The interior and exterior of the health centre Photo: Adetutu Sobowale Residents of the Adesanolu in the Mowe area of the Obafemi Local Government Area of Ogun State have lamented the deplorable state of the community’s primary healthcare centre. They said the Adesanolu Primary Healthcare Centre currently serving 106 settlements in 36 Community Development Councils […]
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The Nigerian government has disclosed plans to introduce the lifesaving Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to protect teenage girls against cervical cancer and other related diseases. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, made this known during the bi-annual review meeting of religious leaders on PHC Delivery in Abuja […]
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Covid-19 EG.5.Pix: Yahoo Says no increase in COVID-19 prevalence in patients with influenza-like illness The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that it is monitoring the new subvariants (descendants) of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, named EG.5 and BA.2.86. Also, the NCDC’s COVID-19 Technical Working Group (COVID-19 TWG) is […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Thursday strongly advised individuals at a higher risk of contracting diphtheria to get vaccinated immediately. It gave this advice in a statement on its X (former Twitter) handle while also listing those at a higher risk of contracting the infection. “Those at higher risk include […]
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Tuberculosis, a lung disease that afflicts millions of people worldwide, is dangerously on the march in Nigeria. “A recent figure from the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme” detailing over 2,000 new positive cases in the first half of 2023 in Plateau State underscores the problem and the need for improved preventive and […]
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Oyo State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture over the weekend trained about 50 disease surveillance agents on accurate reporting of animal diseases in the state. This was in a statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Declaring the 3-days training open in Ibadan, the Commissioner for […]
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More than one week after the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) called off its nationwide industrial action, resident doctors at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State, have continued the strike action, following the non-payment of two months arrears of salary owed their members employed under a local arrangement by […]
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High rate of death coming from cases of diphtheria should be worrisome enough to warrant top-notch focus on it by all levels of government in the country. The recurring decimal of the disease in Nigeria is particularly alarming given that it is vaccine-preventable; requiring mass enlightenment campaign along with other multi-level approaches to combating it. […]
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With research reports showing that uterine fibroids are common in women aged 30 years and above amid growing cases of infertility, women who are desirous of reaching certain levels in their careers before having children are increasingly becoming apprehensive. Many gynaecologists, however, maintain that fibroids don’t cause infertility; nevertheless, they encourage healthy lifestyle and regular […]
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The former Labour Party (LP) presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi, has revealed his battle with the much-dreaded cancer disease. Taking to Twitter on Friday, he said that a biopsy he conducted in the year 2022 showed that he was positive. He said that he thereafter started treatment with a cancer centre in Ikeja and on […]
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