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Ngozi Ekeke, Joseph N. Chukwu, Charles C. Nwafor, Anthony O. Meka, Emmanuel N. Aguwa, Kenechi Uwakwe, Uche Anyanwagu, Ijeoma Nduka, Ben Azuogu, Daniel Oshi, Edmund N. Ossai. Leprosy Review (2020) 91, 108-118. DOI: 0305- 7518/20/064053+11 Download PDF

Chukwu JN, Ekeke N (ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Kayod Graphics; 2019. (ISBN 978-978-974-137-3) Download PDF

Chukwu JN, Ekeke N, Nwafor CC, Meka AO, Alphonsus C, Mbah OK, Eze CC, Ukwaja KN. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018 Nov 1;112(11):492-9. Download PDF

Ngozi Ekeke, Joseph Chukwu, Charles Nwafor, Chidubem Ogbudebe, Daniel Oshi, Anthony Meka & Nelson Madichie. Leprosy Review (2014) 85, 111–117. Download PDF

Nwafor CC, Meka A, Chukwu JN, Ekeke N, Alphonsus C, Mbah O, Madichie NO, Aduh U, Ogbeifo M, IseOluwa-Adelokiki BO, Edochie JE. African health sciences. 2019;19(2):2100-11. Download PDF

Meka AO, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Oshi DC, Madichie NO, Ekeke N, Anyim MC, Alphonsus C, Mbah O, Uzoukwa GC, Njoku M, Ntana K, Ukwaja KN. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Sep;110(9):502-509. Download PDF

Ekeke N, Meka AO, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Alphonsus C, Mbah OK, Madichie NO, Aduh U, Ogbeifo M, IseOluwa- Adelokiki BO, Edochie JE, Ushaka J, Ukwaja KN. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2017 May 1;111(5):226-232.doi:10.1093/trstmh/trx049. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28957473/

Anyim MC, Meka AO, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Oshi DC, Madichie NO, Ekeke N, Alphonsus C, Mbah O, Nwaekpe C, Njoku M, Fakiyesi D, Ulodiaku V, Ejiofor I, Bisiriyu AH, Ukwaja KN. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2016 Nov-Dec;49(6):746-751. doi: 10.1590/0037- 8682-0404-2016. Download PDF

Ukwaja KN, Meka AO, Chukwuka A, Asiedu KB, Huber KL, Eddyani M, Chukwu JN, Anyim MC, Nwafor CC, Oshi DC, Madichie NO, Ekeke N, Njoku M, Ntana K. Infect Dis Poverty. 2016 Apr 22;5:39. doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0119-8. Download PDF

Ngozi Ekeke, Elias Aniwada, Joseph Chukwu, Charles Nwafor, Anthony Meka, Chukwuka Alphonsus, Okechukwu Ezeakile, Adeyemi Ajayi, Festus Soyinka, Francis Bakpa, Victoria Uwanuruochi, Ezechukwu Aniekwensi, Chinwe Eze. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2020; 88: 6–12. Download PDF

Oshi D, Chukwu J, Nwafor C, Ngozi E. Chukwu, Anthony O. Meka, Moses Anyim, Kingsley N. Ukwaja, Isaac Alobu, Ngozi Ekeke, Sarah N. Oshi. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 2019;1–11 Download PDF

Chukwu J, Ekeke N, Nwafor C, Aniwada E, Egbagbe E, Andrew Edo, Ekenechukwu Young, Miriam Ajuba, Ngozi Murphy-Okpala, Olubiyi F. Adesina, Adenike Enikuomehin, Abiodun Hassan. Journal of Tuberculosis. 2019; 2(1): 1013. Download PDF

Ekeke N, Ukwaja KN, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Meka AO, Egbagbe EE, Soyinka FO, Alobu I, Agujiobi I, Akingbesote S, Igbinigie O, Offor JB, Madichie NO, Alphonsus C, Anyim MC, Mbah OK, Oshi DC,10. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 10;7:44205. doi: 10.1038/srep44205. Download PDF

Chukwu JN, Ukwaja KN, Ekeke N, Nwafor CC, Meka AO, Madichie NO, Anyim MC, Ogbudebe C, Adegbesan J, Ikebudu J, Oshi DC. Int Health. 2016 Jul;8(4):269-76.doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihw024. Download PDF

Oshi DC, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Meka AO, Madichie NO, Ogbudebe CL, Onyeonoro UU, Ikebudu JN, Ekeke N, Anyim MC, Ukwaja KN, Aguwa EN. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2016 Mar;5(1):44- 50. Download PDF

Ogbudebe CL, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Meka AO, Ekeke N, Madichie NO, Anyim MC, Osakwe C, Onyeonoro U, Ukwaja KN, Oshi DC. Int J Mycobacteriol.2015 Mar;4(1):18-24. doi:10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.12.007. Download PDF

Ugochukwu U Onyeonoro, Joseph Ngozi Chukwu, Charles C Nwafor, Anthony O Meka, Babatunde I Omotowo, Chidubem Ogbudebe, Joy N Ikebudu, Daniel C Oshi Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Year : 2015 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 4 | Page : 94-100 Download PDF

Onyeonoro UU, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Meka AO, Omotowo BI, Madichie NO, Ogbudebe C, Ikebudu JN, Oshi DC, Ekeke N, Paul NI, Duru CB. Health Serv Insights. 2015 Oct 13;8:25-33. doi: 10.4137/HSI.S27177. Download PDF

Chukwu JN, Meka AO, Nwafor CC, Oshi DC, Madichie NO, Ekeke N, Anyim MC, Chukwuka A, Obinna M, Adegbesan J, Njoku M, Soyinka FO, Adelokiki AO, Enemuoh IO, Okolie PI, Edochie JE, Offor JB, Ushaka J, Ukwaja KN. Int Health. 2017 Jan;9(1):36-43. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihw056. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295672352_Comparative_analysis_of _errors_in_reading_sputum_smear_microscopy_by_supervisors_and_periphe ral_laboratory_technicians_in_southeastern_Nigeria

Anyim MC, Oshi DC, Chukwu JN, Aguwa EN, Johnson IN, Nwafor C, Meka AO, Ogbudebe C, Madichie NO, Ekeke N, Olanisebe SB. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2014 Sep;3(3):178-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.06.005. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26786486/

Aguwa EN, Onwasigwe CN, Chukwu JN, Oshi DC, Nwafor CC, Omotowo BI, Ndu AC, Meka AO, Ekwueme OE, Ugwunna NC, Anyim MC. Health. 2013 Nov 11;2013. https://file.scirp.org/Html/1-8202479_39440.htm

Onyeonoro U Uchenna, JN Chukwu, UU Onyeonoro, DC Oshi, CC Nwafor, AO Meka, C Ogbudebe, JN Ikebudu. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Year : 2012 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 3 | Page : 173-177 Download PDF

Nnaji GA, Chukwu JN, Ugochukwu EF, Ezechukwu CC. Tropical Journal of medical research. March 2011; vol 15, No1: pages 19-23 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjmr/article/view/74751

Nnaji GA, Chukwu JN, Ezechukwu CC, Ugochukwu EF, Ogbonnaya LU, Ogbuabor DC. Nigeria Journal of Paediatrics. July- Sept. 2011; vol 38, No3: pages 109-114. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/njp/article/view/72264

Nnaji GA, Chukwu JN, Ugochukwu EF, Ezechukwu CC, Ogbonnaya LU. Nigerian Journal of Medicine. July- Sept. 2011; vol 20 No3: pages 327 – 332. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21970212/

GA Nnaji, JN Chukwu, CO Ifeadike, CN Akujobi, OM Ngene, Tropical Journal of Medical Research 2012; vol 16 (1): pages 1- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjmr/article/view/87262

Nkechi G. Onyenebo and Joseph N. Chukwu, International Quarterly of Community Health Education- A Journal of Policy and Applied Research- Volume 31, Number 2 – 2010- 2011. Download PDF

A study protocol. Ekeke N, Ossai EN, Kreibich S, Onyima A, Chukwu J, Nwafor C, Meka A, Murphy-Okpala N, Henry P, Eze C. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 2022 Apr 1;11(2):133. Download PDF

Eze CC, Ekeke N, Alphonsus C, Lehman L, Chukwu JN, Nwafor CC, Stillwaggon E, Meka AO, Sawers L, Ikebudu J, Anyim MC. BMC Public Health. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-5. Download PDF

Ukwaja KN, Alphonsus C, Eze CC, Lehman L, Ekeke N, Nwafor CC, Ikebudu J, Anyim MC, Chukwu JN. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2020 Apr 30;14(4):e0008248. Download PDF

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1. Are there knowledge and attitude deficits on leprosy? A study among medical interns and final year medical students in southeast Nigeria.

2. A Question of Justice: Persons affected by leprosy in Eastern Nigeria tell their stories in their own words.

3. Worsening of the disability grade during leprosy treatment: prevalence and its determinants in Southern Nigeria.

4. Children and leprosy in southern Nigeria: burden, challenges and prospects.

1. Assessment of community knowledge, attitude, and stigma of Buruli ulcer disease in Southern Nigeria.

2. Diagnosis delay and duration of hospitalization of patients with Buruli ulcer in Nigeria.

3. Financial burden of health care for Buruli ulcer patients in Nigeria: the patients' perspective.

4. Assessment of health care workers' knowledge, attitude and risk perception of Buruli ulcer disease in Southern Nigeria.

5. Secondary bacterial isolates from previously untreated Buruli ulcer lesions and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns in Southern Nigeria.

6. Buruli ulcer in Nigeria: results of a pilot case study in three rural districts.

1. Screening diabetes mellitus patients for tuberculosis in Southern Nigeria: A pilot study.

2. Support and unmet needs of patients undergoing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment in southern Nigeria.

3. Prevalence and predictors of tuberculosis among diabetes patients in nigeria; A multicentre study.

4. Screening for diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in Southern Nigeria: a multi-centre implementation study under programme settings.

5. Assessment of current practices in management of childhood TB among frontline clinicians in Southern Nigeria.

6. Does intensified case finding increase tuberculosis case notification among children in resource-poor settings? A report from Nigeria.

7. Reaching the underserved: Active tuberculosis case finding in urban slums in southeastern Nigeria.

8. Assessment of the quality of tuberculosis surveillance data in six selected states in Southern Nigeria.

9. Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction with Tuberculosis Services in Southern Nigeria.

10. Comparative Analysis of errors in reading Sputum smear Microscopy by supervisors and peripheral laboratory technicians in southeastern Nigeria

11. Sputum conversion at the end of 8weeks among category 1 tuberculosis patients: How reliable are the peripheral laboratory results?

12. Validation of the clinical tuberculosis screening algorithm used in Nigerian national tuberculosis control programme for screening people living with HIV.

13. Pattern and magnitude of treatment delay among TB patients in five states in southern Nigeria.

14. Use of recommended score chart and ranking of clinical features in diagnosis of childhood pulmonary TB by doctors.

15. Ranking of diagnostic features of childhood pulmonary TB by medical doctors in southeast of Nigeria.

16. Diagnostic approach of childhood pulmonary TB in endemic areas of south eastern Nigeria.

17. A four-year review of external quality assessment of sputum AFB smear microscopy centres in Southeast Nigeria.

18. Traditional Healers and Tuberculosis Control in Southern Nigeria.

1. A cluster randomized trial for improving mental health and well-being of persons affected by leprosy or buruli ulcer in Nigeria

2. Effectiveness of self-care interventions for integrated morbidity management of skin neglected tropical diseases in Anambra State, Nigeria.

3. Investigating barriers and challenges to the integrated management of neglected tropical skin diseases in an endemic setting in Nigeria.