Background: Psychological morbidities concurrent with HIV have been the focus of considerable scientific investigations. However, researchers have largely overlooked HIV-related stress and resilien…
Historically, women have always been subjugated and oppressed by men in most cultures in Nigeria. This situation is due to the inequality in gender relations between men and women. Rape has always …
La révision de la Constitution nigériane prévue en 1956 fut perçue par le Women Movement of Nigeria (WM) comme une occasion pour revendiquer l’inclusion politique des femmes. L’article Allo…
Background: The responsibility of caring for patients with advanced cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is mostly shouldered by family members because of paucity of institutional facilities. There is a gr…
Objective To evaluate medical resource utilisation and timeliness of access to specific aspects of a standard care pathway for breast cancer at tertiary centres in sub-Saharan Africa.Design Data we…
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) indicates the survival rate from breast cancer in Nigerian women is 48.9%. Little is known about the health-seeking behaviors and the factors that in…
This study is based on the prevalence of Urinary Tract Disease (UTIs) amongst pregnant women in Nigeria attending antenatal clinics at hospitals. Factors that predispose an individual to UTI. List…
Abstract Background: Plasmodium falciparum and soil transmitted helminth (STHs) infection are widespread in sub-Sahara Africa, where co-infection is also common. This study assessed the prevalenc…
Background: The hypercoagulability of pregnancy is exaggerated in pre-eclamptic state because of endothelial activation with resultant production of some endothelial derived proteins that are said…
AWDF awards grants to African women's organizations working in the following thematic areas: Women's Human Rights Economic Empowerment Political Participation Peace-Building Healt…