Category: Health

World Mental Health Day: Oyo Evacuates 48 Destitutes, Homeless Children

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Oyo state government has commenced the evacuation of street children, beggars and mentally-sick persons off the streets of the State capital, Ibadan on Thursday in commemoration of the world Mental Health Day. The evacuation exercise which was led by the Honorable Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Saani took a team which comprised of the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministry Mrs Christiana Abioye and his counterpart from Ministry of Environment & Natural resources, Dr Bashir Olanrewaju, Directors, and top officials in the ministries to Iwo road round…

Develop Local Drugs To Fight Diabetes, Omo-Agege Urges Pharmacists

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Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called on pharmacists in the country to intensify efforts at research that will lead to the development of local pharmaceutical drugs to replace imported ones in the fight against diabetes and other forms of endocrine and metabolic disorders. This, he emphasised, will not only boost the Nigerian economy by creating jobs for citizens but also save the country huge sums of money spent on importing foreign drugs. Omo-Agege stated this in Abuja at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Endocrine and…

NAFDAC Seeks Corps Members’ Support To Fight Drug Abuse

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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has sought for Corps Members’ support to fight drug abuse in the country especially at the grassroots. It said plans were in top gear to maximise their skills to stem the tide of sub-standard medicines and foods. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. (Mrs) Mojisola Adedeye stated this today while on a courtesy visit to NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim in his office. She commended the invaluable contributions of Corps Members to NAFDAC activities but added that there was need for more…

Colostrum: How mothers risk their children’s lives

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A Consultant Paediatrician, Prof. Emmanuel Ekanem, on Saturday decried the practice of throwing away the colostrum after the delivery of newborns, saying it contains antibodies to protect newborns against disease. Ekanem of the Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar, Cross Rivers, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that it was a wrong practice some mothers still indulged in. According to Wikipaedia, Colostrum is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals immediately following delivery of the newborn. “Most species…

Google Doodle celebrates Stella Adadevoh’s 62nd posthumous birthday

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Google on Saturday celebrated Stella Adadevoh, the physician whose expertise and heroic efforts helped curb the spread of Ebola in Nigeria in 2014. “Born in Lagos, Nigeria on this day in 1956, Dr Adadevoh descended from a long line of respected scientists and statesmen. “Dr Adadevoh completed her residency at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and West African College of Physicians and Surgeons before doing a Fellowship in London. “Following her fellowship in Endocrinology at Hammersmith Hospital, she returned to Lagos, where she spent 21 years at the First Consultants…

BREAKING: Boko Haram executes second aid worker

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Boko Haram has executed Hauwa Leman, an aide worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross reports TheCable . Leman was abducted in March by a faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West African Province, along with two other aide workers , Saifura Khorsa , who was killed on September 16 and Alice Loksha , a nurse working for the United Nations Children and Education Fund . The killing of Leman comes after the expiration of the deadline given to the Federal Government by the terrorist organisation .…

Niger Set To Establish Cancer Centre …. As Gov Sani-Bello Joins Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

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As efforts are being intensified to combat cancer disease, Niger State Government is to establish a cancer centre at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Specialist Hospital, Minna. Governor Sani-Bello disclosed this during the awareness campaign of breast cancer early detection organized by the RAISE foundation and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Centre under the auspices of Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello. He said that cancer was a global disease and needed to be eradicated, as such Nigeria has joined other countries to tackle the disease. “That is why we are making…

45TH ANNIVERSARY: NYSC Cleans up Motor park ,Offers Free Medical services

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It was with pomp and pageantry as the National Youth Service Corps rounded off its series of humanitarian services that marked the end of its forty five years anniversary celebrations.     The Jabi Motor park in Abuja, venue of the celebration was set agog by Corps Members and Staff of the Scheme as drivers, commuters and others residents benefited from free eye test, drug prescription and distribution of free eye glasses to the people with eye defects. The ceremony also witnessed the clearing of refuse dump at the motor…

Expert charges NYSC Staff On Stress Management

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A Consultant Physician and Fellow, West African College of Physicians, Dr Lanre Olatunde has urged NYSC staff to strive and maintain a healthy living standard as they discharge their official assignments.   He also advocated regular exercise adding that there was the need to go for medical check-up at least once in a year.   Dr Olatunde stated this while delivering a lecture entitled, “Maintaining a good health status in the face of stress in the work place”, at the 2018 Annual Management Conference held in Akure.   The medical…

Buhari condemns killing of aid worker by Boko Haram

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned the killing of an aid worker who was kidnapped about six months ago in Rann, Borno State, by Boko Haram terrorist group.   The aid worker, Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, was said to have been kidnapped at the Rann camp for internally displaced persons.   A statement by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, said the President also condemned the terrorists’ threat to harm others, including the lone Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu still in their custody.   The…