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One Death, 8 Hospitalized in Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Ground Beef
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Ground beef tainted with salmonella has led to 10 known infections across six states, including eight people so ill they had to be hospitalized, and one death. "Illnesses in this outbreak are more severe than expected for salmonella," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement issued Friday.
Nigeria pledges to reduce maternal, neonatal mortality through MPDSR
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The Federal Ministry of Health says it will ensure the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality in the country through the adoption of the Maternal and Postnatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR).
Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State, Health, gave the assurance in a statement issued by the Assistant Director of Press and Publicity of the ministry, Eunice Akro, on Saturday in Abuja.
Health Emergency Initiative – Lagos organisation paying hospital bills of poor Nigerians
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If Gift Julius and her husband had been able to pay the N250,000 demanded by officials at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), perhaps three of their children would still be alive.
In the evening of July 16, 2018, while Mrs Julius, who lived in Ilaje, a ghetto in the largely affluent neighbourhood of Lekki, was in nearby Sangotedo where she worked as a maid, tragedy struck her family.
Alhaji Yusif Tudun-Wada, the Council’s Immunisation Officer, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gumel that the vaccination began on Saturday and would end on Nov. 5.
He said the council had so far received 41,340 doses of polio vaccines from the state government for the exercise. “The release of 41,340 doses to us by the state government is based on our target children for the July round.
Adamawa Patent Medicine Seller Promotes Self as Doctor, Turns Bedrooms to Clinic
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The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an alleged fake medical doctor in Modire-Yolde-Pate ward in Yola South local government area. The Command spokesperson, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yola.
Nguroje said the suspect, identified as Gambo Adamu, was arrested and remanded in prison custody. He said Adamu was initially a patent medicine retailer who suddenly began admitting patients for treatment.
The Bauchi state governor, Sen Bala Mohammed, has outlined his priorities in reviving the health sector in the state which he lamented, groaned in abject decay resulting from years of neglect. He spoke at a meeting with the deputy representative of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) in Nigeria and her team in Abuja.The governor expressed delight that at the UNICEF’S assessment that places Bauchi State as one of the frontrunners on evidence-based scorecards in primary health care delivery in the country.
Scientists Reveal 44% of Nigerian Men Suffer Erectile Dysfunction, Proffer Solution
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A recent study conducted by Dr A. Festus and others of the University of Ife in Nigeria, found that 44 percent of men aged 30 to 70 suffer from erectile dysfunction, of which 8 percent was severe and 36 percent moderate.
According to the research, Erectile Dysfunction (ED) or impotence can be defined as persistent difficulty achieving and maintaining an erection sufficient to have sexual intercourse, when a man is unable to get or keep an erection firm enough to engage in sexual intercourse.
Nigeria is losing millions of naira to medical tourism, Gowon laments
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President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to seek better ways of improving healthcare service delivery to Nigerians.
This came as former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), lamented that ‘Nigeria is losing millions of naira to medical tourism.He gave the task at the second National Health Summit (NHS) and the 25th Commonwealth Medical Association Triennial Conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
At the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, needlestick injuries, a common reason some people develop hepatitis B and C and HIV, have occurred in at least 23 health workers, since January 2018.
Dr Kehinde Kuti, speaking at the hospital’s 2019 Health and Safety Day symposium, said preliminary reports on the hospital’s staff given post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatment for HIV found the cases more among doctors and nurses, including hospital assistants.
The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS), Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya has said that the state will require over 260,000 units of blood to meet the growing blood demand for transfusion.More...
Why Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector May Go Extinct, By PSN
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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has warned that the country’s manufacturing sector may be wiped out, and that the earliest casualty may be the pharmaceutical industry due to global trade wars and impending recession. It urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria Bill, describing it as the tonic needed to sanitise the pharmaceutical environment and make it more conducive to practice and investment.
The Lagos State Police Command has brought before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court one Ebuka Duru for allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor. Duru was arraigned on Tuesday on four counts of conspiracy, stealing, impersonation and unlawful possession of medical instruments.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges. It was gathered that Duru paraded himself as a medical doctor and commenced treatment of unsuspecting members of the public of various ailments. News Agency learnt that some medical equipment such as syringes, injections and drugs as well as a Toyota Matrix and Toyota Camry cars, both valued at N4.2m, were found in his possession when he was arrested.
NACA Decentralises Office, Says its To Strengthen Fight Against HIV/AIDS
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu, has said the decentralisation of the agency’s office to the six geopolitical zones of the country is to strengthen its fight against the spread of the disease.
Aliyu said this on Tuesday during the inauguration of the South-East Zonal Office of the agency in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. He said the measure was meant to take the war against HIV closer to the people, to further identify the carriers and avail them of easy access to the facility and medications.
Ibom Multi-Specialist Hospital in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state will begin the training of Radiologist specialists from next year, 2020. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Emmanuel Ekanem who disclosed this yesterday to newsmen added that the hospital has successfully operated 10 free open-heart surgeries on children.
Ekanem who explained that the hospital was chosen in the country for the pediatric operations because it met the criteria set by the sponsor, disclosed that the successful operations were carried out in collaboration with the Hospitals for Humanities.
