Professor Atiene Solomon Sagay - University of Jos Institutional ...

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Too many mothers and newborns are dying in Nigeria. We know what needs to be done
to save these lives. The real challenges are how to deliver services and scale up interventions,
particularly to those who are vulnerable, hard to reach, marginalized and
excluded. Innovative, non-governmental ways of reactivating, supervising and
monitoring services in primary healthcare centres across Nigeria should be a top
priority.
The HIV epidemic is an emerging threat to maternal and newborn lives. Existing
prevention and treatment interventions are efficacious but must be scaled up to
achieve the desired impact.
In Nigeria, the HIV epidemic is driven by heterosexual transmission. In heterosexual
settings, HIV does not stand alone. It requires the support of other STDs to stand. This
is why most societies with STD control programs are not at risk of a heterosexual
HIV epidemic. In addition to existing HIV interventions, resuscitation of STD control
programs nationally is required to control the present HIV scourge.
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Laparoscopic Evaluation of 1000 Consecutive Infertile Women in Jos, Nigeria.
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