Nigerian journal of medicine : journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria
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To determine the teenage pregnancy rate, associated epidemiological factors, outcome and complications in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. ⋯ Promoting education of the girl-child and economic empowerment of teenage girls will reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy and the high complication rate associated with it.
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Traumatic head injury and subsequent death is a public health problem in Nigeria. There is an urgent need to study the various factors leading to this problem. ⋯ Head injury is most common cause of death especially in road traffic accidents, gun shot and assault in this environment. There is an urgent need to address the frequency of RTA and gun handling to drastically reduce these fatalities.