Impact of harmattan season on human health in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Sufiyan, Ibrahim; Mohammed, KD; Bello, Innocent E.; Zaharadeen, I

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“…It leads to conditions such as dried skin, dried and chapped lips and dehydration. It also affects the respiratory system as people experience difficulty in breathing, aggravation of asthma and easy transmission of respiratory diseases like cough, catarrh, and tuberculosis (Sufiyan et al., 2020 ). The season is usually associated with increase in hospitalization for congestive cardiac failure and cerebrovascular accident (Okeahialam, 2016 ).…”

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The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season

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The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), originating from the Wuhan region of China, has caused devastating damages across the world. The impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been reported in global transportation (Abu-Rayash & Dincer, 2020) and power system (Gulati et al., 2021). The greatest impact has been on the global health system, overwhelming the health care facilities of many developed and developing countries (Armocida et al., 2020). COVID-19 infections could be asymptomatic, symptomatic or presymptomatic leading to severe forms which require intubation and can lead to death (Lee et al., 2020). For instance, older patients with more than one underlying medical condition (e.g., hypertension, obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney diseases etc.) are more predisposed to severe COVID-19 complications (Fang et al., 2020; R. T. CDC et al., 2020), although younger and healthier patients are more likely to respond faster to treatment (C. CDC et al., 2020;Wang et al., 2020). Multiple organ failure and cardiopulmonary complications, such as myopericarditis, pulmonary embolism and acute respiratory distress syndrome, represent some of the major complications of severe COVID-19. The COVID-19 outbreak has created a global health crisis. There are a total of 171,259,456 COVID-19 cases, 3,567,030 deaths worldwide as of 2 June 2021 (John Hopkins University, 2021) with Nigeria having the highest number of cases (166,534) and deaths (2,099) in West Africa. The first case of COVID-19 incidence was reported on 27 February 2020. Since then the reported confirmed cases increased considerably to about 1,350 cases before the end of the second month. Lagos State, Kano State and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reported the highest number of cases in Nigeria. The Federal government of Nigeria and various State Governments imposed restrictive measures such suspension of all activities and religious gatherings, indefinite closure of public and private schools/institutions, extension of the travel ban to some countries, suspension of the

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The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season

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“…The semi-arid climate according to Scholes (2020) is the regions of the world where average rainfall is between one-fifth and half of the potential plant water demand. It is covered by ferruginous tropical soils which are predominantly laterite and characterized by sandy-fixed undulating topography that is usually very low in organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus that is degradable under conditions of intensive rainfall (Medugu et al, 2011;Sufiyan et al, 2020). The climatic condition in such a zone is a relatively cool dry season which is usually followed by a relatively hot dry season, and subsequently by a short rainy season (Scholes, 2020).…”

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Positioning Research Paradigm in the Development of the Social Housing Management Model in a Semi-Arid Climate

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This paper examines the philosophical perspectives in research and the justification for the adoption of an appropriate paradigm in conducting social housing management research. An extensive review of established literature related to philosophical perspectives in social science research was conducted which forms part of the methodology. The review revealed several philosophical paradigms for conducting research such as positivism, realism, interpretivism, and pragmatism; and each of these paradigms aimed towards solving the many problems in research through appropriate methodologies. The review also indicated that effective strategy for housing management should be considered through research that is inclined to a relevant philosophical paradigm that dictates the appropriate research tools and design. The paper suggests that pragmatism with its methodological traditions was conceptualized by researchers to ensure not only adequate study of a given social phenomenon in the realm of social science as it views objective reality is embedded in the environment which is encountered through human experience; but also is a set of tools of value for addressing practical problems in the real world regardless of the peculiarity of research environment. Therefore, pragmatism has the potential to offer a suitable methodology to the social science research investigating social housing management in a peculiar environment such as the semi-arid climate by using different methodological combinations to address the research questions through either intermixing of interviewing, observation, and document analysis; relying on interviews rather than observations, or the intermixing of qualitative and quantitative data to address their research question.

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“…It leads to conditions such as dried skin, dried and chapped lips, dehydration, and occasional spontaneous nosebleeds. It also affects the respiratory system as people experience dif iculty in breathing, aggravation of asthma and easy transmission of respiratory diseases like cough, catarrh, and tuberculosis ( [2]. The season further results in increase in cardiovascular diseases leading to a rise in hospitalization for congestive cardiac failure and cerebrovascular accident, which prompted Okeahialam, [3] to de ine it as a season of anguish for cardiologists and patients.…”

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Impact of harmattan season on human health in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

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The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season

The Role of Meteorological Variables and Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID‐19 During Harmattan Season

Positioning Research Paradigm in the Development of the Social Housing Management Model in a Semi-Arid Climate

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