HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN DUE TO ANTIMICROBIAL MISUSE
IN AFRICA
BY
SAIKI ADINOYI MUSA
A GRADUATE SEMINAR PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH)
SUPERVISOR
PROF. A. O. AWOYEMI
MB.BS (Ibadan), MPH (Lagos), AFOM (London), FMCPH
JANUARY 9TH, 2013
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this seminar work was carried out in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, by Saiki Adinoyi Musa.
________________________ ______________________ Prof. A. O. Awoyemi Date Supervisor
________________________ ______________________ Prof. A. O. Awoyemi Date Head of Department
________________________ ______________________ External Assessor Date Supervisor
DEDICATION
This seminar work is dedicated to my beloved mother, Late Mrs. Halimat Isa Avosuahi.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All thanks are due to Allah, the Almighty God, Who gave me the opportunity to enroll for this programme and have always guided me in all my endeavours.
My immeasurable gratitude is to the lovely person for whom without; I would not have been here; my mother, Late Mrs. Halimat Isa Avosuahi. All the inspirations, the encouragement, the moral support, love, care, prayers and financial support amongst others, that I received from you is second to none. Mummy I lost you too early for it is Allah’s wish but I promise you that by the Will of Allah, I will not fail you. Rest in the bosom of Allah my beloved. My prayers for you will never seize until I seize to live too. May Allah increase the shower of His Rahama on you and grant you