Determinants of hydroxyurea use among doctors, nurses and sickle cell disease patients in Nigeria

• Hezekiah Alkali Isa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hezekiah Alkali Isa, Uche Nnebe-Agumadu, Maxwell M. Nwegbu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: albarkatwo@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training (CESRTA), University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Haematology, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-7756

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• Uche Nnebe-Agumadu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hezekiah Alkali Isa, Uche Nnebe-Agumadu, Maxwell M. Nwegbu

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training (CESRTA), University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Paediatrics, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Maxwell M. Nwegbu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hezekiah Alkali Isa, Uche Nnebe-Agumadu, Maxwell M. Nwegbu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training (CESRTA), University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Emmanuel C. Okocha ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ECO, RIC, BJB, SAA and OEN also contributed equally to this work. EP and OEN are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Haematology, Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

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• Reuben I. Chianumba ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

  ¶‡ ECO, RIC, BJB, SAA and OEN also contributed equally to this work. EP and OEN are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training (CESRTA), University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Biobele J. Brown ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ECO, RIC, BJB, SAA and OEN also contributed equally to this work. EP and OEN are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

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• Samuel A. Asala ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ECO, RIC, BJB, SAA and OEN also contributed equally to this work. EP and OEN are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Emmanuel Peprah ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ECO, RIC, BJB, SAA and OEN also contributed equally to this work. EP and OEN are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0495-7016

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• Obiageli E. Nnodu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ECO, RIC, BJB, SAA and OEN also contributed equally to this work. EP and OEN are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training (CESRTA), University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Haematology, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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