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Elvis Shu
Researcher at University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Publications - 48
Citations - 1211
Elvis Shu is an academic researcher from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Malaria. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 45 publications receiving 1111 citations.
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Quality of anti-malarial drugs provided by public and private healthcare providers in south-east Nigeria.
Obinna Onwujekwe,Harparkash Kaur,Nkem Dike,Nkem Dike,Elvis Shu,Benjamin Uzochukwu,Kara Hanson,Viola Okoye,Paul O. Okonkwo +8 more
TL;DR: There was a high prevalence of poor quality drugs in public and private healthcare providers in Anambra state, south-east Nigeria and the findings provide areas for public intervention to improve the quality of malaria treatment services.
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Influence of education and knowledge on perceptions and practices to control malaria in Southeast Nigeria.
Nkem Dike,Obinna Onwujekwe,Obinna Onwujekwe,Juliana U Ojukwu,Arthur C Ikeme,Benjamin Uzochukwu,Elvis Shu +6 more
TL;DR: Investigation of whether the people's level of education and what they know about malaria affects how they seek treatment and prevention for the disease indicates that education can have a positive impact on the malaria burden and medium/long-term improvement of overall literacy rates.
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An antimalarial extract from neem leaves is antiretroviral
TL;DR: The acetone-water neem leaf extract showed antiretroviral activity with a mechanism of action that may involve inhibition of cytoadhesion that may help in the development of novel antireTroviral and antimalarial drugs.
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Hypothetical and actual willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in five Nigerian communities
TL;DR: To determine the hypothetical and actual willingness of households to pay (WTP) for insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs), and compare these in areas with and without previous exposure to free ITNs.
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Increasing coverage of insecticide-treated nets in rural Nigeria: implications of consumer knowledge, preferences and expenditures for malaria prevention
TL;DR: The mostly preferred community-based distribution of ITNs implies that the strategy is a potential untapped additional channel for scaling-up ITNs in Nigeria and possibly other parts of sub-Saharan Africa.