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New York City’s Health Department on Friday reported the first female-to-male transmission of the Zika virus, which is most typically spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.
The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the report was the first documented case of sexual transmission of Zika from a woman to her male sex partner. “All previously reported cases of sexually transmitted Zika virus infection have been spread from men to their sex partners,’’ the Atlanta-based CDC said in a statement.
The infertile women in Africa have been neglected, mistreated and discriminated because they cannot bear a child. This isnot right and has to change. The Merck More Than A Mother campaign will empower those infertile women in Africa through improving access to information, awareness, health and change of mindset.
It is with passion that Rasha Kelej, the Chief Social Officer of Merck Healthcare is raising awareness about this discrimination, stigma and ostracism women undergo for their inability to have a child. The campaign will also encourage men to acknowledge and discuss openly their fertility problems and strife for an approach to family building with their partners in order to progress towards shared fertility responsibility.
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Medical and Scientific Commission yesterday released guidelines on how to avoid the Zika virus to sports fans travelling to Brazil for the Olympic Games.
The Olympics will hold in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5 to 21, while the Paralympic Games is scheduled for September 7 to 18. According to the guidelines to prevent the spread of the Zika virus pre and post Rio 2016 made available to The Guardian, pregnant women are advised not to travel to Brazil, while athletes, officials and other Nigerians in the country for the games should prevent mosquito bites by using insect repellent and protective clothing.
Doctors have called on the Federal Government to declare hepatitis B a health emergency as it did with HIV/AIDS. The appeal, they said, had become imperative to save Nigerians from health complications associated with the disease.
According to a Consultant Gastroenterologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Dr. Olufunmilayo Lesi, Nigeria has one of the highest prevalence of hepatitis B infections in the world.
The Zamfara branch of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), says health services in the State are poor and therefore urged the Government to solve the problems urgently.
Dr Aminu Sakajiki, Chairman of NMA in the state, made the remark at its 4th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Guzau on Tuesday. “The health sector’s sorry condition is as a result of inadequate facilities, inadequate health workers, especially medical doctors and nurses, and poor remuneration of the workforce. “Poor implementation of the sector’s health budget is also a major problem’’, Sakajiki said.
The wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Monday took the battle against malnutrition to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, by distributing food items and supplements to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)within the town.
LEADERSHIP recalled that Malnutrition, which was reported to have killed scores of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State in the last two months, has attracted both national and international attention to Borno State, which at the peak of the Boko Haram crisis, had 22 of its 27 local government under the captivity of the insurgents.
Out of 4,000 health workers trained by the Bauchi State Government, 2,000 have left the services of the state.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the removal of Chief Executives of five major parastatals in the nation’s health sector.
They include the Director-General of Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Prof. Abdulsalami Nasidi; Director-General of National Agency for the Control of Aids, Prof. John Idoko; and Chief Executive of Nigerian Institute for Medical Research, Prof. Innocent Ujah.
President Muhammadu Buhari has been enjoined to urgently constitute the governing board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) for effective delivery on its mandate.
The call was made by doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has commenced provision of free surgery to 10,000 poor and needy who have registered with the scheme across the country.
The zonal coordinator for North-central, Asmau Mohammed stated this yesterday at the National Health Insurance Scheme stakeholders’ Forum in Makurdi.
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has inaugurated the national tripartite technical committee, which will develop the first National Occupational Safety and Health Profile in Nigeria.
The Federal Ministry of Health and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) are exploring partnership opportunities in healthcare delivery. At a just-concluded Health Concepts Validation Exercise organised by SNEPCo in Lagos, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole identified potential areas of collaboration in the delivery of primary and secondary healthcare
An increase in number of children breastfed in Nigeria could save lives of more than 820,000 children under the age of five, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has declared.
To help achieve more sustainable and efficient primary health care services in Nigeria, private sector experts have partnered with government at the federal and state levels.
