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A Study Towards Awareness and Corrective Measures of HIV/AIDS in North-Western Part of Nigeria Through Statistical Assessment

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  • Chiwa Musa Dalah
  • SinghV V

    (Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Yobe State University, Nigeria
    Department of Mathematics, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Nigeria)

Abstract

The effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) global epidemic continue to emerge decades after the first wave of infection. One key aspect of controlling the epidemic is by enlightening the general public on the epidemic. That is on how it can be contracted and controlled. Since the start of the epidemic many measures have been taken by the government and non-governmental organizations to control the epidemic, but still, it continued to infect and kill many people. The measures taken include manufacturing antiretroviral drugs and therapy, using of condoms and enlightenment among others.Nigeria consists of thirty-six (36) states and the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja, and these are grouped into six geopolitical zones. North-Western Nigeria consists of seven states (7) namely Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara with a total population of about thirty-five million (35m). Secondary data from Federal Ministry of Health is used in finding out whether people of North-western Nigeria are aware of HIV/AIDS?Statistical methods and techniques are used in analyzing the data[1-5].

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  • Chiwa Musa Dalah & SinghV V, 2018. "A Study Towards Awareness and Corrective Measures of HIV/AIDS in North-Western Part of Nigeria Through Statistical Assessment," Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(3), pages 51-58, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjorm:v:5:y:2018:i:3:p:51-58
    DOI: 10.19080/GJORM.2018.05.555663
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    1. Badamasi Abba & Singh VV, 2018. "New Odd Generalized Exponential - Exponential Distribution: Its Properties and Application," Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(3), pages 68-73, April.
    2. Chiwa & Musa Dalah & V. V. Singh & Abdalla Eltom Abdalla Mohamad, 2018. "Statistical survey on awareness of Hiv/Aids and its impact on economic development in northern Nigeria during the period 2010 - 2015," Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 7(3), pages 1-2.
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    1. Chiwa & Musa Dalah & V. V. Singh & M. I. Abubakar & Abdalla Eltom Abdalla Mohammad, 2019. "A statistical survey on awareness and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections [stis] in north-eastern Nigeria," Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 8(2), pages 1-2.
    2. Umar Yusuf Madaki & Singh VV & Musa Dalah Chiwa, 2019. "Assessment of Diabetic Patients Among Adults in Maiduguri, Using Multivariate Discriminant Model," Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 9(1), pages 20-27, February.

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