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Cervical cancer remains a significant public health issue in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Western sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2025International journal of cancerPubMeddocument of 3 observations

4.5 per_100_person_yearsIn uMkhanyakude, HIV incidence among 15- to 19-year-old females was 4.5 new infections per 100 person-years during DREAMS implementation (2016 to 2018).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2016 to 2018published 2021PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

70 %Where induced sterility reached 70%, a similar reduction was found in egg numbers collected by ovitraps.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 40 observations

3.17 %Economic access to reproductive health services was 3.17% among rural adolescents in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Nigeriareproductive health servicespublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 8 observations

0.9 %La proportion de patients goutteux d’Afrique subsaharienne (ASS) traités par diurétiques variait entre 0,9 % et 76,5 %.

goutteHAL · Unilimdocument of 150 observations

10,184 childrenThe study included a weighted sample of 10,184 children aged 6–59 months in Nigeria.

observed 2018published 2024International journal of environmental research and public healthPubMeddocument of 4 observations

33.93 %In domestic animals in Benin, the overall seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus antibodies was 33.93%.

BéninCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic feverobserved 2022 to 2024published 2025Viruseseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

0.4 proportionAlmost 4 in 10 women and girls living with HIV had limited access to sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.

Nigeriasexual and reproductive healthobserved 2021published 2022African journal of AIDS research : AJARPubMeddocument of 4 observations

1.5 /mg proteinPeri-urban Anopheles arabiensis exhibited non-specific esterases levels of 1.5/mg protein.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2022-2023published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 25 observations

0.15 L/h/kgThe estimated plasma clearance (CLp) of quinine was 0.15 L/h/kg after oral administration in healthy adult Africans.

published 1996East African medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

2.2 %Among the enrolled adolescents, 2.2% had HSV-2 positivity.

Kenyaherpes simplex virus-2published 2024SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research AlliancePubMeddocument of 7 observations

56.1 %About 56.1% of healthcare workers had safety information at their disposal.

published 2020BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

26.8 yearsThe median age of men who have sex with men was 26.8 years (interquartile range 23.2–32.1 years).

published 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 11 observations

44.68 %The triple mutant HGEAA haplotype in Pfdhps had a prevalence of 44.68% in Kisii.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

93.24 %P. falciparum was more frequent in symptomatic individuals (93.24%) compared to asymptomatic individuals.

Malipaludismepublished 2023Tropical medicine and infectious diseaseeurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

33.6 relative_utilityClinically stable people living with HIV preferred 6-month spacing over 1-month spacing for ART collections, with relative utilities of 33.6 and -49.5, respectively.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

2 %Sickle cell disease impacts 2% of newborns in Nigeria and Ghana.

Ghana · Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Journal of immigrant and minority healthPubMed

71 %At week 8, FTC-TP was quantifiable in 71% of DBS samples in the 7 doses/week group, 19% in the 4 doses/week group, and 0% in the 2 doses/week group among African cisgender women in Kenya.

observed week 8published 2025PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 11 observations

7.8 %The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum was 7.8% (17/219) in the control group.

Malipaludismeobserved March 1999 to February 2000published 2002Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonialeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

87.2 %A high prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) of 87.2% was observed among adults with central obesity attending a mission hospital in Nairobi who reported consumption of large amounts of carbohydrates.

Kenyametabolic syndrome (MetS)published 2020BMJ openPubMed

1.4 %Among 143 children with sickle cell disease receiving hydroxyurea, 1.4% had high transcranial Doppler velocities (≥ 200 cm/s).

KenyadrépanocytosePubMeddocument of 4 observations

12 yearsThe median education of participants was 12 years.

published 2024PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

14.4 %La prévalence de la malnutrition chronique (taille-pour-âge < −2 écarts-types) chez les enfants au Woleu-Ntem était de 14,4 % selon l’EDSG-III 2019–21.

observed 2019–21DHS Programdocument of 5,766 observations

33.5 %Parmi les femmes de 15–49 ans au Gabon, 33,5 % ont subi de la violence physique uniquement, selon l'EDSG-III 2019–21.

observed 2019–21DHS Programdocument of 5,766 observations

57,600,000 YLDsGlobally, low back pain was the leading cause of years lived with disability (YLDs) in 2016, contributing 57.6 million YLDs.

CamerounLow Back Painobserved 2016published 2017Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32154-2