Nearly 150m Africans live with mental health conditions — WHO
Agency urges greater funding, community-based care By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja Nearly 150 million people across Africa are living with mental health, neurological or substance use conditions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, calling for greater investment in mental healthcare across the continent. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, disclosed this in […]
Lagos, Ogun recovering from Lassa fever
IN the last fortnight or thereabouts, the Southwest has been on edge over Lassa fever outbreak in Lagos and Ogun states. Between the two states, a total of six confirmed cases and two deaths were recorded, while 256 were placed on surveillance at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH; Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, and Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.
Women’s brains more active than men’s — RESEARCH
LARGEST functional brain imaging study to date has identified specific brain differences between women and men, according to a new report in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
MALNUTRITION: 10m Nigerian children risk mental deformity in adulthood
NoT less than 10 million Nigerian children or 13 per cent of the population of children in the country are at the risk of becoming mentally deformed in adulthood – no thanks to nutrient deprivation, particularly lack of iodine in the diet.
Support your wives to breastfeed exclusively, husbands told
HusbandS and relatives of nursing mothers have been encouraged to give adequate support to exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life with the aim of increasing compliance rate in the country.
LUTH gets new diagnostic, training centres
Medical services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, have received a boost with the commissioning of new sets of Crystal Optics Centre, Stroke Centre; Modular Theatre; Blood Donor Clinic; and the School of Biomedical Engineering training centre.
