Drug Addiction: Arrest is not recovery – Prof Daniel Ikpechukwu
If the underlying problem remains unaddressed, the young man may return to the same cycle, with another arrest, another court appearance and another family crisis waiting
World Hepatitis Day: SOGHIN urges Nigerians to get tested
“ A safe and effective vaccine can be given and this protects from hepatitis B for life.” Calling upon the populace to get tested, and seek treatment, he said effective treatment options exist for hepatitis B and cure for hepatitis C. “It is important to talk to your doctor about testing you for hepatitis virus infection, irrespective of your health status and about receiving a vaccine to prevent hepatitis B if you test negative for the virus.
Ovaltine, DHL nourish IDPs in Yola
IN the bid to meet the nutritional needs of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Yola, Adamawa State, Twinings Ovaltine Nigeria Limited and DHL Express Nigeria, last week unveiled a strategic joint partnership to donate and transport Ovaltine beverages to inhabitants of the Yola Camp. Speaking at a joint media briefing in Lagos to validate this commitment, General Manager, Twinings Ovaltine Nigeria Limited, Mr. Enrico Liggeri, said the two organisations are leveraging the partnership to amplify their Corporate Social Responsibility commitment in Nigeria.
Experts task govt on screening newborns for hearing loss
The Federal Government has been urged to establish a Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, UNHS, programme that would ensure that newborns are subjected to screening for all parameters of human function ability, particularly to ascertain the child’s hearing status. Making the call in Lagos, a group of speech pathologists and audiologists worried over the rising incidences of hearing loss despite improvements witnessed in medical education.
Don urges govt to make stroke mgt affordable
“The important message is that stroke can be prevented. If people control their blood pressure, cholesterol and do everything to minimise their other risk factors, the risk of stroke will go down. “It is a shame if you have someone that is relatively productive and is not too old but as a result of a massive stroke becomes disabled because this is something that can be prevented,” Waters remarked.
Scientists fault WHO case definition on Ebola
British and Sierra Leonean researchers have called to question the norms set down by the World Health Organisation,WHO, on Ebola case definition after they established that it has a specificity of 31.5 percent, and that at least 9 percent of people that develop the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, could be false negatives because they neither exhibited fever symptoms nor report any Ebola risk exposure.
