1. Our morning at the refugee camp
(Stories/Staff stories)

...portunity to go on an outreach here in Jos with our neighbor Dr. Don Sampson (an American pediatrician), a Nigerian doctor, and five other people. Our patients were displaced residents of Jos who are ...

2. Dealing with enterocutaneous fistulas at Evangel
(Stories/Staff stories)

We now have four patients in the hospital who have a condition called enterocutaneous fistula. They all had surgery at other hospitals for various problems but developed a leak in their intestines so

3. Epidemiology of congenital malaria in Nigeria: a multi-centre study
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...you can. Abstract Objective To determine the burden of congenital malaria in newborns in Nigeria. Methods In a prospective multi-centre study, 1875 consecutive mother–ba...

4. Baby Hannah
(Stories/Patients)

The two day old baby looked so tiny in the middle of the full-size ICU bed. The whole left side of her head and her left eye were swollen and bruised, with scratches here and there. Now and then she w

5. Some poliomyelitis in Nigeria comes from mutated vaccine virus
(Journal Club/Public Health)

According to WHO, says the New York Times, some cases of poliomyelitis in Nigeria are caused by a mutated vaccine virus. Though the Times says "Nigeria is fighting an unusual outbreak of polio ca

6. Getting ready for avian influenza in Africa
(Journal Club/Avian Influenza)

... an impending influenza pandemic escalated when highly pathogenic influenza A subtype H5N1 appeared in Nigeria in January 2006. The potential devastation from emergence of a pandemic strain ...

7. The many benefits of ivermectin??
(Journal Club/Public Health)

...ficial effects of ivermectin (Mectizan) treatment, as observed within onchocerciasis foci in south-eastern Nigeria. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 101(7), October 2007 , pp. 593-600(8)....

8. Depression common in elderly Nigerians
(Journal Club/Public Health)

...dence (1·0) predicted no treatment." Epidemiology of major depressive disorder in elderly Nigerians in the Ibadan Study of Ageing: a community-based survey. Lancet 370:957-964, 15 Sep...

9. Kids Club
(News/HIV/AIDS News)

...fe for this event. It brings hope and encouragement to their lives. These faces are the next generation of Nigeria. We want them to know their Maker, the God of all creation. We pray that they may kno...

10. New Solution for Newborn Incubator Shortage: Inexpensive Recycling
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...ents. However, it doesn't meet the criteria for reliability and ease of use. The article below, from Nigeria, reports a way of doing the same thing, perhaps more efficiently. (Unfortunately, the...

11. Shoeboxes
(Blog/Blog)

Here's an email that made me think again about the wider problem of child health in Nigeria. Lately I've been pretty absorbed in our own programs at Evangel, but this reminded me of the millions of ch

12. How long should I take malaria prophylaxis after leaving Nigeria?
(FAQs/Info for travelers)

It is important to continue taking your malaria prophylaxis drug after you leave the area where malaria occurs, because the parasite may still be in your blood and could cause malaria weeks or months

13. A special reunion of the healed
(News/News at Evangel)

... annual VVF reunion started today and goes through Saturday. Hundreds of women gather from villages across Nigeria to celebrate their healing from VVF. Tonight they had a special program with dancing ...

14. Neonatal tetanus in Nigeria: does it still pose a major threat to neonatal survival?
(Journal Club/Public Health)

... disease. This is certainly a needed intervention, but whether neonatal tetanus is still a major threat in Nigeria is not answered. Certainly it has become less common at our hospital in Jos, where we...

15. Biliary atresia in Nigeria ... no good news
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...ian of 16 weeks, so it's not surprising that the results were poor. Management of biliary atresia in Nigeria: the ongoing challenge. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics (2007) 27, 69–73....

16. Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") H5N1
(FAQs/Health and Illness)

Lately there have been human deaths reported in Nigeria and Egypt from "bird flu," or "highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1." This page summarizes some of the useful references o

17. What immunizations does my baby or child need for travel to Nigeria?
(FAQs/Info for travelers)

Bringing a baby or child to Nigeria? What immunizations and malaria prophylaxis are needed? The best source for this information is the US government CDC site, including the page specifically about im

18. Malaria chemoprophylaxis in sickle cell disease -- Cochrane summary
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

...the abstract. This is indeed an important research question. These results from only two studies (one in Nigeria, one in Uganda) clearly favor prophylaxis, but I think we need considerably more info...

19. Evangel registrar marries American "missionary kid"
(News/News at Evangel)

...ynn is the daughter of Evangel pediatric consultant Dr. Mike Blyth and his wife Barbara. She first came to Nigeria with her family in 1991 and has considered it her home ever since, though she has bee...

20. Cost comparison of drugs for malaria prevention
(FAQs/Info for travelers)

...e are some figures I've found for the drugs used by travelers and residents for malaria prevention here in Nigeria and other areas with chloroquine resistant malaria. Figures are $US per week for an a...