Godwin O Akaba

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the causes of death related to Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) and to analyze the associated diagnosis and treatment problems, with inexperience among surgeons being identified as the most relevant problem in the process that led to death among 87% (67 women) of the cases who had contact with health services.

TL;DR: The use of antenatal care services and good intrapartum management will help improve outcome in twin pregnancies, especially when the mothers are booked and the presentations of the twins are favourable.

TL;DR: Awareness of cervical cancer, HPV infections, and HPV vaccines is low among antenatal clinic attendees in Gwagwalada, Abuja, however, majority of them would want their girls vaccinated against HPV infections.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model-estimated, population-level analysis of data from Nigeria's 2018 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) was performed to estimate the prevalence and geographical distribution of HbSS and HbSC genotypes assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium near birth.

TL;DR: Maternal and infant concentrations of vitamin A compounds were highly correlated and were associated with newborn growth and Apgar scores, and despite plasma concentrations of pro-vitamin A carotenoids higher than those reported in other populations, pregnant Nigerian women have a high prevalence ofitamin A deficiency.