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By Usman Aliyu A U.S.-based Nigerian health communication researcher, Abdulmalik Lawal, says personal perception of vulnerability to antibiotic-resistant infections influences responsible antibiotic use more strongly than public awareness campaigns. Lawal, in his study on antibiotic use behaviour in Southwest Nigeria, said Nigeria remained particularly vulnerable to antibiotic resistance due toContinue Reading

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Antibiotics By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu A professor of Paediatrics, Prof. Nnamdi Onyire says the growing misuse of antibiotics  in treating common cough is fuelling the emergence of drug-resistance Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria. Onyire, of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, also the Chairman, Obosi Development Union Committee on Health and Longevity, madeContinue Reading