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31% Of Newborn Deaths In Nigeria Due To Complications Of Premature Births
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Medical experts have warned of the rising cases of preterm births and deaths in Nigeria. They said 31 per cent of newborn deaths in Nigeria were directly due to the complication of preterm birth.
The medical experts, during an event at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, to mark the World Prematurity Day, called for more awareness on the causes of prematurity to stem the tide. A professor of pediatrics at LUTH, Chinyere Ezeaka, said newborn mortality had remained one of Nigeria’s major health challenges.
Put An End To Kidnapping Of Doctors In South-South, NMA Tells Govs
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Medical Doctors from the South-South region of Nigeria under the Nigeria Medical Association, have asked state governor’s from the region to urgently put an end to the incessant kidnapping of its members, particularly in Cross River State.
The doctors in a statement yesterday at the end of it’s zonal executive council meeting, also expressed displeasure on what they described as the targeted attacks on doctors and private hospitals by hoodlums during the #EndSARS protest particularly in Rivers state.
Failing Immunisation Coverage Will Lead To Outbreaks — WHO, Experts Warn
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and immunization experts in the African Region have called on countries and health stakeholders to prioritize immunization services that have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic even as they warned that falling immunization coverage could lead to outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
The call came from the African Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG),
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reportedly given the Lagos State University College of Medicine approval to conduct COVID-19 test. A statement on Sunday said the acting Provost of the college, Prof. Abiodun Adewuya, spoke on Friday during the induction of the 15th set of medical doctors/5th set of dental surgeons in Ikeja.
“According to him, the molecular laboratory of the college has been granted licence to operate, hence the laboratory can conduct COVID-19 test, among other test.
COVID-19: US to distribute 6.4m vaccine doses in first tranche —Official
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The United States plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the first week after it is cleared for emergency use, which is likely next month, officials said Tuesday. A committee of the Food and Drug Administration meets on December 10 to decide whether to green-light the medicine, with the US confronted by soaring numbers of deaths and new cases.
Latest figures on Tuesday showed that the country had recorded a total of 259,600 Covid deaths and 12.5 million cases — with over 2,000 deaths and 167,000 new cases in just the last 24 hours.
COVID-19: Community pharmacist seeks government collaboration at PHC level
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National Chairman, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN,Dr. Samuel Adekola has said that for Nigeria’s health indices to improve, adequate recognition must be given to community pharmacists.
Speaking ahead of the association’s 39th National Scientific Conference slated for November 30th to 4th of December, Adekola said that Community Pharmacists plays an active role in the area of preventive medicine at primary healthcare level as 70 per cent of healthcare services are accessible at the community pharmacists level.
The Nigerian Government has announced plans to inaugurate an 18-man national COVID-19 task team to ensure ‘vaccine security’ when it finally gets to the country. The minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, made this known at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday.
He said the committee will have a seven-point of reference which will include generating strategies for acquisition, deployment and options for licenced production of the vaccines.
Yellow Fever Killed 76 in Bauchi, Delta, Enugu in First Two Weeks of November
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that from November 1 to 11 of this year, 76 people died from Yellow Fever in Bauchi, Delta, and Enugu States.
In the three states, 222 suspected cases, and 19 confirmed cases were reported, as disclosed by the NCDC in its Yellow Fever Situation reports, as recorded on between November 1 and 11 this year.
The Lagos State Health Service Commission says in has commenced a capacity development programme for 2,200 workers across all cadres in the 27 secondary health care facilities of the state towards effective service delivery.
The Permanent Secretary of the commission, Dr Benjamin Eniayewun, said this at the opening of the training at the Lagos Island Maternity Training Centre on Monday, noting that the workshop would span three months to ensure an all-encompassing qualitative medical delivery among health care workers.
HIV, malaria, TB, others may become untreatable due to rise in medicine resistance, experts warn
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Over the past decade, the world has witnessed unprecedented scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), which has saved the lives of tens of millions of people. As of December 2019, 25.4 million people out of an estimated 38 million people living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) were receiving ART globally.
Increased use of ART has, not unexpectedly, been accompanied by the emergence of some degree of HIV drug resistance, the levels of which have steadily increased in recent years.
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National orthopedic hospital organizes free surgery for cleft clip patients
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Respite is on the way for children born with cleft lips as the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu in collaboration with Smile Train now offers comprehensive free surgery and palate care for them to patients across South East region. The gesture was declared at a National cleft Stakeholders Forum, South-East zone, held yesterday at National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.
With the theme, “planning for sustainable comprehensive cleft care activities”, the forum urged the people of the South-East to make good use of the opportunity provided by the free medical programme.
Experts seek intensified surveillance to avert second wave of coronavirus
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As part of measures to avert a second wave of COVID-19, medical experts have urged the government to improve surveillance and sustain internal vigilance. They noted that the government has done a good job in the fight against the pandemic, hence the need to sustain the efforts and also increase testing capacity.
Chairman, Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board, Professor Akin Osibogun, commended the proactive nature of the government of Nigeria and Lagos State in preventing disastrous consequences of the pandemic.
Medical Free Zone to save Nigeria about $1billion in annual medical tourism – NEPZA
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The Nigeria Exports Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is thoughtfully considering setting up 15 Medical Free zones in at least 15 states of the federation, not minding the torrential pressures from the State governments lobbying to skew the location of the novel Medical Free Zones to their own states.
This disclosure was made by the Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba when he was visited recently by the new President of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Dr. Pamela Ajayi.
Senate urges Ministry of Health to investigate unidentified ailment in Benue
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The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Arbovirus and Vector Research Centre (NAVRC) to investigate the outbreak of an unidentified ailment in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue.
The upper chamber of the National Assembly also urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to promptly put up surveillance to contain the disease and see to the treatment of victims, while protecting others from further contracting it.
