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Urbanization, cities, and health: The challenges to Nigeria - A review.
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- Approximation of the Cox survival regression model by MCMC Bayesian Hierarchical Poisson modelling of factors associated with childhood mortality in Nigeria.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
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- The State of SDG 6 in Nigeria (2016-2024): A Critical Review of Progress and Future Strategies.Environmental health insights · 2026Review
- Rethinking Urbanicity: Conceptualizing Neighborhood Effects on Women's Mental Health in Kampala's Urban Slums.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Hypertension in 37 African Countries: Trends From 2003 to 2022.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Enhancing intergenerational HeAlth in Nigeria: peripartum as Critical life stagE for CardioVascular Health (ENHANCE-CVH) study: findings from pre-implementation using the updated consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR 2.0).Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Magnitude, trends, transitions, and drivers of the double burden of malnutrition among adolescent girls in urban slums, Kenya: findings from a longitudinal study (2017-2019).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Plasmodium spp. Detection Among Acute Febrile Illness Patients in Two Regions of Nigeria.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Mobility, mental well-being and Neighborhood walkability among older adults in Nigeria: an urban perspective.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- The Association Between Urbanisation and Household Food Security in Nigeria.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- The impact of urban flower meadows on the well-being of city dwellers provides hints for planning biophilic green spaces.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Rural-urban differentials in women empowerment and experience of under-five mortality among mothers in Nigeria: a Multiple Indicator Survey analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Improvement of China's healthy city construction policies from the perspective of policy instruments.BMC public health · 2025Article
- City classification and health burden: Evidence from U5 malaria in the rapidly growing city of Akure, Nigeria.IJID regions · 2025Article
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- Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: the current profile, recent advances, gaps, and priorities.Journal of human hypertension · 2025Review
- Understanding malaria treatment patronage from informal healthcare providers in Nigerian urban settlements: insights from community members and providers.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Unpacking social and digital determinants of health in Africa: a narrative review on challenges and opportunities.mHealth · 2025Review
- Intersecting epidemics: immune dysregulation associated with HIV and tuberculosis syndemic contribute to increased risk of hypertensive disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
The Nigerian society is rapidly becoming urban as a result of a multitude of push and pull factors. This has generated urban health crises among city dwellers notably the urban poor. A systematic search of published literature in English was conducted between 1960 and 2015. Published peer review journals, abstracts, Gray literature (technical reports, government documents, reports, etc.), inaugural lectures, and internet articles were reviewed. Manual search of reference lists of selected articles were checked for further relevant studies. The review showed that the pace of urbanization is unprecedented with cities such as Lagos having annual urban growth rate of 5.8%. Urbanization in Nigeria is mainly demographically driven without commensurate socioeconomic dividends and benefits to the urban environment. This has created urban health crises of inadequate water safe supply, squalor and shanty settlements, sanitation, solid waste management, double burden of diseases and inefficient, congested, and risky transport system. In conclusion, when managed carefully, urbanization could reduce hardship and human suffering; on the other hand, it could also increase poverty and squalor. Some laws need to be amended to change the status of poor urban settlements. Urban health development requires intersectoral approach with political will and urban renewal program to make our urban societies sustainable that promote healthy living.
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