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Ogun Determined To End HIV/AIDS In 2020 ― Official
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The Ogun Government, on Thursday, expressed its commitment to ending the scourge of the HIV epidemic by 2030, in line with the vision of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Dr Kehinde Fatungase, the Executive Secretary, Ogun State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OGUNSACA), stated this at a news conference to commemorate the 2019 World AIDS Day, with the theme: “Communities Make the Difference”, in Abeokuta. He noted that communities had major roles to play in the elimination of the epidemic in the state. According to him, a community has to do with a social group of any size, whose members reside in specific localities and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
Expert urges women to go for cervical cancer screening regularly
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Mrs. Helen Onwudiwe, the Head of Cervical Cancer Unit, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, on Tuesday urged women of adult age to develop the habit of going for cervical cancer screening regularly. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka.
According to her, about 20 per cent of women who go for cervical cancer screening in Anambra do so on referral level, as no one comes forward voluntarily for the screening, which is not good enough. She said that cervical cancer could be prevented through regular screening to identify abnormal changes in the cells of the cervix at an early stage.
As part of efforts to revitalise the growth of SMEs in the health sector, Polaris Bank has announced the introduction of a new Polaris Health Sector Loan bundle to support the growth of the sector. The product was designed to meet the funding needs of Healthcare service providers in Nigeria.
Over the years, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria has been described as one of the largest in the world and one of the highest rates of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa.
Many people living with HIV in Nigeria are unaware of their status while a large percentage of those diagnosed are not on Antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment. Worse still, the country continues to fall short of providing the recommended number of HIV testing and counseling sites.
The President of Hospital Equipment and Medical Devices Dealers Association (HEMDDAN), Dr. Ifeanyi Nwankwo, has given reasons for forming the associaiton.
Speaking ahead of its inauguration and investiture which will take place in Lagos at the weekend, he said that hospital equipment and medical devices are very sensitive equipment that should not be left unregulated. He said that the objective is to ensure that members stick to standard in the supply of hospital equipment and other medical devices.
The Ondo State government has scaled up the capacity of a group of health professionals called medicine handlers at the State Contributory Health Scheme to train health officers drawn from the 18 local government areas of the state.
At the Train the Trainers programme, which took place in Akure, the state capital, at the capital, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, expressed his expectation that with the coming of the Contributory Health Scheme aimed at achieving universal health coverage, there would be an upsurge in health facilities.
Breast Cancer: Oncologist Discovers New Treatment Method Away from Cutting
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A Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Oludare Adeyemi has uncovered a new method of treatment of breast cancer away from the conventional cutting of the breast.
While advising women to go for regular screening for early detection of the disease,
Adeyemi who disclosed this in Benin City recently, reiterated that the breakthrough does not require mastectomy; a surgical operation that required the cutting of the breast.
Poorly controlled asthma during pregnancy puts mothers and their babies at increased risk for serious complications, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed more than 100,000 pregnancies in more than 58,000 women with asthma in Canada.
Compared to those whose asthma was well-controlled, women who had severe asthma symptoms during pregnancy were 17% more likely to have high blood pressure and about 30% more likely to develop a serious condition called preeclampsia.
“Imagine having a disease that we knew killed almost a million people a year, a quarter of them before the age of thirty, and yet we knew nothing about why some individuals are more vulnerable to this disease,” said Dr Anne-Laura van Harmelen, co-first author from the University of Cambridge.
“This is where we are with suicide. We know very little about what’s happening in the brain, why there are sex differences, and what makes young people especially vulnerable to suicide.”
Medical experts raise concern over Nigeria’s health sector
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Some groups of medical experts have said there is looming danger in Nigeria’s healthcare system if necessary and urgent steps are not taken to address it.
Speaking at the seventh annual meeting of Nigerian American Medical Foundation International (NAMFI) entitled ‘NAMFI in 2019: Progress in Human Capital Infrastructure Development and Sustainability’ held at the Civic Centre, Lagos yesterday, a former Chairman,
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Pharmacists advocate innovation to achieve access to drugs, vaccines
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To address issues plaguing the pharmaceutical sector and to boost national development, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has recommended that innovation is required if the country is to achieve sustainable access to medicines, vaccines and pharmaceutical workforce (SDG3) within the framework of Universal Health Access.
The Society observed that inequitable access to priority medicines and pharmacists remain a huge security risk and injustice to the Nigerian populace and called on government and all relevant stakeholders to prioritise translation of innovations in pharmaceutical value chain and education at all times.
For women who love to constantly straighten and dye their hairs with different colours, today red, next week brown, and so on, a worldwide study conducted by scientists at the National Institutes of Health, United States, has recently found that women who use permanent hair straighteners and dye have a high risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use any of these products.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) breast cancer is the most common among women, impacting 2.1 million women annually, and also causes the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women. In 2018, it was estimated that 627,000 women died from breast cancer – that is approximately 15 percent of all cancer deaths among women
Akeredolu offers free medical health care to pregnant women, others
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Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo has offered free and quality medical health care to pregnant women and children under five years old for effective health care delivery. Akeredolu made this known on Wednesday at the 2nd Forum of Wives of State Officials and Female Appointees (FOWOSO) Summit 2019 in Akure tagged “Prioritising Women’s Health and Well Being in Nigeria”.
The governor said free health care would be given to every pregnant woman and children under five with the genuine card “Igbeayo” that was earlier issued by the state for proper identification of the citizens.
If you're the kind of person who sleeps nine or more hours a night or takes long afternoon naps, you may want to worry about your stroke risk, a new Chinese study suggests.
