Category: Health

– parleys NAFDAC to check menace The Association of Community Pharmacist of Nigeria, ACPN, has raised alarm over high rate of fake drugs in circulation and vowed to synergise with the National Agency for food and drugs administration and Control, NAFDAC, to checkmate and tackle the menace which is one of the leading causes of […]

Rural communities in Nigeria have been asked to stop female genital mutilation, FGM, in view of its long lasting harmful effects on the children which may linger for a lifetime. And these include inflicting avoidable mental, psychological and physical pains on the victims, excessive bleeding (hemorrhage), life threatening infectious diseases like Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), […]

Determined to strengthen and improve health facilities and well-being of citizens of Ondo State, the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has distributed a multi-million naira lifesaving medical and laboratory equipment to Primary Health Centres across Council Areas in the state. According to a statement by a press officer to the Governor, Mr Bode Akinwumi, the […]

An Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr Olawale Oba, has said that low acceptance of instrumental delivery techniques often leads to the increase of caesarean delivery. Oba, a Senior Registrar at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, made the explanation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday. […]

Olufunmilayo Olopade: led the research in identifying the genes causing inherited breast cancer in Nigerian women A multinational research team has identified the genes responsible for inherited breast cancer in Nigerian women, according to a study published in the 21 August issue of the Journal for Clinical Oncology. “This is the first study to use […]

The health risks of prolonged sitting can be mitigated with some short stints of activities In modern society, prolonged sitting is now the norm; at the office, watching television: our lives are easily filled with physical inactivity.The negative health consequences of sedentary living are also growing clearer. But a newly published meta-analysis has discovered that […]

With a population of about 200 million people, Nigeria has fewer than 50 medical professionals who are specialists in cancer treatment, says Runcie Chidibe, Executive Director of Project Pink Blue, a cancer-fighting organisation. To address the skill gap, the organisation in collaboration with the US Embassy in Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Health is […]

The Executive Director, Balanced Stewardship Development Association (BALSDA), Mr Adeleye Adewale, says that Nigerian government is committed to increase Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, to achieve 27 percent by 2020. Adeleye, who stated this in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, during the launching of Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan (CIP) for the state, was assisted by […]

Optometrist with the FCT Public Health Department examines four-year-old Fatima Ibrahim. Her younger brother, mother and health worker look on THE Federal Capital Territory Public Health Department has carried out eye screening at Ruga, close to Abuja City Gate, where children are going blind due to itchy eye infection. The ICIR first reported how more […]