Health

Bolaji Buhari The Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday urged governments at all levels and well- meaning Nigerians to always assist the less-privileged, especially people with disabilities. Gbajabiamila made the call in Lagos during a visit to the Hearts of Gold Children Hospice, where he …

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday called on Nigerians across the nation to join the fight against drug abuse. Reacting to reports that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), is set to inaugurate a ‘Codeine Control and Other Related Matters Working Group (CCRWG)’, Saraki stated on …

By Our Reporter Akwa Ibom government has said it would establish an emergency medical services centre to address incidences of trauma arising from motor accidents in the state. This was part of the resolutions of the 2017 State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Udom Emmanuel at Government House …

The Rotary Club of Ikeja on Christmas Day visited the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, both to spend the Special Day with the patients and to donate medical equipment to the Hospital Management. It was also an occasion to reward some of the staff and departments of the Hospital …

By Akeem Abas The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso Chapter, Oyo State on Thursday rejected the purported transfer of 55 of its members by the state government. Dr Sebastine Oiwoh, the ARD Chairman, while reacting to the development in Ogbomoso, described the state government’s …

By Ismaila Chafe The Presidency on Wednesday said that the son of the President, Yusuf Buhari, who was involved in a bike accident, is in stable condition. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja. Shehu confirmed …

By Oluwakemi Oladipo A medical researcher, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, on Tuesday advised expectant mothers to always seek appropriate healthcare services during pregnancy to reduce maternal deaths in Nigeria. Iwalokun, also the Head, Immunology and Vaccinology Research Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, spoke with the News Agency of …

By Mohammad Tijjani The police in Kaduna State on Monday said they have arrested a drug dealer with over 250,000 packets of suspected fake capsules. The police spokesperson in tthe state, ASP Muktar Aliyu, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Aliyu …

By Mustapha Yauri The Federal Republic of Germany and Nigeria has signed a 29.9 million Euros agreement in support of polio eradication programme in the country, a statement has said. Mr Saadu Salahu, Head, Public Relation Unit, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), made this known in a statement …

By Ramatu Garba Dr Fatima Hassan, Pediatric Consultant at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), has called on the Federal Government to ban cough syrups in the country. She made the call at the Senate Roundtable on Drug Abuse Epidemic in Kano on Monday. She said Nigeria needed a relentless campaign …

By Lucy Osuizigbo/Oluwakemi Oladipo No fewer than 1,000 Nigerians die annually as a result of disease epidemics, a public health expert, Prof. Akin Osibogun, said on Saturday in Lagos. Osibogun, a former Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Lagos, disclosed this at the 8th annual symposium …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Malaria accounts for 50 percent of deaths in Borno state, hence the flagging off of the National Anti Malaria campaign in the state, the first of its kind in the insurgency ravaged state. The WHO Communication Analyst, Dr. …

By Esenvosa Izah Three hundred Nigerian doctors left the country in 2016, the National President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof. Mike Ogirima has revealed. He said more doctors have joined the migration train this year. He did not give any statistics, although NAN learnt that 500 doctors sat for qualifying …

In spite of the huge amount that governments both at the Federal and the States levels spend in the provision of curative malaria drugs with the support received from the Global Fund, malaria has remained endemic in Nigeria. Indeed, it is impossible to calculate the actual harm malaria has done …

By Stella Kabruk The National Ear Care Centre on Wednesday said it had targeted 800 rural dwellers during its three days medical outreach camp in Kaduna State, tagged “That all may hear.” The Acting Medical Director of the Kaduna-based institution, Dr Umaru Grema, said that the outreach was to assist …

By Philip Yatai Dangote Foundation on Wednesday said it would commit N36 billion to implement its malnutrition intervention plan in Nigeria from January 2018. The Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, said 13 states would …

By Abubakar Ahmed About 100 women were recorded to have died in Zamfara in 2016 due to pregnancy related complications, a medical consultant with the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, Dr Abubakar Danladi, disclosed. Danladi disclosed this on Tuesday in his presentation at a one-day meeting of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) …

By Chukwuemeka Opara A U.S.-based Nurse, Alloysius Nlekwa, has advised farmers not to suck the spots where they are bitten by snakes while on their farms. Nlekwa gave the advice on Tuesday in Abakaliki while delivering a lecture at a seminar on “Health and Environmental Management’’. The seminar was organised …

By Ahmed Ubandoma The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday arrived Katsina State to inaugurate children and maternity clinic at the General Hospital, Daura. The children and maternity clinic was built and equipped by Mrs. Buhari through her NGO, “Aisha Buhari Foundation’’, which also caters for the …

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off the 2017 measles vaccination campaign with a target of reaching one million children across the state. Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Gwadabawa local government area of the state, Tambuwal said all necessary arrangements have been concluded for a successful exercise. He …

CHINEDU WOSU, YENAGOA The  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Bayelsa State Command has arrested two youths along the Mbiama Community, Rivers state, for illegal possession of arms. The Command said one AK 47 automatic rifle and one English made double barreled pump action gun were recovered from the suspects …

  By Amina Ahmed  The Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Agency, Mr Adamu Gamawa, has said that the agency will in 2018 focus more on community engagement, in order to improve routine immunization. Adamu stated this while briefing newsmen in Bauchi on Wednesday. He said that there were some cases …

By Prudence Arobani,   The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 270,000 estimated children aged 0 to 14 years were living with HIV in Nigeria in 2016. The figure represented the lion share of half of the 540,000 total infected children in West and Central Africa …

By Gami Tadanyigbe Mrs Janet Yakwo, a medical practitioner at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, has said that poor diet, the lack of exercise and water in the body system were major causes of stroke. She made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …