Background Monkeypox virus (MPXV), is an emerging zoonotic virus that has had ongoing
public health impacts in endemic regions of Central and West Africa for over a half-century …

The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)[1] was first reported in December 2019 by …

Cooking with dirty-burning fuels is associated with health risk from household air pollution.
We assessed the prevalence of and factors associated with the use of cooking fuels, and …

Lassa fever cases have increased in Nigeria since 2016 with the highest number, 633
cases, reported in 2018. From 1 January to 28 April 2019, 554 laboratory-confirmed cases …

Data on mpox in pregnancy are currently limited. Historically, only 65 cases in pregnancy
have been reported globally since mpox was discovered in 1958. This includes 59 cases in …

Background Access to quality hypertension care is often poor in sub-Saharan Africa. Some
community pharmacies offer hypertension monitoring services, with and without involvement …

After a surge of monkeypox infections starting in May 2022, with more than 70 000 cases
globally—including 99% from countries without previous known endemic spread—by the …

Nigeria is endemic for cholera since 1970, and Kano State report outbreaks annually with
high case fatality ratios ranging from 4.98%/2010 to 5.10%/2018 over the last decade …

Background Salmonellosis causes significant morbidity and mortality in Africa. Information
on lineages of invasive Salmonella circulating in Nigeria is sparse. Methods Salmonella …

Globally, effective emergency response to disease outbreaks is usually affected by weak
coordination. However, coordination using an incident management system (IMS) in line …