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    Enhancing quality healthcare in Nigeria through medical laboratory services
    (Medicine, 2024) Abdulrahman Abdulbasit Opeyemi; Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Abdulwasiu Oladele Hassan
    This article explores the pivotal role of medical laboratory services in enhancing the quality of healthcare in Nigeria. Medical laboratory science is a comprehensive field that involves a diverse array of diagnostic and analytical procedures. These procedures are of utmost importance in the provision of patient care, the early diagnosis of diseases, and the promotion of public health. The article elucidates the progression of medical laboratory services in Nigeria, tracing the transformation from the role of laboratory assistants to that of medical laboratory scientists. It underscores the significance of these services in informing healthcare decision-making. The essay also discusses the diverse obstacles encountered by the medical laboratory profession in Nigeria. The issues encompass insufficiencies in infrastructure, obsolescence of equipment, absence of a coherent policy framework, slow workforce expansion, persistent labor strikes, and a scarcity of trained specialists. The aforementioned issues not only impede the effectiveness of laboratory services, but also have extensive ramifications for healthcare provision throughout the nation. In order to address these difficulties and improve the standard of healthcare, the essay presents practical solutions and a thorough strategy. Furthermore, it underscores the significance of augmenting financial resources, mitigating corruption, and tackling wage inequalities in order to effectively retain medical laboratory specialists. The action plan is structured into distinct phases, each delineated by specified dates and delineating the duties of various stakeholders, such as government entities, healthcare establishments, professional associations, and diagnostic enterprises.
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    Factors contributing to treatment default by tuberculosis patients at art clinic: African perspective
    (International Journal of Current Research in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023) Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Yakubu Sunday Bot; Getrude Uzoma Obeagu; Abdulwasiu Oladele Hassan
    Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the biggest public health problem and now ranks alongside Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as the world’s leading infectious cause of death. The co-infection of TB to HIV patients has been increasing with suppressing impact to the host immunity. There are a lot factors contributing to default of ART patients with TB including personal factors, stigma, economic factors, educational background, quality and nature of care from the facilities. It is imperative to improve on encouraging the HIV patients on ART with TB to access health facilities for their improved life.
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    Update on mothers towards neonatal umbilical cord sepsis: African perspectives
    (International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences, 2023) Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Getrude Uzoma Obeagu; Esther Musiimenta; Yakubu Sunday Bot1; Abdulwasiu Oladele Hassan
    Neonatal umbilical sepsis continues to be a major health problem with up to 323 of every 1000 neonates seen clinics presenting with clinical symptoms. The unhealed umbilical cord is a major entry point for local and invasive infections during the neonatal period and is rapidly colonised by bacteria from the environment. The reasons for the high incidence of neonatal sepsis in developing countries are high incidence of home deliveries, unhygienic cord utting, application of unclean substances to the stump and covering the stump with unclean fabric