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The National Centre for Disease Control, on Friday, confirmed the death of five persons following Lassa fever outbreak in Benue State.
Programs Officer, Risk Communications Desk, National Centre for Disease Control, Mrs. Hanatu Bello who made this known to the Sun, in Makurdi, said 21 suspected cases were recorded, of which eight cases were confirmed while five infected persons died.
The Commissioner of Health, Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Dominic Ukpong has said a total of eighteen cases of monkeypox has been reported in the state and one confirmed. Ikpong disclosed this on Friday in a press briefing following the outbreak of monkeypox disease in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the State.
An outbreak of an unknown illness suspected to be Yellow fever in Matazu local government area of Katsina State has claimed the lives of many people in the area. The locals put the death at 115 people while the government said only 18 have died in three weeks since it began.
A former Councillor of Kogware Ward in the council, Malam Sule Ibrahim, said the disease was first witnessed at Kogware ward before moving to Unguwar- Sarka community.
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that Nigerians living with cancer would now save up to 50 percent of treatment cost as it launches a pioneer Chemotherapy Access Treatment (CAP) Programme.
The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, while launching the CAP at the National hospital Abuja on Tuesday, said that the program would increase access to high-quality essential cancer drugs and enable thousands of additional Nigerians to access care.
Obaseki Launches Edo Health Insurance Scheme, Lauded For Reforestation
Governor Godwin Obaseki is to launch the Edo State Compulsory Health Insurance Scheme tomorrow geared at ensuring affordable healthcare for all residents.
In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said his principal would equally inaugurate the Social Health Insurance Scheme/Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) and the 20 revamped Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) under the Edo State Health Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP) at the Ofunmwengbe Primary Healthcare Centre in Okada, Ovia South-West council area of the state.
Nigerian doctors Tuesday kicked against their non-inclusion in the just-concluded negotiations on new minimum wage. The doctors, under the umbrella body of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), argued that their members on the Consolidated Medical Salary Schemes (CONMESS) had made special arrangements for payment of some allowances, which were not considered in the latest negotiations.
The Chief Executive Officer of Olpharm Nigeria limited, Johnson Olusetire, has advised Nigerians to take their nutrition seriously, saying it is essential in living a healthy lifestyle. Olusetire, at the unveiling of Pentasure Hexagon Nutrition Supplement in Lagos, said global bodies identify good nutrition as the foundation for development. “Well-nourished women, children, adolescents, and adults live healthier lives with greater resilience to life-threatening diseases.One Death, 8 Hospitalized in Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Ground Beef
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Ground beef tainted with salmonella has led to 10 known infections across six states, including eight people so ill they had to be hospitalized, and one death. "Illnesses in this outbreak are more severe than expected for salmonella," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement issued Friday.
Nigeria pledges to reduce maternal, neonatal mortality through MPDSR
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The Federal Ministry of Health says it will ensure the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality in the country through the adoption of the Maternal and Postnatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR).
Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State, Health, gave the assurance in a statement issued by the Assistant Director of Press and Publicity of the ministry, Eunice Akro, on Saturday in Abuja.
Health Emergency Initiative – Lagos organisation paying hospital bills of poor Nigerians
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If Gift Julius and her husband had been able to pay the N250,000 demanded by officials at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), perhaps three of their children would still be alive.
In the evening of July 16, 2018, while Mrs Julius, who lived in Ilaje, a ghetto in the largely affluent neighbourhood of Lekki, was in nearby Sangotedo where she worked as a maid, tragedy struck her family.
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Alhaji Yusif Tudun-Wada, the Council’s Immunisation Officer, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gumel that the vaccination began on Saturday and would end on Nov. 5.
He said the council had so far received 41,340 doses of polio vaccines from the state government for the exercise. “The release of 41,340 doses to us by the state government is based on our target children for the July round.
Adamawa Patent Medicine Seller Promotes Self as Doctor, Turns Bedrooms to Clinic
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The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an alleged fake medical doctor in Modire-Yolde-Pate ward in Yola South local government area. The Command spokesperson, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yola.
Nguroje said the suspect, identified as Gambo Adamu, was arrested and remanded in prison custody. He said Adamu was initially a patent medicine retailer who suddenly began admitting patients for treatment.
The Bauchi state governor, Sen Bala Mohammed, has outlined his priorities in reviving the health sector in the state which he lamented, groaned in abject decay resulting from years of neglect. He spoke at a meeting with the deputy representative of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) in Nigeria and her team in Abuja.The governor expressed delight that at the UNICEF’S assessment that places Bauchi State as one of the frontrunners on evidence-based scorecards in primary health care delivery in the country.
Scientists Reveal 44% of Nigerian Men Suffer Erectile Dysfunction, Proffer Solution
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A recent study conducted by Dr A. Festus and others of the University of Ife in Nigeria, found that 44 percent of men aged 30 to 70 suffer from erectile dysfunction, of which 8 percent was severe and 36 percent moderate.
According to the research, Erectile Dysfunction (ED) or impotence can be defined as persistent difficulty achieving and maintaining an erection sufficient to have sexual intercourse, when a man is unable to get or keep an erection firm enough to engage in sexual intercourse.
