The Federal Ministry of Health has unveiled a “’Made in Nigeria” insecticide treated mosquito nets as part of efforts to eliminate malaria scourge in the country. The locally produced mosquito nets are adjudged to be long lasting insecticides treated nets. Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, unveiled the product on Tuesday in Abuja while […]
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Wisdom Ihejieto, the Deputy Secretary of the Guild of Medical Directors, FCT chapter, said about 20 million Nigerians were infected with hepatitis in Nigeria. Ihejieto disclosed this when the National President of the Guild, Tony Philips, paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday […]
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A moth caterpillar commonly bred to provide fish bait feasts on a notoriously resistant plastic, scientists reported Monday, raising hopes the creature can help manage the global problem of plastic-bag pollution. “This discovery could be an important tool for helping to get rid of the polyethylene plastic waste accumulated in landfill sites and oceans,” said […]
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Mrs Priscilla Orji, a nutritionist, says people should take 80 per cent of food that has alkaline and 20 per cent of food with acidic content. Orji told newsmen on Monday in Jos that fruits and vegetables were alkaline in nature, while other foods were acidic in nature. She said that most people consume fruits […]
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The Federal Government on Friday said vaccination for meningitis is free throughout the country and asked Nigerians not to pay for it. The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Shuaib therefore advised Nigerians to report any health […]
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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has pledged the commitment of the Senate to ending the menace of CerebroSpinal meningitis, CSM, which has claimed the lives of over 300 Nigerians since January 2017. In a series of tweets on his handle @BukolaSaraki, the Senate’s President pledged that the upper legislative chamber would treat as […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of the victims of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in Sokoto State. It was reported that the disease has claimed about 328 lives in 16 states of the federation in the last four months. Fourteen states are severely affected in the Northern region with two states in the […]
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After about 328 deaths associated with Meningitis, 1.3 million vaccines have arrived from World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Kingdom. The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry. Adewole assured Nigerians that […]
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Plastic surgeons from a hospital in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, have successfully transplanted a regenerated ear from a patient’s arm to his head. The patient, whose surname is Ji, according to NAN, suffered severe injuries on the right side of his face and lost his right ear in a traffic accident over […]
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Medication errors kill and injure millions of people while an estimated 42 billion dollars is lost annually, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. The Director-General of WHO, Margaret Chan, at a new campaign, “ Global Patient Safety Challenge on Medication Safety,’’ said that medicines should fulfil their real purpose to help people and […]
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