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HEALTH NEWS
1.Malaria:End in sight as WHO sets to approve 1st human vaccine
2.Funding research ‘ll promote medicine, say experts
3.Expert says alcoholism causes liver cirrhosis
4.Herbal Tea to Treat Malaria Heads for Clinical Trial
The end to malaria infection is in sight as the first malaria vaccine candidate to reach phase-3 of clinical testing, and found to partially protect children against the disease up to four years after vaccination, is set to be available by October this year, scientists have reported.
Dr Pokop Bupwatda, a Consultant Physician, Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), has identified excessive drinking of alcohol as the major cause of increased rate of liver cirrhosis detected among youths in the country.
Specialists in medicine have called for more funding for research and development to advance medicine in Nigeria. According to an embryologist Prof Oladapo Ashiru, more awareness and support for medical education are required to move the country’s healthcare forward.
New research has found that moving from moderate to heavy daily drinking, up to one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men – increases liver cirrhosis risk.
More than half the population of rural areas worldwide do not have access to basic health care, with four in five rural Africans lacking services, the United Nations said Monday.
