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30,581 casesBetween 2019 and 2023, SFH identified 30,581 HIV-positive cases among key populations in northern Nigeria.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2019 - 2023published 2025PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

20.61 scoreThe mean breast cancer knowledge score improved from 20.61 ± 13.4 prior to training to 55.93 ± 10.86 following peer training, with p < 0.0001.

Nigeriacancer du seinpublished 2021BMC women's healthPubMeddocument of 4 observations

Non-door-to-door distribution of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) medicines was associated with reduced adherence to the complete administration of SMC medicines compared with door-to-door distribution.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2021 and 2022published 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

83.3 %Thirty (83.3%) children survived in the course of the study.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidapublished 2026Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 11 observations

0 per_277The 3.0 kb Taq 1 gamma-globin gene RFLP is absent in 0 out of 277 beta A chromosomes in six European/Asian populations.

Nigeriagamma-globin gene RFLPpublished 1986Human geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

1 caseOnly one infection with Plasmodium ovale was observed in children with CQ concentrations ≥100 nmol/liter.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2000Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

1.125 odds_ratioThe odds of a patient with diabetes and COVID-19 developing acute kidney injury were 1.125 (95% CI 1.025–1.621).

Nigeriaacute kidney injury · COVID-19 · diabète (non précisé)published 2022West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 15 observations

7.7 %Diabetes was present in 7.7% of patients.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé)observed March to August 2020published 2021The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

1.22 odds_ratioA novel breast cancer risk variant in region 5q11.2 has an odds ratio of 1.22 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.09–1.36 and a p-value of 0.00053 in women of African ancestry.

Nigeriacancer du seinpublished 2013Carcinogenesiseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

24 %The kdr-L995F mutation frequency in Anopheles gambiae increased from 24% in 2017 to 36% in 2020 in urban Ilorin, Nigeria.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2017published 2025BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 11 observations

31.5 %The frequency of moderate-to-severe neurocognitive impairment was 31.5%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2026Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

48,260 tests_per_monthThe average number of monthly HIV tests was 48,260 in the post-transition period.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2025BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 9 observations

73 %In Nigeria, routine malaria test positivity rates (TPR) from January to June 2021 ranged from 73% to 82%.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved January to June 2021published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

5.7 %Wasting was observed in 5.7% of hemoglobin AA controls.

Nigeriahaemoglobin AA · malnutritionpublished 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 9 observations

46.6 %The CYP2B6:516 G/T genotype frequency was 46.6% among participants with genotype results.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 8 observations

45.5 %The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 45.5% in the combined group of hypertensive patients in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeriasyndrome métaboliquepublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

26 clinicians26 clinicians had used saliva for treatment monitoring.

Nigeriatreatment monitoringpublished 2019The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 17 observations

86.5 %Whole-brain radiotherapy achieved a total response rate of 86.5% in breast cancer patients with brain metastasis.

Nigeriabrain metastasisobserved 2005–2009published 2019Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

123 casesAmong diagnosed tuberculosis cases, 123 were detected among household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis cases.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2024Global health, science and practicePubMeddocument of 15 observations

1.6 %A nonsynonymous E1528D polymorphism in the ubp1 gene was identified at a frequency of 1.6% among Plasmodium falciparum isolates in the studied Nigerian population.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

Despite electrocardiographic abnormalities, there were no clinical symptoms observed in children treated with halofantrine for acute symptomatic uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

1.8 %The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among antenatal women at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Lagos was 1.8%.

Nigeriahépatite Cpublished 2022West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

63 %Among men with type 2 diabetes mellitus, those with normal free testosterone (CFT) had a median insulin sensitivity (%IS) of 63.0%.

Nigeriadiabète de type 2published 2021Journal of the National Medical AssociationPubMeddocument of 7 observations

33.8 %The pediatric HIV disclosure rate in this study was 33.8%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 2 observations

453 casesFrom 2016 to 2018 in Egor, Oredo, and Uhunmwonde LGAs of Edo state, Nigeria, 453 (42.4%) of the 1,045 new cancers were in males.

Nigeriacancer (non précisé)observed 2016 to 2018published 2024BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations