Publications by authors named "Ngozi Azodoh"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the link between women's knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention and their attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS, emphasizing the need for comprehensive understanding among women of reproductive age to help combat stigma and discrimination.
- - Utilizing data from the 2018 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey, researchers performed statistical analyses to evaluate how various socio-demographic factors influenced these attitudes, finding that wealth, religious beliefs, and media access played significant roles.
- - Results indicated that a significant majority of women held stigmatizing views towards individuals with HIV/AIDS, and that knowing about HIV did not significantly change these attitudes, highlighting the complexity of stigma beyond just knowledge of the disease.
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention has been reported as a necessary factor for ending the HIV epidemic. Women of reproductive age identified as a vulnerable group to HIV infection require this knowledge to prevent contracting HIV infection. Therefore, this study aimed to identify those factors that impact these women's comprehensive knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGeographical accessibility to functional emergency obstetric care facilities in urban Nigeria using closer-to-reality travel time estimates: a population-based spatial analysis.
Lancet Glob Health
May 2024
Background: Better accessibility for emergency obstetric care facilities can substantially reduce maternal and perinatal deaths. However, pregnant women and girls living in urban settings face additional complex challenges travelling to facilities. We aimed to assess the geographical accessibility of the three nearest functional public and private comprehensive emergency obstetric care facilities in the 15 largest Nigerian cities via a novel approach that uses closer-to-reality travel time estimates than traditional model-based approaches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: The global impact of COVID-19 has led to an increased need to continuously assess disease surveillance tools. The utility of SARS-CoV-2 serologic tools in determining immunity levels across different age groups and locations in helping to quickly assess the burden of COVID-19 with significant health policy implications is unknown.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with respect to the age group and sex of participants.