At least 269 Nigerians have been killed in the last few weeks by meningitis, across the country. The death toll in Zamfara is as high as 80, leading residents of Gusau to appeal for government help to prevent the disease. The appeal was made by a cross section of residents interviewed by newsmen. Earlier this March, the […]
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As revealed by the Cross River state Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong, two persons have been confirmed dead and some 40 others hospitalised after drinking from a stream suspected to have been poisoned. The victims were reported to have drank from stream in Oboso community in Ogoja local government area of Cross River State. […]
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A Clinical Psychologist, who works at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Mr Adedotun Ajiboye, has advised relations, friends and colleagues of persons suffering from depression to be extra vigilant to avert incidents of suicide. He spoke against the backdrop of rising incidents of suicide across the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in […]
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The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has launched a “detailed investigation” into the alleged danger of mixing Fanta or Sprite with Vitamin C. CPC’s Director-General, Mrs Dupe Atoki, announced this in Abuja on Thursday. “The Consumer Protection Council is keenly interested and extremely concerned about the questions that have arisen from and on account of this […]
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A Lagos state high court has ruled that Fanta and Sprite, soft drinks produced by the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), contain excessive levels of additives which make them unsafe for human consumption. This ruling is the result of a suit filed by one Emmanuel Adebo, a Nigerian businessman, after his company was unable to sell large […]
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Two million and two hundred thousand Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs are to be shared to Kogi communities in the campaign to eliminate malaria in the state. Mr Godwin Aidemagbon, Team Lead, National Campaign Immunisation Team/Presidential Malaria Initiative, said at the inauguration of LLIN Coordinating Campaign Network (LCCN), on Tuesday in Lokoja. The News Agency […]
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Prime minister Hassan Khaire has said no fewer than 110 people were killed and several left in serious conditions after cholera broke out in southern Somalia in the past two days. Khaire said the deaths occurred in Bay region amid severe drought across the county, while assuring that the government would give it first priority […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Monday, published its first-ever list of antibiotic resistant “priority pathogens”, a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that posed threat to human health. The list was released to guide and promote research and development of new antibiotics, as part of WHO’s efforts to address growing global resistance to antimicrobial […]
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The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of four patients out of the five cases of Lassa fever in Bauchi, Alkaleri and Ganjuwa Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Halima Muqaddas, made the confirmation on Friday while addressing journalists in Bauchi. “We have confirmed five cases of […]
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Nigeria has approved a new National Health Policy aimed at promoting the health of Nigerians and accelerate socio-economic development in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting, which was chaired by the Acting President […]
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