Category: Health
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Women urge Kaduna State Govt. to improve maternal, newborn healthcare services
Some women in Kaduna North Senatorial District on Tuesday urgedthe state government to improve healthcare services for women and children in Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs). The women made the call in Zaria at a townhall meeting organised by an NGO, Connected Development (CODE),over N191 million worth of constituency projects in the zone. The women pointed…
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Healthcare delivery: Bauchi Govt. to recruit more doctors
Dr Ya’u Gital, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Bauchi State Specialist Hospital, says 42 more doctors will be recruited by the government to strengthen healthcare delivery. Gital disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent, in Bauchi on Monday. The CMD said the doctors would be spread across all the 10 departments of the hospital. He…
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Drug resistance contributes to malaria mortality- Physician
A General Physician, Dr Saheed Adelaja ,says resistance to antimalaria drugs contributes to malaria mortality. Adelaja made the assertion on Monday in an interview with our correspondent in Ibadan. “Malaria is a major public health burden throughout the world. “Resistance to antimalarial drugs has increased the mortality despite the various malaria control programmes,” he said.…
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FG challenges citizens on 3rd wave of COVID-19
The Federal Government says the ravaging third wave Delta variant of COVID-19 can be defeated if all citizens play their part in the fight against the pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the weekly ministerial briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team, led by Mr Femi…
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Antibiotic Resistance: Expert alerts on misuse of antibiotic
Dr Olufemi Lawani, Medical Microbiologist, at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), on Thursday raised alarm on the abuse and misuse of antibiotic drugs. Lawani rated Nigeria as second country amongst the most prevalence in use of antibiotic prescription drugs. He stated this in his paper presentation entitled: “Antibiotic resistance and the prescription pattern…
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Why we have strict travel protocols in Nigeria- FG
The Federal Government says its strict travel protocols are put in place to protect its citizens from being infected by COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while speaking with o in Abuja on Wednesday. Mohammed said Nigeria had been tagged as a very strict country in terms…
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COVID-19: Ogun increases testing, records 85 new cases
Ogun Government says it has recorded 85 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, following increased testing and surveillance across the state.This was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in Abeokuta on Tuesday.She stated that 55 of the cases were reported in Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area; while Abeokuta…
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Pediatrician advises proper washing of fruits to avoid cholera
A Benin-based Pediatrician, Dr Samuel Ikponwonsa, has advised that fruits should be adequately and properly washed with clean water before eating to avoid cholera infection. Ikponwonsa gave the advice in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday in Benin. According to him, cholera is an acute diarrhea infection caused by ingestion of food or water…
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Cholera outbreak: NCDC urges state govts to strengthen WASH
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says there is urgent need for states to strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) following the outbreak of cholera in the country. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ihekweazu noted that cholera had been exacerbated by poor access to…
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Poorer nations must help themselves in the face of vaccine inequality– Prof Ujah
The President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Professor Innocent Ujah has called on poor African countries like Nigeria to look inward in the face of the global vaccine inequalities between rich Western countries and poor Third world countries. It would be recalled that the US only recently rejected a WHO proposal to halt its planned…