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    Effect of climate change on the health of rural farmers in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria

    African Journals Online - AJOL, 2013
    This study examines the effect of climate change on the health of rural farmers in Nigeria. It is based on structured interviews with 98 respondents and the collected data were analysed through the use of frequency count, simple percentages and Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC).
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    Summary Findings of Cross-sectional Nutrition Surveys in Northern Nigeria, December 2010

    2010
    This study present the summary of a cross-section anthropometric and mortality survey undertaken 8 different states in Northern Nigeria. The main objective was to determine nutritional status of children under five years of age and women of reproductive age group. The prevalence of GAM was found to be highest in Sokoto and Borno states at 12.6% and 5.1% respectively.
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    Rapid Socio Cultural Assessment Report Damaturu and Fune LGAs, Yobe State, Nigeria, March-May 2011

    2011
    This paper presents a report on some socio-cultural assessment carried out in Damaturu and Fune Local Government Areas of Yobe State, northern Nigeria. The general objective was to collect and compile information about communities covered by the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme for the development of a comprehensive community mobilization strategy.
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    Saving Newborn Lives in Nigeria: Newborn Health in the Context of the Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Strategy

    2011
    Nigeria has made little progress towards reducing child mortality – Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4. According to the UN mortality estimates, Nigeria has achieved only an average of 1.2% reduction in under-five mortality per year since 1990.
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    Energizing the community around child-friendly schools

    2013
    Poverty and gender disparities create obstacles to primary school enrolment. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, with more than 140 million people. With children under 15 years of age accounting for about 45% of the country’s population, the burden on education and other sectors is overwhelming.
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    Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls and women in Nigeria

    British Council, 2012
    This report provides a comprehensive view of gender in Nigeria. It assesses progress in key areas, including: employment and livelihoods, education and health, political representation, and violence. It finds that women and girls suffer systematic disadvantage and discrimination that is magnified for those in the poorest States and sectors of society.
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    Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

    Globalization and Health, 2010
    Africa faces a double burden of infectious and chronic diseases. While infectious diseases still account for at least 69% of deaths in the continent, age specific mortality rates from chronic diseases as a whole are actually higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in virtually all regions of the world, in both men and women.
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    Children Malnutrition and Horizontal Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa:A Focus on Contrasting Domestic Trajectories

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The positive trend observed in recent accelerated economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries represents a huge opportunity to foster sustainable development, This paper contributes to the literature by providing a more accurate and nuanced view on the progress made with regards to child malnutrition and inequalities across sub-saharan Africa.
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    Climate variation and malaria prevalence in Warri metropolis

    Scientific Research Publishing, 2013
    This paper examines the relationship between climate and the prevalence of malaria in Warri metropolis, Nigeria. Collected climate data was analysed against malaria patient records from three hospitals for a period of twenty years (1990-2009) using a multiple regression approach.
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    National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition in Nigeria

    2002
    Malnutrition in Nigeria has been identified as a major constraint to development.The proportion of households and individuals that are both malnourished and food insecure has been on the increase, with. children, women, and the elderly being mostly affected.

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