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Survey data from stakeholders on the supply side of Nigeria's online budget

The survey data was collected during field work from key personnel on the supply side of the national budget preparation process in Nigeria. This was done as part of the stakeholder survey on the case study investigating the use of the online national budget of Nigeria which is part of the 'Exploring  the  Emerging  Impacts  of  Open  Data  in  Developing  Countries'  (ODDC) research  project.

Social media data from online discourse on Nigeria's budget

The social media data was obtained by extracting online discourse on Nigeria's 2013 budget. This was done as a component of the media analysis on the case study investigating the use of the online national budget of Nigeria which is part of the 'Exploring  the  Emerging  Impacts  of  Open  Data  in  Developing  Countries'  (ODDC) research  project.

Survey data from stakeholders on the demand side of Nigeria's online budget

The survey data was collected during field work from key personnel on the demand side of the national budget preparation process in Nigeria. This was done as part of the stakeholder survey on the case study investigating the use of the online national budget of Nigeria which is part of the 'Exploring  the  Emerging  Impacts  of  Open  Data  in  Developing  Countries'  (ODDC) research  project.

Newspaper review and analysis data on media coverage of budget issues in Nigeria

The data was collected from analysis of six newspaper publications to establish citizen engagement and media coverage of the budget discourse from 2009 to 2013 as part of the investigation of the use of the online national budget of Nigeria. The work was part of the 'Exploring  the  Emerging  Impacts  of  Open  Data  in  Developing  Countries'  (ODDC) research  project.

opencc-zeroApr 2016View details →

Prostate specific antigen density values among patients with symptomatic prostatic enlargement in Nigeria

Background This study aims to estimate the  prostate specific antigen density(PSAD) cut off level for detecting prostate cancer( CAP) in Nigerian men  with “grey zone PSA’’(4-10ng/ml) and normal digital rectal examination findings . We addressed this research question: Is  the international PSAD cut off of 0.15 ideal for  detecting CAP in our symptomatic patients with  “grey zone PSA’’?  Methods Aim:  To estimate the  prostate specific antigen density(PSAD) cut off level for detecting prostate cancer( CAP) in Nigerian men  with “grey zone PSA’’(4-10ng/ml) and normal digital rectal examination findings . Design: prospective Setting: A tertiary medical center in Enugu Nigeria  Participants: Two hundred and fifty four  men with either benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or  prostate cancer (CAP) were recruited.    Intervention: Patients with PSA above 4ng/ml or abnormal digital rectal examination or hypoecoic lesion in the prostate were biopsied. Outcome measures:  PSAD and histology report of BPH or CAP Results Ninety seven patients had cancer of the prostate (CAP) while 157 has benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).  Seventy  two  patients had their serum PSA value within the range of 4.0 and 10ng/ml . PSAD cut off level to detect CAP was 0.04(sensitivity 95.88 %; specificity 28.7 %).   CONCLUSION         The PSAD cut off level generated for Nigerian men in this study is 0.04 which is relatively different from international consensus. This PSAD cut off level has a positive correlation with histology and could detect patients with CAP who have “grey zone PSA’’.

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Assessing the Nature and Quality of Emergency Obstetric Care for Preventing Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in 8 Secondary and Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria: Results of a Formative Research Study

Nigeria suffers some of the highest rates of maternal and perinatal mortality in the world. Poor quality of obstetric care is a key factor, and although not quantified at a national level, local studies suggest that high rates of maternal and perinatal deaths are due to clinical management errors in hospitals. This project therefore explored the nature of existing practices and quality of clinical management of three leading causes of maternal and perinatal deaths (primary postpartum haemorrhage, eclampsia, and obstructed labour); implement an intervention package aimed at improving the quality of clinical management of these causes of deaths; and test the effectiveness of this package on quality of care indicators and maternal and perinatal outcomes. The study follows a quasi-experimental research design, using interrupted time series analysis for assessment over a three year period. Six public secondary care hospitals and two public tertiary care hospitals in both north and south of Nigeria were selected randomly. Formative research was conducted in all eight hospitals, and thereafter the intervention will be carried out in four hospitals, with the remaining four hospitals functioning as control sites. Clinical outcomes will be compared between intervention and control sites in a total of 2334 cases of PPH, preeclampsia/eclampsia and obstructed labour (based on an anticipated 50% reduction in case fatality rates, significance level of 0.05 and 80% power). This will consist of 1167 cases in the intervention sites and 1167 in the control sites. Maternal and perinatal mortality rates will serve as primary outcome measures. Secondary outcomes involve quality of care drawn from United Nations process indicators, skilled attendance index and data derived from this formative audit phase of the project. The results will enable the identification of a system-wide quality of care framework for improving the delivery of emergency obstetric care for the prevention of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria.

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Assessing the Nature and Quality of Emergency Obstetric Care for Preventing Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in 8 Secondary and Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria: Results of a Formative Research Study

Nigeria suffers some of the highest rates of maternal and perinatal mortality in the world. Poor quality of obstetric care is a key factor, and although not quantified at a national level, local studies suggest that high rates of maternal and perinatal deaths are due to clinical management errors in hospitals. This project therefore explored the nature of existing practices and quality of clinical management of three leading causes of maternal and perinatal deaths (primary postpartum haemorrhage, eclampsia, and obstructed labour); implement an intervention package aimed at improving the quality of clinical management of these causes of deaths; and test the effectiveness of this package on quality of care indicators and maternal and perinatal outcomes. The study follows a quasi-experimental research design, using interrupted time series analysis for assessment over a three year period. Six public secondary care hospitals and two public tertiary care hospitals in both north and south of Nigeria were selected randomly. Formative research was conducted in all eight hospitals, and thereafter the intervention will be carried out in four hospitals, with the remaining four hospitals functioning as control sites. Clinical outcomes will be compared between intervention and control sites in a total of 2334 cases of PPH, preeclampsia/eclampsia and obstructed labour (based on an anticipated 50% reduction in case fatality rates, significance level of 0.05 and 80% power). This will consist of 1167 cases in the intervention sites and 1167 in the control sites. Maternal and perinatal mortality rates will serve as primary outcome measures. Secondary outcomes involve quality of care drawn from United Nations process indicators, skilled attendance index and data derived from this formative audit phase of the project. The results will enable the identification of a system-wide quality of care framework for improving the delivery of emergency obstetric care for the prevention of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria

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Assessing the Impact of an Intervention to Improve the Quality of Emergency Obstetric Care on Maternal Health in Nigeria

Nigeria suffers some of the highest rates of maternal and perinatal mortality in the world. Poor quality of obstetric care is a key factor, and although not quantified at a national level, local studies suggest that high rates of maternal and perinatal deaths are due to clinical management errors in hospitals. This project therefore explored the nature of existing practices and quality of clinical management of three leading causes of maternal and perinatal deaths (primary postpartum haemorrhage, eclampsia, and obstructed labour); implement an intervention package aimed at improving the quality of clinical management of these causes of deaths; and test the effectiveness of this package on quality of care indicators and maternal and perinatal outcomes. The study follows a quasi-experimental research design, using interrupted time series analysis for assessment over a three year period. Six public secondary care hospitals and two public tertiary care hospitals in both north and south of Nigeria were selected randomly. Formative research was conducted in all eight hospitals, and thereafter the intervention will be carried out in four hospitals, with the remaining four hospitals functioning as control sites. The package consists of training in use of evidence-based clinical protocols on postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), preeclampsia/eclampsia and obstructed labour, audit and feedback, reminders, commodity supply monitoring and replenishments and patients’ education. Clinical outcomes will be compared between intervention and control sites in a total of 2334 cases of PPH, preeclampsia/eclampsia and obstructed labour (based on an anticipated 50% reduction in case fatality rates, significance level of 0.05 and 80% power). This will consist of 1167 cases in the intervention sites and 1167 in the control sites. Maternal and perinatal mortality rates will serve as primary outcome measures. Secondary outcomes involve quality of care drawn from United Nations process indicators, skilled attendance index and data derived from the formative audit phase of the project. The results will enable the identification of a system-wide quality of care framework for improving the delivery of emergency obstetric care for the prevention of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria.

opencc-by-4.0May 2017View details →

2014, Nigeria Ebola epidemic data and knowledge

Information about the 2014, Nigeria Ebola epidemic curated from multiple publications and reports. The information is represented in machine-interpretable Apollo-XSD format. The terminology is defined by the Apollo-SV ontology and standard identifiers.

opencc-by-4.0Oct 2023View details →

A cross-sectional survey of COVID-19 testing status among vaccine recipients in Gombe, North-Eastern Nigeria

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Iterative evaluation of mobile computer-assisted digital chest x-ray screening for TB improves efficiency, yield, and outcomes in Nigeria

Wellness on Wheels (WoW) is a model of mobile systematic tuberculosis (TB) screening of high-risk populations combining digital chest radiography with computer-aided automated detection (CAD) and chronic cough screening to identify presumptive TB clients in communities, health facilities, and prisons in Nigeria. The model evolves to address technical, political, and sustainability challenges. Screening methods were iteratively refined to balance TB yield and feasibility across heterogeneous populations. Performance metrics were compared over time. Screening volumes, risk mix, number needed to screen (NNS), number needed to test (NNT), sample loss, TB treatment initiation and outcomes. Efforts to mitigate losses along the diagnostic cascade were tracked. Participants with high likelihood on CAD4TB (≥80) who tested negative on a single spot GeneXpert were followed-up to assess TB status at six months. An experimental calibration method achieved a viable CAD threshold for testing. High-risk groups and key stakeholders were engaged. Operations evolved in real-time to fix problems. Incremental improvements in mean client volumes (128 to 140/day), target group inclusion (92% to 93%), on-site testing (84% to 86%), TB treatment initiation (87% to 91%), and TB treatment success (71% to 85%). Attention to those as highest risk boosted efficiency (the NNT declined from 8.2 ± SD8.2 to 7.6 ± SD7.7). Clinical diagnosis was added after follow-up among those with ≥ 80 CAD scores initially spot-sputum negative found 11 additional TB cases (6.3%) after 121 person-years of follow-up. Iterative adaptation in response to performance metrics foster feasible, acceptable, and efficient TB case-finding in Nigeria. High CAD scores can identify subclinical TB and those at risk of progression to bacteriologically-confirmed TB disease in the near term. Policy makers, donors, and community advocates are hesitant to invest in the steep infrastructure costs for mobile digital chest x-ray and GeneXpert MTB/RIF (dCXR/GXP) laboratories without a better understanding of how to maximize and sustain their impact. It is rarely possible to conduct the months of local CAD calibration recommended by experts via costly universal testing with a reference standard.4,9 Stakeholder needs and resource limitations require a more rapid and cost-conscious means of setting a sustainable algorithm. Viable, field-robust methodologies are needed, and optimization strategies informed by routine field findings were lacking. A precise assessment of the contribution of routine mobile TB screening has been challenging because few authors fully disaggregate losses along the diagnostic cascade or track TB treatment outcomes. Publication bias has limited access to results of active case finding pilots with suboptimal risk group targeting, community engagement, yield, or treatment outcomes.10–14 Evaluations (and scrutiny) of routine data are needed that make the demands, constraints, costs and choices facing implementers more explicit.

opencc-zeroMar 2024View details →

Caffeine citrate status, availability and practice across Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and five States in India

Apnea of prematurity (AOP) is a common complication among preterm infants (<37 weeks gestation), globally. However, access to caffeine citrate (CC) that is a proven safe and effective treatment in high income countries is largely unavailable in low-and-middle income countries, where most preterm infants are born. Therefore, the overall aim of this study was to describe the demand, policies, and supply factors affecting the availability and clinical use of CC in LMICs. A mixed methods approach was used to collect data from diverse settings in LMICs including Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and India. Qualitative semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with different health care providers, policymakers, and stakeholders from industry. Additional data was collected using standard questionnaires. A thematic framework approach was used to analyze the qualitative data and descriptive statistics were used to summarize the quantitative data. The findings indicate that there is variation in in-country policies on the use of CC in the prevention and treatment of AOP and its availability across the LMICs. As a result, the knowledge and experience of using CC also varied with clinicians on Ethiopia having no experience of using it while those in India have greater knowledge and experience of using it. The in turn influenced the demand and our findings show that only 29% of eligible preterm infants are receiving CC in these countries. There is an urgent need to address the multilevel barriers to accessing CC for management of AOP in Africa. These include cost, lack of national policies and therefore lack of demand stemming from its clinical equivalency with aminophylline. Practical ways to reduce the cost of CC in LMICs could potentially increase its availability and use.

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Applying innovative cloud computing technology for the effective management of Groundwater resources to promote SUStainable food security within the Sokoto Basin, Nigeria (AGSUS)

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Alien plant species are precursors for invasion: a case study of Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze in Ile-Ife (Nigeria)

The impact of Alternanthera brasiliana on vegetation and soil seed bank was assessed in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Ten sample plots, 10 m x 10 m each, were established in invaded plant communities with high density of Alternanthera brasiliana and adjacent uninvaded plant communities where the weed species has low density. In each sample plot, twenty 1 m x 1 m quadrats were randomly laid and all rooted plant species were identified and counted. Post-dispersal soil seed bank was collected by randomly taking five core samples of top soil per sample plot to estimate the soil seed bank density and floristics of the sites. The species composition of soil seed bank was compared with that of the above-ground vegetation so as to assess the invader's impact on the vegetation using Sorensen's index of similarity. The results showed that Alternanthera brasiliana invasion significantly impacted on the species diversity (t = 5.27; df = 18; p = 0.0003) and evenness of species distribution (t = 4.50; df = 18; p = 0.00005) in the aboveground vegetation, and the species diversity (t = 5.37; df = 18; p = 0.00004) and evenness of species distribution (t = 6.19; df = 18; p < 0.0001) in the soil seed bank. This study concluded that Alternanthera brasiliana has significantly caused alterations in key parameters of the aboveground vegetation and those of the soil seed bank. It is likely that with increasing resident time, these alterations might increase more significantly to enhance the spread of Alternanthera brasiliana.

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Psychiatric manifestations and associated risk factors among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Edo State, Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had devastating effects globally. These effects are likely to result in mental health problems at different levels. Although studies have reported the mental health burden of the pandemic on the general population and frontline health workers, the impact of the disease on the mental health of patients in COVID-19 treatment and isolation centres have been understudied in Africa. We estimated the prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated risk factors in hospitalized persons with COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 489 patients with COVID-19 at the three government-designated treatment and isolation centres in Edo State, Nigeria. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) tool were used to assess depression and anxiety respectively. Binary logistic regression was applied to determine risk factors of depression and anxiety. Results Of the 489 participants, 49.1% and 38.0% had depressive and anxiety symptoms respectively. The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and combination of both were 16.2%, 12.9% and 9.0% respectively. Moderate-severe symptoms of COVID-19, ≥14 days in isolation, worrying about the outcome of infection and stigma increased the risk of having depression and anxiety. Additionally, being separated/divorced increased the risk of having depression and having comorbidity increased the risk of having anxiety. A substantial proportion of our participants experienced depression, anxiety and a combination of both especially in those who had the risk factors we identified. The findings underscore the need to address modifiable risk factors for psychiatric manifestations early in the course of the disease and integrate mental health interventions and psychosocial support into COVID-19 management guidelines. --

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Fig. 4 in Phenotypic Diversities Of Four Populations Of Clarias Gariepinus (Siluriformes, Clariidae) Obtained From Ogun And Ondo State Waterbodies In South-Western Nigeria

Fig. 4. PCA loadings for meristics of Clarias gariepinus obtained from the four rivers.

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Fig. 2 in Phenotypic Diversities Of Four Populations Of Clarias Gariepinus (Siluriformes, Clariidae) Obtained From Ogun And Ondo State Waterbodies In South-Western Nigeria

Fig. 2. PCA loadings for the morphometrics of Clarias gariepinus obtained from the four rivers.

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Perception of canine rabies among pupils under 15 years in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria

This is the dataset underlying the KAP that was conducted to evaluate the perception of pupils under 15 years to canine rabies.

opencc-zeroAug 2022View details →

Defeating the 21st century demon 'Cybercrime' on corporate bodies in Nigeria: is security intelligence a weapon? A quantitative study

This paper unveils the role of security intelligence in facilitating the war against cybercrime in organizations. it introduces the term cybercrime and security intelligence with financial organizations in Nigeria as the focus of the paper. Since the invention of information and communication technology in Nigeria, citizens have become fascinated and engrossed. Unfortunately, it opened the door for people with malicious intent to attack individuals, organizations, and nations. Thus, the paper views the problem of information vulnerability, finds out the level of cybercrime in financial entities, establishes the type of cybercrime, and assesses security intelligence awareness among staff and customers. The paper employed the simple-random sampling technic, using a primary and secondary source of information, analyzing with frequency counts, percentages, and charts for the demographic variables, and the use of chi-square through SPSS data processing. The Discussion of findings states the ubiquity of cybercrime among financial organizations. It reveals that phishing scams, website spoofing, piracy, ransomware, and Hacking are the top cyber-crime types commonly used. Thus, the administration of security intelligence can reduce internal and external threats in an organization. Furthermore, the paper states that security intelligence intervention is independent of the nature of cybercrime across the organization. However, the paper recommends that organizations need to enlighten their staff and customers with measures to safeguard information against cybercrime with the usage of security intelligence techniques or any other proactive measures.