Everyone wants to read about cancer because cancer is about people and people love to read about other people. A cancer story is news (often bad news) and cancer sells more because of the human interest particularly if a prominent personality is involved, and the bigger the personality, the bigger the story. My experience about reporting cancer has been one of enabling people to understand and appreciate the state of affairs (not necessarily the predicament) of cancer patients in order to raise awareness about some of their challenges (and successes).

This week Anaesthetists from all over Nigeria are gathered in Owerri for their annual conference. For a start the word ” anaesthesia ” itself is a mouthful, not only for patients, but for other doctors as well. What does it mean? In simplest terms, anaesthesia means……no sensation. This is not the same as

Around the world more than 2.5 billion people do not have access to a toilet, and more than 1 billion people defecate in the open, impacting human health and leaving women and girls vulnerable to the risk of gender based violence. Poor sewage filters contribute to the spread of diseases such as typhoid, cholera and diarrhoea.

AN estimated 2.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS out of 3.4 million Nigerians diagnosed last year are not receiving treatment needed to suppress the infection. Those affected, most of who are currently living in hiding, are not only at risk of death from HIV related illnesses, but are also infecting new people, causing a surge of the disease.

National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi Lagos, NOHIL has been awarded interim accreditation for its Federal College of Orthopaedic Technology, FECOT, by the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE even as the Hospital graduated 96 students from its Schools of Post Basic Nurses and Orthopaedic Health Assistant.