Universal use of face mask for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in community settings in a South-western State of Nigeria: willingness and barriers.

Background And Objectives: One of the major drivers of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is community transmission. Nigeria, like other countries globally, took to strict preventive public health measures including good respiratory and hand hygiene, physical distancing, and the use of face mask to control the spread of COVID-19 disease. Furthermore, the government of Lagos State in Nigeria made a pronouncement on the universal use of face mask in the community.

Is the Training, Knowledge, and Perception of Maternal Health Providers Adequate for the Provision of Respectful Maternity Care? Policy Implications for Practice in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Health providers play pivotal roles in achieving respectful maternity care (RMC). This study assessed the training, knowledge, and perception of respectful maternity care among maternal health providers in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.

Methodology: This was across-sectional study conducted among 156 maternal health providers in Ebonyi Nigeria.

What factors are associated with forms of mistreatment during facility-based childbirth? A survey of referral health facilities in south-east Nigeria.

Mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities contributes significantly to suboptimal levels of skilled birth attendance. This study determined the factors associated with mistreatment during facility-based childbirth in two referral facilities in south-east Nigeria. A survey of 620 women whose childbirth occurred in two high-patronage referral hospitals of Ebonyi, Nigeria, was conducted in July-September 2018 using interviewer-administered questionnaires.