Monkey Pox: Bauchi records outbreak, govt says no cause for alarm Bauchi State has recorded a case of monkey pox as well as two other suspected cases that are currently under investigation and observation. This was confirmed on Friday by the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA) through its Executive Chairman, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed while … [Read more…]
Nigeria at risk of Marburg virus –NCDC The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says Nigeria is at moderate risk of the importation and impact of the Marburg virus ( MVD). In a statement on Wednesday, the Director General of NCDC , Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, said this is based on the organization’s assessment … [Read more…]
Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK), has established a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) DNA Modular Research Laboratory for screening of cervical cancer in women. The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mukhtar Atiku-Kurawa, said while commissioning the laboratory on Wednesday that it was established at the main campus for research due to the increasing cases of cervical cancer … [Read more…]
WHO to rename Monkeypox The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming monkeypox and its variants, and also to put in place a mechanism to help share available vaccines, more equitably, as the need arises. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Geneva. He … [Read more…]
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Blood Donor Day, today, the World Health Organisation, WHO has urged African governments and political leaders to prioritise the provision of adequate human and financial resources to secure the future of national blood transfusion services. Making the call in her message to … [Read more…]
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has activated Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to the spread of Monkeypox. NCDC in a statement by its Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, explained that the action was to strengthen in-country preparedness and to contribute to the global response to the disease. He also confirmed that as … [Read more…]
Cardiovascular Diseases: Enugu govt calls for sustained advocacy against trans-fatty acids Enugu State government on Saturday urged journalists and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to sustain current advocacy against trans-fatty acids to check rising cardiovascular diseases. The state Commissioner for Health, Ikechukwu Obi, made the call while addressing a journalism training session on trans-fat reporting organised … [Read more…]
Ahead of this year’s World Oral Health Day, the Nigerian Dental Association, NDA, has warned Nigerians against patronising beauty salons for their tooth whitening even as it called on the Federal Government to urgently address what they described as ‘nagging’ – drain in the country’s health sector. Addressing a press conference to herald this … [Read more…]
All is set for the launch of the private sector-led N62.1 Billion (US$150 Million) HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN). Recommended by Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) and driven by the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA), the HTFN is a sustainable financing mechanism for the mobilization and deployment of … [Read more…]
Universal Healthcare Coverage: Do our communities and their Leaders have any role? By Dr. Ochie, Casmir N To build a life, a community and an economy, a good health provides the foundation, and the greatest wealth, they say, is health. The relationship between wealth and health can be likened to that between a vehicle and … [Read more…]
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a large and growing cancer burden. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 626,400 new cancer cases each year and 447,700 cancer deaths. It is estimated that cancer incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa will rise by 85% in the next fifteen years due to population ageing. Each year, cancer claims the lives … [Read more…]
As Nigerians prepare for Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government, yesterday, restricted religious gathering indoors to 50 per cent capacity in full compliance with public health measures, even as it threatened to introduce more restrictions should there be an increase in COVID-19 cases virus in the country. Meanwhile, Executive Director of … [Read more…]