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- ItemOpen AccessHIV sexual risk behavior and preferred HIV prevention service outlet by men who have sex with men in Nigeria.(BMC Health Services Research, 2019-04-27T00:00:00Z) Emmanuel, Godwin; Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; Ochonye, Bartholomew; Umoh, Paul; Wasiu, Bashiru; Nkom, Mercy; Iorwa, Apera; Anenih, JamesThe study objectives were to identify differences in HIV sexual risk behavior of men who had sex with other men (MSM) resident in urban and rural Nigeria, their perspectives on need for HIV prevention services and perceived barriers and facilitators to access of HIV prevention services in private, public and peer-led health facilities.
- ItemOpen AccessNigeria's financing of health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations.(WMHP, 2022-10-03) Aregbeshola, Bolaji S; Folayan, Morenike OAn analysis of the financing of Nigeria's health-care system in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was conducted. Nigeria projected that it would need US$330 million to control its COVID-19 pandemic. However, it raised more than US$560.52 million, of which more than 90% came from the private sector and the donor/philanthropist community. The pooled COVID-19 fund is mainly being expended on temporary public health and clinical care measures, with little invested to strengthen the health system beyond the pandemic. The poor turn-around time for COVID-19 test results and the stigma associated with the disease results in most persons with mild to moderate symptoms seeking care from alternatives to the health-care institutions designated for COVID-19 health care. The huge out-of-pocket expenses, and the inability of most Nigerians to earn money because of measures instituted to contain the pandemic, will likely cause many Nigerians to become economically impoverished by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19-related commodity procurement was least responsive to the needs of those most in need of care and support. The government needs to institute several fiscal policies. Immediate response to ease the financial impact of COVID-19 require inclusion of COVID-19 management in health insurance packages and an increase in domestic government health spending.
- ItemOpen AccessAssociations between mental health challenges, sexual activity, alcohol consumption, use of other psychoactive substances and use of COVID-19 preventive measures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by adults in Nigeria.(BMC Public Health, 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z) Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; Ibigbami, Olanrewaju; El Tantawi, Maha; Aly, Nourhan M; Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño; Abeldaño, Giuliana Florencia; Ara, Eshrat; Ellakany, Passent; Gaffar, Balgis; Al-Khanati, Nuraldeen Maher; Idigbe, Ifeoma; Ishabiyi, Anthonia Omotola; Khan, Abeedha Tu-Allah; Khalid, Zumama; Lawal, Folake Barakat; Lusher, Joanne; Nzimande, Ntombifuthi P; Popoola, Bamidele Olubukola; Quadri, Mir Faeq Ali; Roque, Mark; Okeibunor, Joseph Chukwudi; Brown, Brandon; Nguyen, Annie LuThe aims of this study were to assess: 1) the associations among sexual activity, alcohol consumption, use of other psychoactive substances and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2) the associations between COVID-19 preventive measures, alcohol consumption and use of psychoactive substances.
- ItemOpen AccessSocioeconomic inequality, health inequity and well-being of transgender people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.(BMC Public Health, 2023-08-12T00:00:00Z) Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; Yakusik, Anna; Enemo, Amaka; Sunday, Aaron; Muhammad, Amira; Nyako, Hasiya Yunusa; Abdullah, Rilwan Mohammed; Okiwu, Henry; Lamontagne, ErikWe aimed to explore socioeconomic inequality, health inequity, and the well-being of transgender people during the COVID-19 crisis in Nigeria.