Health

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has been praised for what can be described as his unrelenting efforts towards building a better society for all, through his aggressive investments in the health sector of the nation. Obi received eulogies from …

When renowned author Alan Paton wrote the award winning novel cry my beloved country; it was against the background of the unjust apartheid South African regime. My experience of the last few days made me cry for my beloved country: Nigeria. As it’s common for most diasporans to have two …

*Says influx of persons from neighboring States responsible for increase in cases Dennis Udoma, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Government has said that the influx of people from neighbouring states where there are no PCR test facilities is the reason for the current high rate of COVID-19 cases in the State. The Coordinator …

August 6, 2021 Only recently, it dawned on me that not a few married women are in limbo of hopeless sexual inactivity in their marriages. Let’s disregard the facade of happiness and superficial fulfillment some women display outside, many of them are in silent agony over sexual dysfunction of their …

By Joan Odafe Lagos, Aug. 5, 2021 Mrs Roseline Oladimeji, a Chief Nursing Sister, in Lagos on Thursday advised pregnant women to allow their husbands to suck their boobs to prepare them for breastfeeding after delivery. Oladimeji gave the advice at a sensitisation programme marking 2021 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) …

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the South South states of Nigeria. The Nutrition specialist, UNICEF Rivers field office, Mrs Ngozi Onuora, made the assertion on Thursday in Uyo during a one day zonal media dialogue for …

• State records 30 deaths in few days • Gov: ‘Moderna Vaccine comes in days, Astrazeneca supplements too’ The rise in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related fatalities recorded in the last one week presents a worrying trend of the third wave of the pandemic in Lagos State. From the last …

By Sam Oditah Umuahia, July 31, 2021 The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on its members to proceed on an indefinite nationwide strike, beginning from Monday, Aug. 2. The President of the association, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this on Saturday, while briefing newsmen on the resolutions reached …

William Attah, Gombe No fewer than 154 health workers drawn from the eleven Local Government Areas of Gombe State are currently undergoing training on the detection and treatment of hydroceles (swelling of the scrotum in males) and elephantiasis. Amen Health Care and Empowerment Foundation, who brought together 14 Primary Health …

From: Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi Bauchi state  Governor, Bala Mohammed  has appealed to the people of the  state  to get vaccinated against cholera . Governor  Bala said this  during the flag-off of cholera vaccination ceremony at the old banquet hall of the government house, Bauchi where he took a drop of oral vaccine …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, July, 27, 2021 Nigeria has so far recorded 10 new cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant. The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this at the ministerial briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Delta variant …

President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Monday July 26, 2021, travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. The Summit, which will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, …

“Just over one percent of the African population has been fully vaccinated and around 2.5 percent have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination as at June 2021.”  This sad report was announced recently by Africa’s apex health agency, the Center for Disease Control(CDC) at a forum. …

By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, July 17, 2021 Enugu State Government, has confirmed the outbreak of cholera at the new Artisan Market in Enugu metropolis. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Emmanuel Obi, who confirmed this in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, said that the outbreak had so …

By Dennis Udoma, Uyo Five years after the Reigners Bible Church collapse in Akwa Ibom state, survivors of the tragic incident that reportedly claimed the lives of more than 100 people and and nearly claimed the life of the State Governor, Udom Emmanuel are up in arms. They are protesting …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 17, 2021 The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed that a rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas, making it the first case of the virus seen in the state. The viral illness was found in a …

In its determined bid to fight the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Oyo State, on Monday, donated some equipment to the Biorepository Laboratory of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. The equipment, according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Ayoola Adebisi, include a biosafety cabinet and thermocycler. …

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has uncovered the Delta variant of the COVID-19 in the State. The State Incident Manager and coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre, Dr. Olabode Ladipo, who confirmed the development, said that the general public is notified of the need to take extra caution and …

…Isolation Centres filling up again, says Governor …In-bound travellers defaulting isolation protocols risk prosecution, imprisonment Lagos State Government has raised the alarm of a possible third wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, following a sharp increase in the number of positive cases recorded in the last few weeks. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, …

By Cecilia Ologunagba Venice (Italy), July 11, 2021 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, says urgent action is needed to accelerate vaccinations to cover at least 60 per cent of the population in every country by 2022. Georgieva said this at the closing of the meeting of the …

  William Attah, Gombe Authorities of the Ministry of Health in Gombe State have assured Filiya Community in Shongom Local Government Area that their Primary Health Care (PHC) facility will soon be upgraded to a cottage hospital. According to the State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, the State Governor, …

By Our Reporter, Uyo Fresh facts have emerged that, the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH)’s refusal to reabsorb sacked staffers of the institution, as directed by the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja in 2008 is not due to paucity of funds but, victimization and nonchalant attitude of the management towards …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 9, 2021 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says nearly a third of all children in Haiti numbering around 1.5 million  are in urgent need of emergency relief. UNICEF on Friday said the children needed emergency relief due to rising violence, insufficient access to clean …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 2, 2021 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) can be prevented, and it can be stopped, so that millions of women and girls can enjoy their lives to the fullest, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has said. In a video message during a …

William Attah, Gombe The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Gombe State Government will commence a five year nutrition action project in the State. The overall objective of PARSNIP (Progressing Action on Resilient Systems for Nutrition through Innovation and Partnership), is to contribute to ending the the …