through common insults such as “you’re obviously on drugs,” or common sentiments suggesting young people that (ab)use drugs are misguided antisocials, Nigeria has a very poor, and actually harmful attitude towards substances, one which Dr Momodu believes needs urgent reframing. She recommends...
In January 2019, Nigeria released its first national drug use report, which disclosed that nearly 15 million people in the country are drug users. This publication presented a window of opportunity for geographic insights into the emerging illicit drug use (IDU) epidemic in Nigeria. Using a ...
The rate of psychotropic drug use in primary care units in Nigeria was found to be 23.6%. The older age group, female sex, those with less education, those who were either separated, divorced or widowed and patients with mental morbidity on GHQ-12 were observed to be significantly more like...
Petroleum Distilates Use In Folk Medicine In South Eastern Nigeria A survey of 592 individuals, in four local government areas in the South East of Nigeria was carried out to determine the use of petroleum distillate produ... G Arikpo,E Enene,S Okon,... - 《Internet Journal of Health》...
NigeriaThis study was a descriptive survey that focused on factors influencing students'' drug use among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District, Delta State, Nigeria. A simple ballot system was used to select the sample from junior secondary school (JSS) classes 1 and 2, ...
Sexual practices, barriers to condom use and its consistent use among long distance truck drivers in Nigeria Among the long distance truck drivers in Nigeria, a major group that transmits HIV, the use of male latex condoms is generally low and erratic. To effectiv... Sunmola,M A. - 《Ai...
LAGOS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government has disbanded 35 drug trafficking networks in northwest Kano state in recent operations, a senior official announced on Monday. The success is recorded during special operations to keep the state free from drug use as the 2019 general elections...
Nutritional and Quality Assessment of some Irrigated Wheat Genotypes in Nigeria The aim of this study is to evaluate the nutritional and end-use qualities of some advanced irrigated Nigerian grown wheat genotypes which was developed an... F Abubakar,A Zigla - 《Arid Zone Journal of Engineering ...
The Essential Medicines List and Drug and Therapeutics Committees (DTCs) are accepted initiatives to promote the rational use of medicines. However, little is known about DTC activities in Nigeria, the most populous African country. Areas covered: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was ...
BMC Health Services Research (2016) 16:684 DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1932-2 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Assessment of core drug use indicators using WHO/INRUD methodology at primary healthcare centers in Bahawalpur, Pakistan Muhammad Atif*, Muhammad Rehan Sarwar, Muhammad Azeem, Mubeen Naz, Salma ...