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Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku has said that his administration will not relent in the efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality in the state.
Ishaku, who stated this yesterday in Jalingo during the occasion of the flag-off ceremony for the maternal newborn and child health week said the state government has put in place clear-cut policies and programmes for the provision of maternal and child health care.
Joint Health Sector Unions & Assembly Of Health Care Professionals Communique
RE — COMMENCEMENT OF 7 DAYS WARNING STRIKE 
Imagine having a child that was normal at birth, but suddenly after 24 months the child’s skills begin to regress? Imagine having to take care of a child with disability without knowing what to do or where to go? If you can imagine these, then, you will appreciate what a number of Nigerian parents who have children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD, are currently going through. 
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in Maradi, Niger are trialling a first-of-its-kind, thermo-stable vaccination for Rotavirus, a highly infectious disease that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration, killing an estimated 450 000 children around the world each year.
“Vaccines for Rotavirus do exist and the disease is completely preventable,” says Dr Stephen Nurse-Findlay, one of the hosts of Al Jazeera’s award-winning medical show, The Cure. “But these vaccines must be kept below eight degrees celsius, which makes it difficult to reach children in remote communities where resources are limited, and where the temperature can often soar.”
A civil society group Evidence for Action, E4A, has called on Nigeria government to make health budget transparent to be able to revamp the sector.
The management of Nigeria’s premier University and teaching Hospital, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State, has taken delivery of an ultra-modern laboratory unit.
The Federal Government has pledged its commitment towards supporting breastfeeding and improving funding to Scale -up nutrition and breastfeeding practices across the country.
The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari made this known today in Abuja, during the Launch of 2016 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding and High – level Policy Dialogue on Promoting Breastfeeding for National Development in Nigeria.
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the establishment of clinical laboratory research centre in the state to serve as research training and services centre for HIV, Lassa fever and emerging viruses.
A new study has revealed that mothers who take paracetamol during pregnancy may be increasing the risk of their children developing autism. Published in the Journal of Epidemiology, the study found that children exposed to paracetamol during pregnancy were at a 30 per cent increased risk of losing some attention functions.
Even though the painkiller is usually given to pregnant women, researchers say they have now identified an association between exposure to the drug and subsequent autism in boys.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for the removal of the health sector from the concurrent list to address the welfare challenges of medical practitioners and workers in the sector.More...
Apparently worried by the problem of inadequate workforce in the health sector, concerned stakeholders have called for holistic effort to improve capacity and access to services nationwide. Specifically, the stakeholders canvassed for the deployment of technology, training programmes, health insurance and adequate funding to improve the health status of Nigerians.
One of the common conditions found worldwide affecting individuals is halitosis also known as bad breath. It is a social nuisance and indicates clear and imminent danger. Fold your two hands into a cup and breathe into it to smell if there is bad odour. If there is, then there is a problem.
If you look at your tongue in the mirror and it has a thick, whitish coating, this also confirms it. The sad part is that colleagues, friends and relations are usually embarrassed to tell the person concerned that they have such problems.
No fewer than two people have reportedly died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, since members of the Joint Health Sector Unions commenced their warning strike.
Our correspondent gathered on Friday that an official in UITH’s Accounts Department identified simply as Haruna and a woman whose family asked not to be named, had died at the hospital.
People do the incredible when it comes to taking their medications. For instance, some people take their drugs with soft drinks or sports drinks; while some individuals use alcoholic beverages to swallow their drugs!
Yet, on its own, alcohol causes the blood vessels to dilate, resulting in blood flow to the surface of the skin where nerve endings respond to changes in temperature.
