Category: Health
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Media Urged To Report Issues On HIV/AIDS
By Our Reporter Media practitioners in the South-South region have been urged to continue to give visibility to HIV/AIDS in their reportage particularly as there are many competing health issues in the country. South-South Zonal Coordinator of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Dr Uduak Daniel came out with this during…
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BYSACA Gets NACA Outstanding Award
The Bayelsa State Agency for the Control of AIDS, BYSACA has received an award in recognition of its outstanding performance to institutional systems strengthening and growth of the Bayelsa State HIV response. Permanent Secretary, BYSACA, Dr Oluwatoyin Azebi who received the award during the NACA South-South Zonal Office ceremony held in Port Harcourt the…
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NCDC announces five additional COVID-19 deaths, 176 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered five more COVID-19 deaths and additional 176 new infections in 11 states and the FCT. The NCDC made this known on its website on Saturday. It says the 176 new cases reported on Friday indicate a decrease from the 247 cases posted on Thursday. It noted…
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Abusive use of antibiotic causes offensive vaginal odour – gyneacologist
A gyneacologist, Dr Prosper Igboeli, has advised women to shun the abuse of antibiotic drugs for their own health benefit. Igboeli gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja Igboeli, Managing Director of Mand M Hospital, Fertility and IVF Centre, said that such practices contribute to major causes…
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Kafanchan assault referral Centre records 77 cases in September – Manager
The Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, recorded 77 cases in September, the Centre Manager, Mrs Grace Abbin, has said. Abbin told our correspondent, on Friday, in Kafanchan, that out of the number, five were rape cases while 72 others were cases of physical and emotional violence.…
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Kaduna State Govt. treats 12,251 malnourished children Official
The Kaduna State Government says it has treated no fewer than 12,251 malnourished children between January and August 2021. The State Nutrition Officer, Mrs Ramatu Musa, disclosed this on Saturday in Zaria at the end of a two-day third quarter review meeting with Local Government Nutrition Focal Persons (NFPs). Musa said that the figure was…
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NAFDAC gears up to tackle substandard packaged water in Kaduna –official
The National Agency for Food, Drug and Administration (NAFDAC) says it will intensify efforts at tackling issues of substandard packaged water in Kaduna, according to the agency’s state coordinator, Nasiru Mato. Mato told our correspondet in an interview on Friday, in Kaduna, that the problem was to be blamed on some manufacturers operating without good…
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NAFDAC cautions consumers on dietary product
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has implored consumers to stop using Miss Slim dietary supplement products. The agency gave the caution in a public alert with number 032/2021, issued by the Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye in Abuja on Tuesday. It noted that the agency had been informed by…
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NGO provides medical treatment for 10,000 people in Bauchi
A Bauchi state-based NGO, Mayaka Health and Education Mobilisation Association (MAHEMA), has provided medical assistance to no fewer than 10,000 patients in two years. Alhaji Aminu Abubakar, the Director-General of the association, made this known in an interview with our correspondent on Monday. The people, Abubakar said, were treated for high blood pressure,…
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Covid19 origin tracing: Issues of science should not be politicized
By Prof Tomori A prominent Nigerian virologist and Chairman, Expert review Committee on COVID-19 Professor Oyewole Tomori, has said that Covid 19 origin tracing should not be politicized. In a chat with with newsmen on the likely origin of the virus and the controversies it has generated, the renowned virologist and pioneer Vice Chancellor…