Integrating e-learning into the educational framework for undergraduate medical training: a Nigerian survey on trainers´ perception and readiness.

Introduction: given the significant disruption in educational activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainties about the post-pandemic future, coupled with increasing demand for the healthcare workforce, e-learning may bridge the gap in training medical students. It was imperative to survey the perception and readiness of the trainers on the use of e-learning for undergraduate medical training in Nigeria.

Methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among teachers of medical students in Nigeria.

Plasma Vitamin D Levels Among Nigerian Mothers and their Preterm Infants.

Objectives: Preterm delivery abruptly separates a baby from the placental supply of nutrients which are mostly accreted during the third trimester. The study aimed to determine the relationship between plasma levels of vitamin D in mothers and their preterm infants within the first 24 hours of life in a Nigerian population and how this is related to the intrauterine growth pattern.

Methods: This hospital-based panel study of 121 preterm infants and their mothers was carried out in three neonatal units in southwest Nigeria.

Postnatal foot length in the estimation of gestational age in relation to intrauterine growth pattern among Nigerian neonates.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between postnatal foot lengths and estimated gestational age (EGA) in relation to intrauterine growth patterns determined at birth among Nigerian neonates.

Design: Hospital-based, cross-sectional.

Setting: Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.

Are We Missing Hypothyroidism among Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia?

Background: Children with sickle cell anaemia have been reported to have potential risk of hypothyroidism from chronic blood transfusions and probable thyroid tissue ischaemia. However, few studies on hypothyroidism status of children with sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria are available. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypothyroidism among children with sickle cell anaemia.

Evaluation of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Programme at a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Southwestern Nigeria.

Most children acquire human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). The risk of MTCT of HIV is generally 15%-40% without prophylaxis. MTCT has been responsible for approximately 370,000 infant HIV infections worldwide, with Nigeria accounting for 30% of cases.