The paper compares measures of socio-economic inequality between population groups in Ghana and Nigeria using nationally representative survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). In particular, the paper focuses attention on the politically salient north-south divide. Different dimensions of inequality such as education, employment, household wealth and child mortality as well a...

This study describes the geochemical distribution of lead (Pb) and identifies the critical factors that significantly control Pb distribution and speciation in coastal and estuarine sediments around India by using published data from the literature. Crustal sources influence the abundance of Pb in coastal sediment from the south-east and central-west coast of India. Parts of north-east, north-w...

LEUCOCYTE CHANGES IN NORMAL PREGNANCY IN MAIDUGURI NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA 09 Kanem journal of medical sciences 2009;3(1):9-12 ORIGINAL ARTICLE

BACKGROUND Stroke is a common neurologic disorder and it is the third leading cause of mortality worldwide after ischaemic heart disease and cancer.This study determined the prognosis of acute stroke in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA) South-East Nigeria. METHODOLOGY It was a retrospective, descriptive and hospital based study conducted in a tertiary health centre in Abakaliki sout...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy and treatment gap in two Urban slums in Enugu South East Nigeria. METHODS A 3 phase cross-sectional descriptive study was done to survey individuals ≥ 15 years in 2 slums in Enugu, South East Nigeria. RESULTS The prevalence of epilepsy was 6.0 (95% CI: 5.9-6.0) per 1000 (men 4.4/1000, 95% CI: 2.3-6.4, women 7.8/1000, 95% CI: ...

During the winters of 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, anomalously warm temperatures in western North America and anomalously cool temperatures in eastern North America resulted in substantial human and environmental impacts. Motivated by the impacts of these concurrent temperature extremes and the intrinsic atmospheric linkage between weather conditions in the western and eastern United States, we inv...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Rainfall in western sub-Saharan Africa is related to seasonal shifts of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone, which moves northward early in the year, retreating in the second half of the year. The objective of the present study was to determine significant relationships between onset and retreat timing and climate indices. The relationship between timing and malaria case...

A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out on indigenous flocks of sheep around Maiduguri Metropolis and Jere Borno State, North-East Nigeria from September, 2016 to March, 2017 evaluate the frequency odds occurrence Polycerate in Northern Nigeria. Gross examination a total 25, 989 different breeds, age, weight either sex implored. rated at 0.023 with an odd 1:4330.5 observed. 4 were O...

Conflicts such as the Boko Haram insurgency, herder–farmer conflicts, and armed banditry attacks are major concerns affecting livelihoods food security of households in Nigeria. In this paper, firstly, we reviewed synthesized nature, spatial extent, implications conflicts on Secondly, using survey data econometric models, examined effects conflict-induced shocks, forced migration fatality house...

A short-wave train emanating from the Southeast Asian tropics which links interannual variations of the winter climate systems in both East Asia and North America was identified recently. This shortwave train may affect the activity of cold-surge disturbances over the eastern seaboard of East Asia, and the northwestern Pacific. The interaction between cold surges and the planetary-scale winter ...