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903 entriesA total of 903 entries were received in response to the crowdsourcing contest prompt on promoting HIV self-testing among young people in Nigeria.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved October 2018 to June 2019published 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 10 observations

51.5 %About half (51.5%) of the respondents aged 60 years and above in Olorunda Local Government, Osun State, Nigeria reported at least one chronic illness.

Nigeriamaladies non transmissiblespublished 2020Ghana medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

750 US$Commodity costs for a 12-week pan-genotypic direct-acting antiviral regimen for hepatitis C virus fell from US$750–US$900.

Nigeriahépatite Cpublished 2020BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

58.3 %Gastrointestinal parasitic infection rate was significantly higher among HIV seropositive participants with CD+4 counts between 200 and 350 cells/mm3, at 109 (58.3%).

Nigeriagastrointestinal parasitic infectionpublished 2019Annals of global healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

65 %The treatment success rate for tuberculosis patients under DOTS was 65.0% in 2015.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2015published 2022African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 17 observations

13.2 %Alcohol intake was reported in 13.2% of participants with kidney dysfunction.

Nigeriakidney dysfunctionpublished 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 14 observations

476 patientsA total of 476 patients received at least one dose of ART as an adolescent (ages 10–19 years).

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

77.9 %The sensitivity of the Optimal-IT dipstick for detecting Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase in whole-saliva samples was 77.9%.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2010The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0166

45 %The prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the last year was 45% among 322 heterosexual HIV-positive men in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

48 %The prevalence of high-risk penile HPV was 48.0% among 498 circumcised sexual minority men in Nigeria.

Nigeriahigh-risk penile HPVpublished 2025AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

6.4 %Helminth was detected in 7 of 109 children (6.4%) after treatment with artesunate or amodiaquine.

Nigeriahelminthpublished 2008International Journal of Infectious DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.005

65 %The median fidelity score for implementation of national malaria guidelines on diagnosis for children under-five years was 65%.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

1.5 %Biliary sludge was observed in 1.5% of the children.

Nigeriabiliary sludge · drépanocytosepublished 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 10 observations

27.7 %The most common pathogen overall was enteroaggregative Escherichia coli, detected in 18 out of 65 children (27.7%).

Nigeriaenteroaggregative Escherichia colipublished 2023Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiologyPubMeddocument of 12 observations

15 %Screening of 104 mother-baby pairs for P. falciparum malaria revealed that 15% of mothers from middle and high socio-economic groups had malaria parasitaemia.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2000African journal of medicine and medical scienceseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

14.4 per_100The incidence rate of community-acquired acute kidney injury (AKI) among children aged >1 month to 16 years admitted to the children emergency room of Federal Medical Center in Asaba, Delta State, was 14.4 cases per 100 children.

Nigeriaacute kidney injury (AKI)published 2021Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the SaudPubMeddocument of 10 observations

8.1 %Gametocyte carriage pre-treatment was at a level of 8.1% in 840 malarious children.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2011Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1590/s0074-02762011000500008

65 %The rate of TTV infection was significantly higher in the HIV-infected group (65%) than in the blood donor group (26%).

NigeriaTTVpublished 2020Archives of virologyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

76 %The overall prevalence of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) was 76.0% in Nigeria.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2016-17published 2021PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 14 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0254475

0.9 %In the study, 0.9% of children with sickle cell anaemia had hypertension.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 9 observations

0.556 p-valueWeight did not differ significantly between the Moringa oleifera group and the control group (p = 0.5556).

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 5 observations

38 casesIn this study, 38 out of 245 children (16%) were caries affected.

Nigeriacaries dentairespublished 2025JDR clinical and translational researchPubMeddocument of 7 observations

24.8 %In 2014, 24.8% of females aged 18–24 years in Nigeria experienced sexual violence in childhood.

Nigeriasexual violenceobserved 2014published 2025Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

34.1 %FABD in mammography was noted mostly in the upper outer quadrant (34.1%) and retro-areolar regions (38.6%).

NigeriaFocal asymmetric breast densities (FABD)published 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

10.85 %10.85% of participants lacked knowledge about the effects of physical inactivity on breast cancer risk.

Nigeriacancer du seinpublished 2024JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 12 observations