Vice President of Unilever Nigeria plc Mr.Robert-de Vreede during a press briefing in Lagos, has pledged that 10 million Nigerian children and Adults would be reached in the fight against oral health diseases during the company’s campaign.
He added that saying that brushing of teeth twice daily can also help to defeat oral health problems in line with the World Oral Day coming up on the 28,march. …
The Chief Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist/Reproductive Medicine at the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Chris Agboghoroma in an interview with some Health reporters, advised women to desist from drinking all sorts of herbal concoctions to remove fibroid. He said with early detection, fibroids can be removed through minor surgery.
The doctors, other health workers and patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital((LUTH) Idi-Araba, Lagos, South west Nigeria have cried out over frequent electricity and water outage in the premises; this has caused so many patients to leave the hospital due to the discomfort. …
Some pregnant women with HIV/AIDS who registered at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) are currently defaulting from treatment, as they are been denied access to the bank to make payment for their treatment. National Mirror gathers that this may hamper the gains made by States to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus
Some medical experts in a meeting held at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, North central Nigeria, while receiving some members from the Civil Society for Cancer Network Eradication in Nigeria, (CISCANEN) have attributed the high death rate from cancer in Nigeria to high cost of the treatment, lack of regular comprehensive medical check-up and late presentation of cases. …
The 2016 vaccination for the prevention of Poliomyelitis in children below five years begins in Littoral Region today, Friday, March 11, 2016.
The campaign will run from March 10-12, 2016.
The Regional Delegate of Public Health, Martin Yamba Beyas, told a press conference in Bonanjo that the campaign is to consolidate the protection of 690,898 children below the age of five years in the region with a hundred percent eradication rate, and over 1,654 agents have been mobilized to carry out the exercise in market places, schools and Health etablishments.
The Fifth African Network for Influenza Surveillance and Epidemiology (ANISE) meeting opened in Kigali, yesterday with about 150 Global Health experts in attendance.
The three-day conference involved high level Epidemiologists, Academicians and experts who discussed the best way of dealing with the disease by encouraging research in Influenza in Africa, improve local access to vaccine, sharing strategies and assessment tools for building efficient, standardized surveillance system in the continent. …
The Lagos state Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Tuesday confirmed the death of 34 persons, i3 survival including a woman and her baby, as a five storey building under construction
collapsed after a windstorm at Horizon 1 at Lekki Garden,Elegushi-Lekki, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. …
