Health workforce and governance: the crisis in Nigeria.

Background: In Nigeria, several challenges have been reported within the health sector, especially in training, funding, employment, and deployment of the health workforce. We aimed to review recent health workforce crises in the Nigerian health sector to identify key underlying causes and provide recommendations toward preventing and/or managing potential future crises in Nigeria.

Methods: We conducted a scoping literature search of PubMed to identify studies on health workforce and health governance in Nigeria.

Severity, Challenges, and Outcome of Retroperitoneal Hematoma in a Nigeria Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Retroperitoneal hematoma (RH) can present as an acute life-threatening condition, report on RH in low-income countries are lacking.

Objective: We present the severity, pattern, challenges, and outcome of RH in a low-resource country such as Nigeria.

Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of all patients with blunt or penetrating abdominal injury needing surgery, patients with RH among them were analyzed.

An Estimate of the Incidence of Prostate Cancer in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is rated the second most common cancer and sixth leading cause of cancer deaths among men globally. Reports show that African men suffer disproportionately from PCa compared to men from other parts of the world. It is still quite difficult to accurately describe the burden of PCa in Africa due to poor cancer registration systems.