In response to the editorial, “Osteopathic unity must continue,” (JAOA 1999;99:510) by Kenneth E. Ross, DO, I extend kudos to Dr Ross and his colleagues at the Missouri (the “Show Me” state) Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. They should be recognized for showing all of us that the benefits of professional unity extend far beyond public relation programs of the American Osteopa...

INTRODUCTION Immunization is the world's most successful and cost-effective public health intervention as it prevents over 2 million deaths annually. However, over 2 million deaths still occur yearly from Vaccine preventable diseases, the majority of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is a major contributor of global childhood deaths from VPDs. Till date, Nigeria still has wild polio vi...

Nigeria gained her independence in October 1960 after almost six decades of British colonial rule. The country’s journey into nationhood was herald by high hopes and prospects for national unity, peace development. This because its vast human material resources, land mass. is dominantly made three prominent regions: the North (Hausa Fulani), West (Yorubas) East (Igbos) with minorities other reg...

The paper discussed organizational culture and employees’ performance in the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria. It views organizational culture as shared values, beliefs and norms that influence the way employees think, feel and behave in the workplace. It assumes that a positive organizational culture will enhance employees’ performance. The resear...

Major strides towards national tobacco control have been made since Nigeria became signatory to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in June 2004. The Nigerian senate passed a bill on March 15, 2011 which is expected to be signed into law shortly, to regulate and control production, manufacture, sale, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco or tobacco products. This ...

Ever since President Bush introduced his ‘Road Map’ for a permanent solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in April 2003, a great deal of public attention has focused on its demand for a reformed Palestinian Authority (PA) to confront aggressively radical Palestinian groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad who violently oppose a two-state solution to the conflict. One of the major obstacle...

1 Department of Computer and Information Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Bioinformatics Unit, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2 H3Africa Bioinformatics Network (H3ABioNet) Node, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST), Abuja, Nigeria, 3 Human Genetics Department, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, ...

This study investigates the effect of the external debt burden on economic growth and development of Nigeria .It adopted regression analysis of OLS on secondary data sourced from CBN, Economical and Financial review, Business times, Financial Standard and relevant publication from Nigeria on variable like National Income, Debt Service Payment, External Reserves, Interest rate among others. The ...