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Monkey pox puts Nigeria in dangerThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reassured it has the capacity to effectively diagnose and respond to monkeypox after Britain confirmed two cases of the disease in two patients one of whom had travelled to Nigeria.
 
Monkeypox caused public scare in September 2017 when the outbreak started. A total of 262 cases suspected to be monkeypox have been reported from 26 states as at August end.
Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:30

Cancer To Kill 9.6m Globally In 2018, Report Says

health services 3Some 9.6 million people will die of cancer in 2018, according to a report of the Global Cancer Statistics 2018 released on Wednesday by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

IARC is part of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The number of people around the world, who have cancer is growing rapidly, with 18.1 million new cases, the report said.

images 2At least 183 children have been admitted into intensive care at a hospital in Maiduguri in the last week to be treated for malaria and pneumonia.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF or Doctors Without Borders) which runs the 30-bed Paediatric Hospital in Gwange says the facility is “full that medical teams have been left with no option but to have children share beds.”

sex ed take 4The Director and Lead Coach of the Vocational Career Clinic International, Oluwakayode Stephen-Adeyemo, together with other childcare and youth experts have called on parents and guardians not to shy away from teaching their children and wards about sex and drug abuse.

The experts, who spoke during the fourth edition of VCC’s Excellence and Viability Retreat, which held recently in Ejigbo, Lagos, stated that if parents failed to teach their children some important lessons, they would be exposed to the wrong things elsewhere.

GAVI 1 1 750x430 1Founder of Avon Medical and GAVI Champion for Africa, Dr Awele Elumelu, has joined global health leaders at a photo exhibition to call for increase vaccine coverage in countries where children are under-immunised. The champions at the “Vaccine Heroes” exhibition in Geneva reiterated their commitment to saving the lives of children around the world.

“Immunisation is one sure way to prevent diseases, save our children and advance our economy,” said Elumelu.

luth1Humanitarian crisis, corruption and mismanagement at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, have resulted in unhygienic conditions, a severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies in the hospital.
 
Two other Federal Government hospitals in Logos-the National Orthopedic Hospital Igbobi (NOHIL) and Federal Medical Centre (FMC)- are also trapped in the rot, making it difficult for most Nigerians to obtain essential medical care, a report has said.
Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:28

800,000 People Commit Suicide Annually – WHO

who logo1The World Health Organisation, WHO said no fewer than 800,000 people commit suicide annually, the second leading cause of death among people between the ages of 15 and 29 in 2016.
WHO made this known, yesterday, in a statement to commemorate the World Suicide Prevention Day.
 
The global health agency said the common methods of suicide were hanging and firearms, occurring in all countries and regions, whether rich or poor. It added, however, that most occurred in low and middle-income countries, which accounted for almost four-fifths of global suicides in 2016.
smartphones e1531763039312A medical doctor in Kano State, Dr Tijjani Haruna, has attributed poor academic performance among some students to phone addiction. Haruna, who is working with the Mohammed Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday.
 
“The mobile addiction that starts at an early age may lead to poor academic performance, skiving class, sleep disturbances and in more serious cases, to mental problems,’’ he said.
Tuesday, 11 September 2018 19:39

FG Appoints Aidgwe Director General NIPRID

Obi Peter Adigwe 281x158A New Director General/CEO in the person of Dr Obi Peter Adigwe has been appointed for the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja.
 
Information gathered by Vanguard revealed that Adigwe’s approval by the Presidency followed his emergence as top scorer in a merit-driven rigorous and comprehensive interview process, which had in attendance, some of the best candidates in Nigerian Pharmaceutical Research and Development.

tuberculosisGlobal Fund, an international donor agency, has accused officials of a Nigerian civil society organisation (CSO) of stealing from money meant for their staff salaries.

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is an international financing organisation founded by billionaire American couple, Bill and Melinda Gates; recently deceased former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan; Amir Attaran and Jeffrey Sachs.

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