
This paper examines the history of blackwater fever in northern Nigeria from 1900 to 1918, a period that coincided with the establishment of modern health services.
Unekwu Itodo
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REVIEW ON THE TECHNIQUES OF DIRECTIONAL IDENTIFICATION THROUGH THE CELESTIAL OBJECTS AMONG ANCIENT MUSLIM ASTRONOMERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Al-Hilal, 2022
This article aims to reconstruct the old science adopted by ancient Muslim astronomers at that time due to the absence of technology to guide on sea and land.
Bilyaminu Muhammad
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