Tag: Screening
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Medical Women Association tasks pregnant women on regular diabetes screening
The Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) has urged pregnant women in the country to go for regular screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) while doing their anti-natal. Our correspondent reports that the the association gave the advice on Thursday, in Abuja at the ongoing MWIA conference titled: “Accelerating Universal Health Coverage”. Prof. Rosemary Ogu, the coordinator,…
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NGO screens market women in Ilorin for breast cancer
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Quinta Health, began free screening of market women in Ilorin for breast cancer on Thursday, The market women thronged to the centre for the screening of their breasts, an exercise which had a health talk as a prelude. Founder of the NGO, Dr Tunde Adewumi told Our correspondent that the screening…