Researchers say though Vitamin D could be bought over the counter at many pharmacies, taking the medication without the supervision of a physician is extremely dangerous. 

They warn that vitamin D is not beneficial in all its forms because vitamin D2, one of the forms of vitamin D, can be toxic to the body, though vitamin D3 is good for the body. They say this is because vitamin D is more complex than many people realize, though it is needed by the human body in order to grow and develop.

Medical experts have warned of the rising cases of preterm births and deaths in Nigeria. They said 31 per cent of newborn deaths in Nigeria were directly due to the complication of preterm birth.

The medical experts, during an event at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, to mark the World Prematurity Day, called for more awareness on the causes of prematurity to stem the tide. A professor of pediatrics at LUTH, Chinyere Ezeaka, said newborn mortality had remained one of Nigeria’s major health challenges.

Medical Doctors from the South-South region of Nigeria under the Nigeria Medical Association, have asked state governor’s from the region to urgently put an end to the incessant kidnapping of its members, particularly in Cross River State.

The doctors in a statement yesterday at the end of it’s zonal executive council meeting, also expressed displeasure on what they described as the targeted attacks on doctors and private hospitals by hoodlums during the #EndSARS protest particularly in Rivers state.  

The World Health Organization (WHO) and immunization experts in the African Region have called on countries and health stakeholders to prioritize immunization services that have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic even as they warned that falling immunization coverage could lead to outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases.

The call came from the African Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG),

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reportedly given the Lagos State University College of Medicine approval to conduct COVID-19 test. A statement on Sunday said the acting Provost of the college, Prof. Abiodun Adewuya, spoke on Friday during the induction of the 15th set of medical doctors/5th set of dental surgeons in Ikeja. 

“According to him, the molecular laboratory of the college has been granted licence to operate, hence the laboratory can conduct COVID-19 test, among other test.

The United States plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the first week after it is cleared for emergency use, which is likely next month, officials said Tuesday. A committee of the Food and Drug Administration meets on December 10 to decide whether to green-light the medicine, with the US confronted by soaring numbers of deaths and new cases.

Latest figures on Tuesday showed that the country had recorded a total of 259,600 Covid deaths and 12.5 million cases — with over 2,000 deaths and 167,000 new cases in just the last 24 hours.

National Chairman, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN,Dr. Samuel Adekola has said that for Nigeria’s health indices to improve, adequate recognition must be given to community pharmacists.

Speaking ahead of the association’s 39th National Scientific Conference slated for November 30th to 4th of December, Adekola said that Community Pharmacists plays an active role in the area of preventive medicine at primary healthcare level as 70 per cent of healthcare services are accessible at the community pharmacists level.

The Nigerian Government has announced plans to inaugurate an 18-man national COVID-19 task team to ensure ‘vaccine security’ when it finally gets to the country. The minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday.

He said the committee will have a seven-point of reference which will include generating strategies for acquisition, deployment and options for licenced production of the vaccines.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that from November 1 to 11 of this year, 76 people died from Yellow Fever in Bauchi, Delta, and Enugu States.

In the three states, 222 suspected cases, and 19 confirmed cases were reported, as disclosed by the NCDC in its Yellow Fever Situation reports, as recorded on between November 1 and 11 this year.