Reps want FG to declare state of emergency on virus
The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on malaria in the country. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion on Urgent Matters of Public Importance by Rep. Abubakar Adamu (Niger-APC).
The house resolved that the government should mandate the Federal Ministry of Health to fumigate endemic areas to curb the disease in the country.
FG hails Nigerian doctor in U.S. for successful operation on unborn baby
The Federal Government has commended a US-based Nigerian surgeon, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, who successfully removed tumour from a baby in her mother’s womb. In a statement in Abuja, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, said that the Nigerian Government and people were proud of Olutoye.
The statement was signed by Dabiri-Erewa’s Media Assistant, Mr Abdurrahman Balogun, on Tuesday. Oluyinka Olutoye Dabiri-Erewa noted that Olutoye and his partner, Dr Darrell Cass of the Texas Children’s Hospital, carried out the operation on a 23-week-old foetus in the U.S.
Contraceptives: FG Fails to Pay $3 Million Annual Commitment
The Federal Government has failed to keep to its commitment to make available $3m annually for contraceptive commodities and services. This is fuelling maternal mortality, which claims five women every hour, according to the Association for the Advancement of Family Planning.Alcohol consumption linked to 366, 000 cancer deaths
Alcohol consumption caused more than 700,000 new cancer cases and around 366,000 cancer deaths in 2012, mainly in rich countries, according to data reported Wednesday to the World Cancer Congress in Paris.
Comparing the cancer risk of people who drink, to that of people who do not, researchers calculated that alcohol was responsible for an estimated five percent of all new cancer cases, and 4.5 percent of deaths per year.
Rising stroke cases worry expert
A university don and an expert in stroke management, Professor Arthur Onwuchekwa, has expressed worry over the increasing cases of hypertension and stroke in the country. Onwuchekwa explained that though, the cause of hypertension was preventable, the lifestyle of some Nigerians was making stroke difficult to conquer.
The expert, who is a lecturer in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Science, University of Port Harcourt, spoke while delivering a lecture titled, ‘Stroke: A Preventable Disaster Waiting to Happen’ at the 135th Inaugural Lecture of the university,
Nigeria Records 744 Suspected Cases of Measles, 2 Deaths WHO
'The World Health Organisation, WHO, yesterday said that Nigeria recorded 744 suspected cases of measles and two deaths between September and October, 2016 even as it reported that cases of measles are increasing in Bomo state. Radiographers Shortage Hits Public Hospitals
The freezing of posts in the public sector, especially in health, has resulted in an acute shortage of radiographers, particularly therapy radiographers, who are key in the fight against the emerging threat of cancer and other conditions.There are less than 300 practising radiographers in the country despite almost 40 students graduating every year from training centres.Anambra Govt Shuts Four Illegal Health Institutions in Onitsha
Anambra State government has sealed off four health nstitutions in Onitsha for not being registered, operating illegally, and located within unhealthy environment. Malaria Jigawa govt partners institute to eliminate virus by 2020
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), says it is collaborating with the Jigawa Government to establish an annual operational plan towards eliminating malaria in the state by 2020.
Mr Dennis Mordi, the IHVN Communications Manager, quoted the institute’s Senior Programme Officer, Strategic Information, Mr Charles Ohikhaui, saying this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Ohikhaui stated that the annual operational plan would also guide the prevention and treatment of malaria in the state in 2017.
Measles Disease still kills 400 children a day – WHO
400 children still die from measles every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. According to the WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the fight against measles is being hindered by a lack of political will to get every child immunized against the disease.
“Without this commitment, children will continue to die from a disease that is easy and cheap to prevent,” UNICEF's head of immunization, Robin Nandy said according to Reuters.
