Scientists have revealed in a study that humans should prepare for the emergence of a new virus that could be deadlier than Ebola Virus (EV), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Zika virus.
The virus is zoonotic; a zoonotic disease is a disease that can be passed from animals to humans; the team adds that this new disease may induce the same results in human as SARS starting out with flu-like symptoms and accelerating rapidly to pneumonia.
During the launching of Zentiva by the Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Lagos, the chairman, Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria, Dr. Kolawole Owoka appealed to the Federal Government to stop the importation of generic drugs and rather urged the authorities to adopt policies from developed countries on the production of drugs to ensure that only quality drugs are available in the country. …
The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Denna Rossi Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Nwafor in a statement issued by Head of Marketing/Corporate services of the company, Ifeanyi Nihe has warned Nigerians to be more careful of product that contain preservative. …
The Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr. Sewuese Bitto, Garki Hospital, Abuja, Capital of Nigeria on Wednesday, said that the Hospital offered free eye treatment for residents of the Federal Capital Territory to commemorate 2016 World Glaucoma Week which will commence from March 6th to 12th 2016. …
Nestle Nutrition has urged parents and mothers in Nigeria and Ghana to source guidance and expert advice on good nutrition for their babies through new Start Healthy Stay Healthy face book pages.
The online social platforms which are now live, are part of Nestle Start Healthy Stay Healthy, a- science based educational programme designed to help mothers and caregivers provide nutritionally and developmentally adequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a baby’s life.
While addressing reporters in Awka, Anambra State, South east Nigeria on the on-going second round of National Immunization Plus Day in the Country, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, said that government will sanction any hospital found collecting money for immunization, this is based on the report that some private hospitals are collecting money for immunizing children in their areas. …
