Adeleke University

Factors Affecting Drug Adherence Among Adolescents Living With HIV/AIDS at the Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Adolescents living with HIV face unique challenges that affect health outcomes, including adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Suboptimal adherence contributes to viral resistance, treatment failure, and increased morbidity. This study examined the promotive and...

Social Media Peer Communication and Cholera Risk Perception During the 2024 Outbreak in Lagos, Nigeria: A Health Belief Model Analysis

Background: Cholera remains a persistent and deadly global public health challenge. Recent resurgences have caused large-scale outbreaks. Due to gaps in public health risk awareness, effective risk communication using the HBM is now critical for cholera control and prevention. Du...

Radiological and stochastic risk assessments of natural radionuclides in soils of selected hospital waste sites in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria

Abstract The study focused on measuring radionuclides in 52 soil samples collected around three hospital dumpsites in Anambra State using gamma-ray spectrometry and assessing the associated radiological risks. The average activity concentrations (Bq/kg) of the natural occurring r...

Health Under Haze: Symptom Burden Among Adult Outpatients During the 2024‐2025 Winter Smog Season in Lahore, Pakistan

ABSTRACT Background Severe urban air pollution is a major public health challenge in many low‐ and middle‐income countries. Lahore experiences recurrent winter smog episodes with pollution levels far exceeding international guidelines, but hospital‐based evidence on associated sy...

Atmospheric dispersion modelling of black carbon and PM₂.₅ emissions from an iron and steel plant in Ilorin, Nigeria

The iron and steel sector is one of the most aerosol-intensive branches of heavy manufacturing. In Nigeria, where environmental monitoring infrastructure remains sparse and industrial compliance enforcement is still developing, facilities such as the steel production plant in Ilo...

Intergovernmental Relations and Governance Outcomes in Nigeria: A Critical Analysis

The study examines intergovernmental relations in Nigeria; how they have influenced the management of interactions among different levels of government in the country; and how their structural features have either strengthened or undermined the country’s governance. The study ado...