The World Health Organization (WHO) and partner organizations in Nepal have mobilized further resources including medicine and medical equipment to prevent the possible spread of diarrhea diseases among populations affected by the country’s devastating earthquake. “After an earthquake of this
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The Federal Government, the United States and the World Health Organisation have opened Ebola Study centres in Abuja and Jos. With support from the Defence Reference Laboratory, one of the centres is located at the Ministry of Defence-United States Department of Defence within the Ship House headquarters of the Ministry of Defence. Unveiling the Abuja […]
The Cross River state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has appealed to politicians in the country to stop frequenting abroad for medical treatments. Speaking at a one-day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme organised by NMA, Calabar chapter in collaboration with Kelina Hospital, Abuja, the chairman of the association, Dr Offiong Ikpeme,
Permanent Secretary, Federal ministry of Health, Linus Awute, has charged members of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the National Health Act to dedicate themselves to their assignment in order to ensure a successful implementation of the Act. Awute who made the call while speaking at the inaugural meeting of the group on the implementation […]
Nine hundred and sixty four students of LEA Primary School, Gwarinpa, a suburb in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are to benefit from a 4 unit of toilet facility constructed and donated to the school by the Rotary Club of Abuja. The project, according to Rotary, satisfies three of its areas of focus which includes […]
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) may embark on a nationwide strike on Friday, May 8 f the Federal government fails to accede to its 15-point demands. According to the union, efforts to meet President Goodluck Jonathan on the demands yields no positive result. However, in a directive issued on Tuesday by the vice-president of […]
Global experts are calling on stakeholders and government at all levels to urgently close the gaps in tackling the cases and deaths from malaria. Annually, more than half a million lives are still lost to the preventable disease despite the declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000. “It’s even a thing of joy that […]
Bullying adversely affects children in later life more than being maltreated, according to new research from the University of Warwick. A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry shows that children who have been bullied by peers suffer worse in the longer term than those who have been maltreated by adults. The research […]
A quarter of countries that responded to a World Health Organization (WHO) survey have national plans to preserve antimicrobial medicines like antibiotics, but many more countries must also step up. A new report, Worldwide country situation analysis: Response to antimicrobial resistance, which outlines the survey findings, reveals that while much activity is
More than half the population of rural areas worldwide do not have access to basic health care, with four in five rural Africans lacking services, the UN said Monday. In the first report of its kind, the UN’s International Labour Organisation found that the rural-urban divide was omnipresent from the richest countries down to the […]
Several millions of Nigerians are said to be carrying on Glaucoma and needing urgent medical attention before their eyes are damaged. This was the position of an optical expert, Dr. Mrs. Regina Morgan, Chief Consultant Ophthalmologist at the National Hospital Abuja, during a chat with the Daily Times. Glaucoma is second to cataract in the […]
We do it for the glamour, we do it for the attention, we do it for the selfies and we do it to get an hour glass figure, but unfortunately our health is paying the price for it. We totally understand the struggle with weight loss; it could be downright difficult. Lowering your calorie intakes, […]
The World Health Organization this morning handed over four emergency health kits comprising of medicines and medical supplies and US dollars 175 000 as the first tranche of emergency health funds to meet the immediate health needs of the earthquake affected people in Nepal. “Within hours of the tragedy, WHO disbursed medical supplies […]
Delta State Ministry of Health has debunked reports making rounds of an outbreak of cholera in parts of the state. According to the ministry, its visit to the two communities in Isoko South Local Government Area suspected to have suffered cholera outbreak, indicated that a total 32 persons were ill, while five reportedly died, […]
Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World Immunization Week 2015 (24 -30 April), the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for renewed […]
A dentist at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba, Miss Joy Joseph, on Wednesday advised residents of the state to go for teeth check-up after every six months. Joseph stressed that the check-up would prevent tooth decay and mouth odour. According to her, food particles that sticked to the teeth over time were responsible […]
All schools in and around Niger’s capital, Niamey, have been shut until Monday because of a meningitis outbreak that has killed 85 people this year. A shortage of vaccines to treat the current strain has caused the outbreak to spread, the authorities say. A campaign to vaccinate all children between two and 15 will […]
The Minister of State for Health, Mr. Fidelis Nwankwo has debunked the rumours of unidentified disease outbreak which is attributed to 19 deaths since 15th April 2015, out of 24 reported cases. Nwankwo further provided insights on the causes of illness and sudden deaths in two communities of Irele, Local Government Area (LGA) in Ondo State […]
• Poisoned ogogoro may be culprit, says commissioner The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday that pesticide poisoning might be the cause of the mystery deaths of at least 18 people in Ode Irele town, Ondo State earlier this week. The “current hypothesis is that the cause of the event is herbicides”, WHO spokesman, […]
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka announced $300 million to support the national Post-Ebola Recovery program of Ebola-affected countries during the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington. AfDB’s funding will provide support to Governments of Ebola-affected countries by investing in health, education, water and sanitation, agriculture and
