A Legislative Agenda for Reducing Existing Disparities in Maternal and Child Health Care in Nigeria
Rifkatu Nghargbu, Chukwuemeka Onyebuchi Onyimadu, Ezechinyere Ibe, A Legislative Agenda for Reducing Existing Disparities in Maternal and Child Health Care in Nigeria, Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science (2020): A key indicator of the SDG goal of attaining Universal... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 8, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Role Advocacy in Special Needs Education Administration in Nigeria
Lazarus Udie, The Role Advocacy in Special Needs Education Administration in Nigeria, SSRN: The role advocacy in special needs education administration in Nigeria is an issue discussed in the paper. The paper examined the role of advocacy in special education... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 30, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Challenge of Healthcare Infrastructure in Nigeria: what Role for Public-Private Partnerships?
Augustine Arimoro (Nottingham Trent University), The Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Challenge of Healthcare Infrastructure in Nigeria: what Role for Public-Private Partnerships? 3 Theoretical& Applied L. 18 (2020): While it is not new that Nigeria is challenged by... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 18, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown Discourse: A Review of Some Contending Human Rights Issues
Abubakar Yusuf (University of Abuja), COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown Discourse: A Review of Some Contending Human Rights Issues, SSRN: The paper examined the human rights issues associated with COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restriction in Nigeria. With the aid of secondary data obtained... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 28, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Has Bitcoin Succeeded?
Lawrence H. WhiteThe answer depends on what you mean. Succeeded at what?With the US dollar price of Bitcoin reaching an all-time high above $23,000 this month, and its market cap reaching an all-time high above $400 billion, there has been much celebration among Bitcoin holders about their success at investing. The run-up has accompanied the announcements by large institutionalinvestors Grayscale, MicroStrategy, and MassMutual that they are acquiring hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin for their investment portfolios. There isn ' t much doubt that the Bitcoin project has succeeded remarkably at creating a new type o...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 28, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Lawrence H. White Source Type: blogs
Shannon Galvin, Enhancing Knowledge in Informal Settlements: Assessing Health Beliefs and Behaviors in Nigeria
Elise Meyer (Northwestern University), Juliet Sorensen (Northwestern University), Shannon Galvin, Enhancing Knowledge in Informal Settlements: Assessing Health Beliefs and Behaviors in Nigeria, 86(1) Annals Global Health 120 (2020): A cross-sectional survey assessment of perceptions, practices, and resources in underserved urban... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 22, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Enhancing Knowledge in Informal Settlements: Assessing Health Beliefs and Behaviors in Nigeria
Elise Meyer (Northwestern University), Juliet Sorensen (Northwestern University), Shannon Galvin, Enhancing Knowledge in Informal Settlements: Assessing Health Beliefs and Behaviors in Nigeria, 86(1) Annals of Global Health 120 (2020): A cross-sectional survey assessment of perceptions, practices, and resources in underserved... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 16, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Auto-Mobile Accident Control and Nigeria Federal Road Safety Corps: A Critical Analysis of the Commercial Drivers ’ Experience
Emmanuel Uzuegbu-Wilson (Babcock University), Auto-Mobile Accident Control and Nigeria Federal Road Safety Corps: A Critical Analysis of the Commercial Drivers ’ Experience, SSRN: Road traffic accidents lead to death and disability as well as financial cost to both society and the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 7, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Let ’s end Polio
An Egyptian stele thought to represent a polio victim. 18th Dynasty (1403–1365 BC).
Poliomyelitis dates back to ancient times, as captured in this 14th century BC Egyptian carving, detailing a typical symptom of atrophy in one or more of the limbs.
The modern name is directly derived from Ancient Greek, poliós meaning ‘grey’ and myelós meaning ‘marrow’, the latter signifying the effect on the grey matter of the spinal cord.
But while the ancient Egyptians and Greeks knew about the disease, it wasn’t clinically described until the late 18th century (AD), by the English doctor Michael Underwood. The di...
Source: GIDEON blog - October 25, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Source Type: blogs
Realisation of the Right to Health in Nigeria: The Prospects of a Dialogic Approach
Philip Oamen (University of Birmingham), Realisation of the Right to Health in Nigeria: The Prospects of a Dialogic Approach, SSRN: This paper examines the status of the right to health under Nigerian law and makes a case for an inter-institutional... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 19, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
“Under the radar” – Ongoing Lassa Fever Outbreak
By Dr. Stephen A. Berger
Nigeria is battling the largest recorded Lassa Fever outbreak to-date
Lassa Fever in Nigeria is a paradigm for Infectious Disease outbreaks that continue to threaten massive populations “under the radar” during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of October 3, 2020, a total of 1,112 fatal cases of COVID-19 had been reported in Nigeria.
In terms of population size, the statistical likelihood of dying from this disease in Nigeria – or in Singapore – is exactly the same. But then…nobody in Singapore is dying these days from Lassa Fever.
WHAT IS LASSA FEVER?
The disease was ...
Source: GIDEON blog - October 13, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Outbreaks Source Type: blogs
Monkeypox
By Dr. Stephen A. Berger
Cynomolgus monkey, a known reservoir of the Monkeypox virus
WHAT IS MONKEYPOX?
Monkeypox, as the name implies, is a disease of monkeys (unlike chickenpox – which has no relation to chickens). Although the condition is reported in a group of eleven African countries, the virus was first discovered in a laboratory in Denmark in 1958, when it was first isolated from cynomolgus monkeys.
The signs and symptoms are similar to those of smallpox. Following a three-day prodrome of fever, headache, myalgia, and back pain, patients develop a papular rash in the face, extremities, and genitals....
Source: GIDEON blog - October 8, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kristina Symes Tags: Epidemiology News Source Type: blogs
Seeing Red Or Feeling Blue? People Around The World Make Similar Associations Between Colours And Emotions
By Emma Young
As an English-speaker, I might “see red” with anger, go “green” with envy or, on a bad day, “feel blue”. To me, it seems natural to associate certain colours with particular emotions — but is the same true for people around the world? And if so, do we all make the same emotion/colour matchings? These questions have been investigated in a new study, published in Psychological Science, which has produced some fascinating results.
An international team of 36 researchers, led by Domicele Jonauskaite at the University of Lausanne, analysed data gathered through the on...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - October 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cross-cultural Emotion Perception Source Type: blogs
Halting The Upsurge Of Future Pandemics: The Role Of Nigerian Government
Abdulrahman Adetunji (University of Ibadan), Halting The Upsurge Of Future Pandemics: The Role Of Nigerian Government, SSRN: Humanity has faced countless threats throughout its existence. Epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters, wars, etc. All these threats have two features in common –... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 2, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Persons with Intellectual Disability and Access to Justice in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward
Augustine Arimoro (St Mary's University Twickenham), Persons with Intellectual Disability and Access to Justice in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward, 5 (2) Hasanuddin L. Rev. 180 (2020): Conservatively, there are approximately two million persons in Nigeria who may be... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 22, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
