HIV/AIDS continues to be a major public health disease accounting for 35 million deaths across the world. In 2016 alone, there were 1.8 million new HIV infections and 1 million deaths worldwide.

Preterm birth is one of the major causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The association between occurrence of preterm birth and biomarkers measured in the maternal serum maybe helpful in predicting preterm birth especially in low resource settings.

Background: Postnatal care (PNC) service can be described as the attention to mental, physical, and physiological rehabilitation. At the physiological level, postpartum haemorrhage is a leading cause of death among postnatal women. Objective: The aim of this report is to advance experiential opinion on barriers to PNC services in Nigeria. Method: This was an autobiographical case report.

Climate-induced perennial flooding in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, poses a constant hazard for children's mental and educational development. This paper addresses the ‘often overlooked’ psychological impacts of flooding on schoolchildren, one of the research findings that was not extensively analysed in the recent article, “Mfon, U. Y. (2024). Climate Change Outcomes and Educational Development: Implication of Flooding on the Well-being and School Attendance of Children in Bayelsa State, Nigeria,”

Dolutegravir, an integrase strand transfer inhibitor has been found to affect anthropometric indices. A total of 40 subjects comprising 19 male and 21 female were recruited for the study and apparently healthy sex and age matched individuals who tested sero-negative to HIV screening were used as controls. Standard weighing scale and measuring tape were used to determine body mass index (BMI) and Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR). Blood samples were collected and analyzed for pro inflammatory cytokines markers, specifically IL6 and TNF-α.