70,000 Ebola vaccines released to DRC as Bundibugyo outbreak persists
By Chioma Obinna The Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, has secured an initial 70,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine from the global Ebola vaccine stockpile as health authorities intensify efforts to contain the ongoing Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak. The release followed a request by the DRC government to the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, […]
My long journey to healthy eating
I used to eat like everybody else. I proudly called myself an omnivore, boasting about being able to eat any and everything. My body and stomach would cope with all. Similar to the Chinese saying: We eat anything out of the sea except ships, anything from the sky except planes and anything with for legs except chairs and tables.
‘In our family, producing twins is a piece of cake’
WHEN 28-year-old Faidat Ismail put to bed recently, she was delivered of a female set of twins. There was joy in the household at 2, Akindele Street, Ijora Oloye, in Ijora Local Government, Lagos.
Intensive care: We can save Nigerians
Survival chances for many recent deaths in Nigeria would have been greatly improved had we been blessed with top notch intensive care services.
NTDs: Attention heightens for elephantiasis, river blindness, 8 others
THEy are 10 in number – all physiologically complex and pathologically dangerous vector-borne diseases. The mode of their action is diabolical. The menace of their effect on health and wellbeing is debasing.
NSN links low IQ to micronutrient deficency
Improper nutrition among Nigerians has been identified as the bane of human development in Nigeria even as experts have harped on the need for improved nutritional knowledge and practices of Nigerians for better health and overall wellbeing.
Nigeria requires 1.5m units of blood from 170m persons annually — Saliu
ABOUT 1.5 million units of blood are required annually to take care of the estimated 170 million Nigerians, Country Director, Safe Blood for Africa, Dr. Idris Saliu has disclosed
Malaria attains ‘celebrity’ status as NightWatch debuts
A HOST of Nigerian celebrities have been engaged in a national multimedia malaria campaign to encourage sleeping under Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets and promptly seeking diagnosis and appropriate malaria treatment.
our Pains are prolonged by myths —Goitre patients reveal
The ancient Badagry town is synonymous with the role it played in the annals of West Africa and particularly Nigeria’s history. From the era of slave trade till date, when it was put under Lagos state, the ancient town has always been relevant in the scheme of activities in the country.
With colic, every cry is not an emergency
Since she was born she has been like this. We have tried all kinds of things. Many people have advised me to use some drugs. Some say it is the tummy. Others say it is the navel and yet more recommend drugs and concoctions like bitter kola water.
When there are no toilets
What do you do when you are pressed and there are no toilets around? How do you cope when your bladder is full to bursting and there is nowhere to go for relief? Searching around for a WC and finding none just when you need one most could be a traumatic experience.
