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Cardiovascular Diseases: Enugu govt calls for sustained advocacy against trans-fatty acids

May 9, 2022 by Editor Leave a Comment

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…]

World Oral Health: Dangers of patronising beauty saloon for tooth whitening

March 16, 2022 by Editor Leave a Comment

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…]

Private Sector stakeholders to launch N62.1 billion HIV Trust Fund in Nigeria

January 29, 2022 by Editor Leave a Comment

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?

January 18, 2022 by Editor Leave a Comment

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…]

Nigeria’s rising cancer burden

December 29, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

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…]

Covid 19: FG restricts religious gatherings to 50 percent capacity

December 24, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

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…]

Omicron: NCDC confirms 3 new cases as UK detects virus

December 8, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

Omicron: NCDC confirms 3 new cases as UK detects virus The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), yesterday, confirmed three additional cases of COVID-19 with the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, the Omicron variant. The three cases were in addition to the three earlier announced on December 1. This brings the tally of confirmed Omicron cases in … [Read more…]

Mass Distribution of Insurance cards in Osun State

December 3, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday, commenced mass distribution of Osun Health Insurance cards to 69,273 vulnerable citizens in the state. Osun Health Insurance Agency has successfully enrolled 69,273 vulnerable persons who have been receiving healthcare services in the last two years under the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund. A statement by Ismail … [Read more…]

WORLD AIDS DAY

December 1, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

The World AIDS Day, which is one of the 11 official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organisation, is designated to be observed on December 1. On this day, people around the world unite to show support for people living with HIV, remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses, and … [Read more…]

Omicron Variant: NCDC confirms cases of Omicron variant of Covid 19

December 1, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed the first case of Omicron variant in Nigeria. The Centre said in line with the routine travel test required of all international travellers and Genomic sequencing at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through Its National Reference Laboratory (NRL), Abuja, confirmed Nigeria’s first … [Read more…]

NAFDAC: Abuse of antibiotics, more deaths may be recorded

November 29, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of irrational use of antibiotics which could further accelerate the process of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) leading to avoidable deaths. A statement from NAFDAC indicated that its Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, raised the alarm at the virtual … [Read more…]

100% Success recorded in Polio vaccination conducted in Enugu State.

October 18, 2021 by Editor Leave a Comment

Enugu State Government says it recorded 100 per cent success in its just-concluded polio vaccination, which targeted 1,014,953 children aged between 0 and 5 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state embarked on a five-day vaccination programme to prevent polio after receiving 1,306,700 doses of the new oral polio … [Read more…]