A COMPREHENSIVE six-year plan to end polio through strengthening immunisation systems and vaccinating one billion children has been presented by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, GPEI.

Currently, according to the World Health Organisation, WHO, Nigeria has the highest burden of infant and child deaths from pneumonia and other pneumococcal disorders in Africa and is second only to India in the world.

Guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, is a parasitic infection caused by the nematode roundworm parasite Dracunculus medenisis.

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a tube of tissue that extends from the large intestine. No one is absolutely certain what the function of the appendix is. One thing we do know is that we can live without it without any consequences.

Playing videogames can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions such as memory, reasoning and visual processing, according to a study released Wednesday.

Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis in women, said a study Wednesday that urged a thorough probe into the potential health risks of this type of cosmetic surgery.

AHEAD of Nigeria’s certification as a guinea worm free nation by the World Health Organisation, WHO, in June 2013, the Federal government is offering a cash reward of N25,000 for every report of authentic new guineaworm cases in any part of the country. In 2011, a N10,000 reward was offered for a similar report.

IN a bid to reduce the high Maternal Mortality ration, MMR, in Lagos, the State State Government commissioned a research which showed unacceptably high maternal mortality ratio of 555 per 100,000 live births higher than the national average put at 545 per 100,000 live births.

A FERTILITY expert, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has described sex selection (enabling couples select the sex of their children) as an important aspect of Assisted Reproductive Treatment, ART.

As Nigeria battles rejection of polio vaccination in the North, renowned Virologist, Professor Oyewale Tomori has alleged that Nigerian leaders are yet to show enough commitment needed to attain the global eradication deadline by 2018.

THE Association of General Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos State Branch last week engaged its members in a business entrepreneurship session with a charge to draw up a succession plan that would ensure that their health facilities out lived them.

Reprieve has come to the way of cleft lip/palate victims in Adamawa State as a corps member serving in state, Victor Hilenen Aben offered them free surgery.

On April 5th, the world began the 1,000-day countdown to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline. Created in 2000, the MDGs spurred action from governments, international organizations, and civil society. In recent years, we have cut the global poverty rate in half, reduced the prevalence of deadly diseases, improved sanitation,narrowed the gender gap, and more. Although we have made progress toward these Goals, there is still much to be done, especially for the girls and women of the Muslim world.

A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has taken a significant step towards understanding the reasons for both diabetes and growth hormone deficiency.

Infants who sweat less in response to scary situations at age 1 show more physical and verbal aggression at age 3, according to new
research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

A potential new way to fight obesity-related illness has been uncovered. Implications of the findings could have a direct impact on those at potential risk for developing obesity-related liver disease in their lifetime.

Although all vegetables have nutrients and some protective powers, for these vegetables, it’s above normal. These
vegetables have a special chemical composition: They have sulfur-containing compounds that are responsible for their pungent flavors.

Hope has rises for parents and children living with autism as scientists have found that 24 percent of children with autism were non verbal or minimally verbal and the problems can persist into adulthood. The study published by Autistica consultation noted that professionals have long attempted to support the development of language in these children but with mixed outcomes.

Bill Gates announced in Abu Dhabi on Thursday his foundation will contribute $1.8 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a third of the total funds needed.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chuckwu, on Thursday in Addis Ababa said Nigeria and four other African countries accounted for 47 per cent of the global malaria cases.

The Society for Family Health (SFH) on Wednesday said that 55 per cent of malaria infection mostly affected children from the ages of six months to five years.

To operate at optimal capacity in the face of critical shortage in public electrical power supply, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, utilises up to 5,000 litres of diesel daily to run its range of 10 installed generators.