The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as monkeypox virus which originated in animals, and then switched species and infected humans. There has been a 63 per cent increase in the number of zoonotic outbreaks in the...
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The Society for Family Health (SFH) says early detection of HIV/AIDS will reduce infant, child and maternal mortality. Dr Omokhudu Idogho, Managing Director, SFH, said this at a dissemination meeting on the SFH Lafiyan Yara project, in Abuja. The SFH Lafiyan Yara project is funded by AIDSFONDS to implement...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 35 countries in five regions of the world have now reported more than 1,010 probable cases of unexplained severe acute hepatitis or liver inflammation in youngsters. According to a new update on Wednesday from the WHO, the number of the cases reported is...
Dr Deborah Bitrus-Oghoghorie, Consultant Grade 1, Federal Ministry of Health, Hospital Services, has said that Nigerians would began to access affordable surgical care. Bitrus-Oghoghorie disclosed this at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, on Wednesday during an enlightenment session of medical personnel in the hospital. According to her, National...
Doctors at New York University (NYU) Langone Health, an academic medical centre have successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pig hearts into recently deceased people, the team announced on Wednesday. The surgeries, known as xenotransplants, were performed on June 16 and July 6 at NYU Langone, the team said in...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-inaugurated Reference Hospital, Okene, will end medical tourism in the state and Nigeria at large. A statement issued in Lokoja by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, quoted Bello as stating this after inspecting the 300-bed...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC), 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Uwem Bassey on Tuesday flagged off free medical outreach in Sifawa village of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The GOC, who was represented by the Garrison Commander 8 Division, Brigadier General...
The Coca Cola company and its partner, Medshare, in collaboration with Federal Government, on Friday donated equipment worth N3 billion to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano under the Safe Birth Initiative (SBI). The equipment and supplies were formally unveiled and handed over at a special event held at the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Government has flagged off the free administration of malaria drugs to children under the age of 3 to 59 months. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the free distribution of malaria drugs was organized by Sokoto State Ministry of Health, through the State...
A public health expert, Mr Tobias John has warned that malaria might lead to Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) if left untreated. John, who is the Northeast Zonal Coordinator of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has decried what it described as widespread misinformation about the infection, especially in Nigeria. The Director-General of the NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, said this on Tuesday at a virtual media dialogue on the infection. Adetifa, however, admitted that there was an uptick in...
United States of America on Wednesday announced that it would distribute monkeypox vaccines across the country to address the spread of the virus. The government said it would focus its attention on people most at risk and communities with the highest numbers of cases. According to the White House...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigerians are not following the preventive measures against the current outbreak of Monkeypox. Dr John Oladejo, the NCDC Director of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, made this assertions on Tuesday in Ibadan, while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the...
Miss Cynthia Peterson (not real name), 24, is a skin care brand influencer. In recent times, her friends and neighbours have noticed some change in her complexion as her skin colour shifts from dark to fair complexion. She had explained that the change is to enable her meet new...
A consultant gynaecologist, Dr Stanley Egbogu, has warned women against the use of natural remedies for the removal of fibroids. Egbogu who works at Nnamdi Azikwe Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Fibroids are non-cancerous...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it sees no need to cancel or postpone mass events this summer due to the unusually high number of monkey pox cases. “We have learnt that mass gatherings do not amplify transmission by themselves, it is the behavior during events that matters,’’ WHO...
The WHO says Nigeria is one of the countries that have reported cases of monkeypox. It says more than 3,200 cases have been confirmed in 48 countries and in five of its regions globally. “In Nigeria, the proportion of women affected is much higher than elsewhere. “It is critical...
A public health expert, Dr Ifeoma Uduji, has urged Nigerians to use lessons learnt from COVID-19 to prevent and curb recurring and emerging diseases in the country. Uduji, who is a specialist in Public Health Services and Policy, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, highlighted urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care, urging decision makers to step up commitment and actions to change attitudes and approaches to mental health. According to WHO, nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming Monkeypox and its variants, and also to put in place a mechanism to help share available vaccines, more equitably, as the need arises. WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday...