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The Impact of COVID-19 in Nigeria: Strategic Planning to Mitigate Its Effects on Very Young Children
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Adelakun, Olasumbo; Polka, Walter – Educational Planning, 2021
The authors of this article identify the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and propose the use of a classic strategic planning paradigm to mitigate its spread until it may be completely arrested. Vaccines have been developed to combat the disease which current evidence suggests is spread by respiratory droplets among people who are in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
In Remembrance There Is Prevention: A Brief Review of Four Historical Failures to Protect Human Subjects
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Nelson, Cameron R. – Journal of Research Administration, 2012
This year the world commemorates the beginning of the tragic USPHS syphilis experiments that occurred in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1932 to 1972. In light of this sobering anniversary, this article will briefly examine four studies: the already mentioned USPHS syphilis studies in Tuskegee, the Nazi Holocaust Experiments and the resulting Doctors'…
Descriptors: Ethics, Medical Research, History, Informed Consent
ICTs and Indigenous Languages as Agents for the Actualization of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria
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Olise, Festus Prosper – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2013
This paper advocates for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and indigenous languages for the actualization of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria because both tools are capable of transforming the rural and urban populace. It explores the MDGs so as to unravel the ways ICTs and indigenous languages can…
Descriptors: Information Technology, African Languages, Foreign Countries, Economic Development
Neonatal Klebsiella Septicaemia in Ibadan: Implications for Neonatal Care in Developing Countries.
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Omokhodion, S. I.; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
The antecedent events, clinical features, prevalence, and complications of neonatal Klebsiella septicaemia in 73 infants admitted to a special care baby unit in Nigeria are retrospectively reviewed and compared with those of 72 infants who had no risk factors for sepsis admitted to the same unit during the same period. A nosocomial acquisition of…
Descriptors: Bacteria, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Developing Nations
What Do Expectant Mothers Know about Neonatal Jaundice?
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Ogunfowora, Olusoga B.; Adefuye, Peter O.; Fetuga, Musili B. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2006
Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is a common disorder worldwide and many affected babies become brain-damaged due to delay in seeking medical consultation. In order to assess the awareness and knowledge of expectant mothers about NNJ, women who registered for antenatal care at a tertiary health facility in the South-western part of Nigeria were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Knowledge Level, Neonates, Child Health
Health Promotion Intervention for Hygienic Disposal of Children's Faeces in a Rural Area of Nigeria
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Jinadu, M. K.; Adegbenro, C. A.; Esmai, A. O.; Ojo, A. A.; Oyeleye, B. A. – Health Education Journal, 2007
Objective: Community-based health promotion intervention for improving unhygienic disposal of children's faeces was conducted in a rural area of Nigeria. Setting: The study was conducted in Ife South Local Government area of Osun State, Nigeria. Design: The study was conducted in 10 randomly selected rural villages: five control and five active.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Community Leaders, Intervention, Health Promotion