As the world gets set to mark 2022 World AIDS Day (WAD) with the theme “Equalise’’, there is the need to critically analyse the state of people living with the virus, stigma problem and how accessible and affordable are the drugs they need to keep them healthy. There is...
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President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Prof. Taiwo Obindo, says Nigeria currently has one qualified psychiatric doctor to about a million people. “This development has made accessibility and deliverability of psychiatric care relatively difficult in the country,’’ Obindo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu....
A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases with three out of four affected living in low and middle-income countries. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said this in a statement on Friday. Ghebreyesus said that oral health had...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says 779 million people around the world lack basic access to safely managed sanitation services. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this on Friday in her message to commemorate the World Toilet Day (WTD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the cumulative case of Lassa fever in the country since the beginning of the year is 975, with 177 deaths from 26 states, with a case fatality ratio (CFR) of 18.2 per cent. The NCDC said, via...
The Kogi State Government has declared war against quackery in its health sector following its devastating effects on lives of innocent residents of the state. Dr Zakari Usman, Kogi Commissioner of Health, made the declaration during a stakeholders’ meeting of private medical practices held in the ministry, Lokoja, Kogi....
THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the lack of access to healthcare is the main factor contributing to high maternal, infant and under five mortality in the country. He said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ministerial forum in Abuja. NAN reports that the latest...
The Bauchi State Government says it has recorded 16 Lassa fever deaths and 130 confirmed infections in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Mr Sabi’u Gwalabe disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of State Executive Council (SEC) meeting on Friday in Bauchi. He said the state...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A 46 years old kidney patient at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Tijjani Lawan has begged Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum and other privileged individuals to assist and pay his medical bills for kidney transplant. Mr. Lawan made the appeal in a...
The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (ANPMP) wants Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State to intervene in the issue of quacks and proliferation in medical profession in the state. Dr Oluwakayode Oyelabi, the ANPMP Chairman, Ogun State Chapter, made the appeal at a news conference...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has been administered to health workers since the launch of the vaccination in March 2021. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that...
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS on Monday said it had committed the sum of 500,000 euros to support Nigeria’s fight against cholera. The EU Delegation made the commitment in a statement signed by Mr Modestus Chukwulaka, its Press Officer, and made available to the News...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed his government ’s determination and commitment as well electioneering campaign promises to the people of Borno to improve on the availability, standard and quality of healthcare delivery services and its facilities across the 27 LGCs in the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government has flagged-off of the 2022 Integrated measles vaccination campaign in Calabar, the state capital. The campaign which would run from Nov. 3 to 10 would see the introduction of the rotavirus and COVID-19 vaccination. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the rotavirus...
The Stroke Action, an NGO, says there is need for raised awareness on the signs and symptoms of strokes as well as timely access to quality stroke treatment. According to it, this has become necessary as stroke is no longer a disease of the elderly as it can happen...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Programme Manager of the State Emergency and Child Intervention Centre (SEMCHIC), Dr Mala Abdulwahab has said that breast milk is a vaccine which has no substitute. Abdulwahab stated this on Saturday in Maiduguri during a roundtable discussion with journalists on exclusive breastfeeding....
Dr Mala Abdulwahab, the Borno Programme Manager of State Emergency and Child Intervention Centre (SEMCHIC), has urged mothers not to believe any claim that there is substitute for breast milk. Abdulwahab made the call in Maiduguri on Friday during a roundtable with news men on exclusive breastfeeding, organised by...
The World Health Organisation 2022 global tuberculosis report says that an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021. This is an increase of 4.5 per cent from 2020 and 1.6 million people died from TB. The report made available on Friday said the people included...
Dr Okechukwu Anthony, a Cardiologist based in Abuja, says people with irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm (arrhythmia) are at increased risk of having stroke. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the condition, which is called Atrial fibrillation (A-fib), can lead...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector of the country. Dr Omosehin Adeyemi-Osowe, Ondo Chairman of NMA, made the appeal in Akure while addressing newsmen as part of activities marking the 2022 Physicians’ Week. The News...