{"id":231,"date":"2024-07-14T15:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/?p=231"},"modified":"2024-07-14T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T15:49:09","slug":"dr-hauwa-mohammed-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/far-leaf-profiles\/dr-hauwa-mohammed-sani\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Hauwa Mohammed Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-81cba3fe9780cbbde7ac81417f4b72a1\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-81cba3fe9780cbbde7ac81417f4b72a1{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/content-banner.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-av_section-81cba3fe9780cbbde7ac81417f4b72a1 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Nigeria <\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>DR HAUWA MOHAMMED SANI<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-av_layout_row-1c531bd9ce3865591f89f1b08c9e3200 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_postcontent  container grid-row-not-first  container_wrap fullsize'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_cell_one_half-0778e7d338433c1d9d2a4436509fcc48\">\n.flex_cell.av-av_cell_one_half-0778e7d338433c1d9d2a4436509fcc48{\nvertical-align:top;\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-av_cell_one_half-0778e7d338433c1d9d2a4436509fcc48 av-gridrow-cell av_one_half no_margin  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_cell_one_half  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One effect is its impact on antibiotic resistance; another is the aggravation of misinformation, disinformation and mal-information about vaccines in Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The quest to find a lasting treatment for the pandemic and the uncertainties surrounding the clinical outcome necessitates using antibiotics in the treatment package. However, this tends to speed up another pandemic \u2013 antibiotic abuse and resistance. Antibiotic resistance develops when bacteria can no longer be managed by antibiotics that were once effective.<\/p>\n<p>Public awareness campaign strategies are needed to arrest the menace. The pandemic has affected the supply of antibiotics in hospitals and communities. Across the globe, an increased use of antibiotics during the pandemic has been reported. A study from Asia shows that an increase of up to 70% of patients received antibiotics despite only 10% having had bacterial infections. In sub-Saharan Africa \u2013 where the excessive use of antibiotics has become the norm \u2013 the emergence of the COVID-19 virus aggravated the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The abuse of antibiotic substances during the pandemic demonstrated the considerable influence of pseudoscience interventions among average Nigerians. This resulted in a proliferation of crude production, consumption and recommendation of unverified antibiotic substances, which may have detrimental long-term health implications on individual consumers and public health.<\/p>\n<p>The project will investigate the causal impact of misinformation and pseudoscience on the misuse of antibiotics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also examine conspiracy theories surrounding the use of COVID-19 vaccines within Northern Nigerian contexts to find out how these ideas are disseminated, and will develop succinct strategies and interventions that could be used to mitigate and curb these practices. The research will be conducted in 19 of the 36 states that make up the Nigerian Federation, and will rely on data from online platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube as well as interactions between members of online communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_cell_one_half-0778e7d338433c1d9d2a4436509fcc48\">\n.flex_cell.av-av_cell_one_half-0778e7d338433c1d9d2a4436509fcc48{\nvertical-align:top;\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-av_cell_one_half-0778e7d338433c1d9d2a4436509fcc48 av-gridrow-cell av_one_half no_margin  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-724e29f1d72ca26394d8119dc5adb5f9 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-10  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-animated-generic left-to-right  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylqb7ve-b8729b885991009c4c49d983372be6b1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lylqb7ve-b8729b885991009c4c49d983372be6b1 .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lylqb7ve-b8729b885991009c4c49d983372be6b1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Dr Hauwa Mohammed Sani\u2019s research aims to change the behavioural patterns of Northern Nigerians by debunking COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and misinformation on antibiotics and pseudoscience.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers will develop methods to mitigate and control the excessive consumption of antibiotic substances, reduce resistance and predict the mortality rate \u2013 given that it is forecasted that antibiotic resistance will kill more than 10 million people globally by 2050 if the issue is not addressed. Publications that result from the project are expected to provide working tools for scientists, public health practitioners, psychologists, media practitioners and policymakers in Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong><small>Dr Hauwa Mohammed Sani is a senior lecturer in the Department of English and Literary Studies at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. She is a sociolinguist with a particular interest in language and communication. Her PhD is about news reportage, and it serves as the basis for her expertise in communication. She also holds an MA (English Language) and BA (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University. Among others, Dr Sani was the recipient of the 2016\/2017 American Council of Learned Societies\u2019 African Humanities Grant, the 2016 Association of Commonwealth Universities Early Career Academic Grant, the 2021 Individual Research Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council\u2019s African Peacebuilding Network, and the 2021 fellowship of the African Studies Association and Carnegie Corporation of New York. She is widely published in national and international outlets, and has attended conferences within and outside Nigeria.<\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-av_three_fifth-b40918d7eb29fabc4ed6d787f2e092d0 sc-av_three_fifth av-break-at-tablet-flextable av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_three_fifth-b40918d7eb29fabc4ed6d787f2e092d0\">\n.flex_column.av-av_three_fifth-b40918d7eb29fabc4ed6d787f2e092d0{\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_three_fifth-b40918d7eb29fabc4ed6d787f2e092d0 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_fifth  first no_margin av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic left-to-right av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylqa7yi-58ccf1e58f2f8a96ea11d5f3784a0ad4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lylqa7yi-58ccf1e58f2f8a96ea11d5f3784a0ad4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lylqa7yi-58ccf1e58f2f8a96ea11d5f3784a0ad4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lylqa7yi-58ccf1e58f2f8a96ea11d5f3784a0ad4 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-194 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-194 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Hauwa-01_fixed.jpg\" alt='' title=''  height=\"338\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Hauwa-01_fixed.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Hauwa-01_fixed-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_fifth-0dd859e177ac684dcfebed49eaaaf342\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_fifth-0dd859e177ac684dcfebed49eaaaf342{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\nbackground-color:#1a78bd;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n.flex_column.av-av_two_fifth-0dd859e177ac684dcfebed49eaaaf342{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n.flex_column.av-av_two_fifth-0dd859e177ac684dcfebed49eaaaf342{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_fifth-0dd859e177ac684dcfebed49eaaaf342 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  no_margin av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic left-to-right  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylqaq4w-e3baf706e80fdf3ee761bd9fb2f2a165\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lylqaq4w-e3baf706e80fdf3ee761bd9fb2f2a165 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lylqaq4w-e3baf706e80fdf3ee761bd9fb2f2a165 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr Hauwa Sani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FAR-LEAF Research Fellow<br \/>\nAhmadu Bello University, Zaria<br \/>\n<strong>Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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