News reports have revealed that a university lecturer has claimed that Yoruba people are immune to the Lassa virus which causes Lassa fever. Prof. Christian Happi, the researcher, who is also the Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede,Frontpage News (3254)
Thursday, 04 February 2016 11:13
Cancer: Foundation Screens 11,500 Women In Kwara
Written by Super UserThe LEAH charity foundation,a pet project of the wife of Kwara State governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed has between 2013 and now screen 11,500 women for breast and cervical cancer in the state.
The screening exercise was carried out at the LEAH cancer centre in Ilorin, the state capital. Mrs. Ahmed disclosed this yesterday during a press conference to mark this year’s World Cancer Day.
Represented by the Executive Director of LEAH Foundation, Alhaji Lanre Bello, Mrs Omolewa disclosed that out of the 11,500 women that were screened, 96 were discovered to have full blown cervical cancer while 200 have breast cancer.
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The federal government is making effort to include Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunisation as part of the routine immunisation programme.
The vaccine which is available in health service outlets in Nigeria in both private and public hospitals is expected to be given to girls for cervical cancer prevention.
This was revealed by the minister of health, Prof Isaac Adewole during the commemoration of the World Cancer Day in Abuja and with the theme “We Can, I Can.
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The Borno Primary Health Care Management Board (BPHCM) says no fewer than 190,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 28 camps in the state had benefitted from its free medical outreach. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr Sule Mene,
disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri. Mene said that 10,800 children aged zero to five were enrolled for management of varying degrees of malnutrition, while about 121,000 were given various immunisation antigen.
He explained that the agency had inaugurated about 240 Integrated Primary Health Care Teams (IPHCT) that would ensure availability of the relevant services to meet the demands of IDPs in camps.
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There are plans to end the five months old strike in Osun State following a statement from the Osun State House of Assembly. The Chairman of the Osun State Association of Medical and Dental Officers, Dr. Isiaka Adekunle,
made this known after a meeting with the state's lawmaker over their demands. According to the statement the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Olatubosun Oyintiloye, Adekunle raised the hope of resumption during the meeting of the lawmakers with the leadership of the striking doctors.
It was also reported that the Speaker, Najeem Salaam, appealed to the doctors to suspend the industrial action, saying the masses were at the receiving end of the crisis and noting that they are stakeholders in the state.
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Monday, 08 February 2016 23:09
HIV/AIDS: 58,000 Babies Are Born With Virus Annually In Nigeria – UNAIDS
Despite the decline in the HIV/AIDS new infection and deaths, a total of 58,000 babies are born annually with the AIDS virus in Nigeria and there are chances of only 50% survival for the babies who are in most cases not exposed to treatment.
Similarly, there are 3.2 million people living with the virus and a total of 91,400 have been tested in 32 local governments which have been accessible to the patients. This was revealed yesterday by the under Secretary General and executive director of UNAIDS mission to Nigeria,
Mr Michel Sidibe when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Prof John Idoko at the agency’s headquaters in Abuja.
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News reports have revealed that a university lecturer has claimed that Yoruba people are immune to the Lassa virus which causes Lassa fever. Prof. Christian Happi, the researcher, who is also the Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede,
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According to the minister of health of the federation, the total number of Nigerian who have been infected with the much-feared Zika virus stands at 25% of the total population.
Given that Nigeria's population was 173.6million in 2013 according to the world bank, the exact number of infected persons, according to the minister, would be a mind-boggling 43million.
This disturbing information was made known when he was invited by the National assembly to defend the budget of the Federal Ministry of Health for the year 2016.
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Thursday, 11 February 2016 10:15
Cancer: American scientists say walnuts can inhibit cancer, diabetes
American scientists carried out a number of lab tests on grouped mice suffering from prostate cancer. By feeding one group with walnuts, another with walnut oil,
and the last mice group with no walnut at all, the researchers were able to detect a drastic deceleration in the growth of the tumor and malignant cells in the rats fed with walnuts.
The first group did not consume walnuts, the second group received walnuts, and the third one was fed with walnut oil. The experiment showed that the development of the tumor and malignant cells significantly slowed among the rodents in the second and the third groups.
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The federal government (FG) has warned medical practitioners against the institutionalization of female genital mutilation (FGM/C) in Nigeria. The minister of state for health,
Osagie Ehanire stated this at the presidential villa in Abuja, on Tuesday, February 9 during the launch of the national campaign for the abandonment of FGM in Nigeria.
Ehanire noted that almost 20 million women aged 15 to 49 were estimated to have undergone FGM in Nigeria. This accounts for 16 per cent of the estimated 125 million victims of FGM in the world.
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The federal government has initiated a planning process that will culminate in the transformation of the National Cancer Control Programme into a national agency.
The minister of health, Prof Isaac Adewole who said this in Abuja in the quest to fight cancer, said the planned agency which is expected to be named National Agency for Cancer Control will provide leadership and technical direction for cancer control in Nigeria.
‘It will be a multidisciplinary centre involving all healthcare personnel, basic and social scientists including public health experts.
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The Enugu State Ministry of Health has commenced a sensitisation programme for health workers on the signs and symptoms of the Zika virus.
The Chief Surveillance Officer of the state, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday that the exercise was to get the health workers prepared on the virus.
Ossai, who is also the Director of Public Health in the state, noted that the ministry was not relenting in its efforts to keep surveillance on burning health issues.
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Friday, 12 February 2016 10:02
Successful Advocacy Efforts - NNRA REGULATORY FEES SLASHED BY 80%
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The Nigerian Nuclear Regulation Authority (NNRA) has reduced the Authorization Fees it charges for the regulation of ionization radiation practice in Nigeria which includes X-ray and other forms of Nuclear medicine by 80%.
This was contained in a detailed gazette released by the agency which approved the new fees payable for Authorization, Regulation, Licensing, Permits, and any other services related to these. See here to download detailed document
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Saturday, 13 February 2016 18:04
Nigeria Needs Over 100,000 Radiographers To Meet Medical Needs – RRBN
A total of over 100,000 radiographers are needed in the country if the health and medical needs of over 170 million Nigerians are to be met maximally. Investigations have revealed that the current number is inefficient. Also, to make the profession more attractive to Nigerians, especially undergraduates,
a 5-man committee has been set up to review the radiography curriculum and proffer solutions which will encourage Nigerian universities to adopt the course as only six universities offer it at undergraduate level.
This was revealed by Mr. Michael Sunday Okpaleke of the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria (RRBN) at the opening ceremony of the Post-Graduate Diploma in ultrasound course 2016/2017 session module 1 at the Asokoro District Hospital.
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The World Health Organization says possible Zika vaccines are at least 18 months away from large-scale trials, the Associated Press reports.
WHO assistant director-general for health systems and innovation Marie-Paule Kieny says the U.N. health agency’s response is “proceeding very quickly” and 15 companies or groups have been identified as possible participants in the hunt for vaccines.
She told reporters in Geneva Friday that WHO also believes the link between the mosquito-borne virus and abnormally small heads in some newborn children is “more and more probable.”
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