No HIV cure yet, but treatment can make virus undetectable — NACA DG
By Sola Ogundipe The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, has cautioned Nigerians against HIV cure claims, stressing that modern treatment can only suppress the virus to undetectable levels and enable people living with HIV to live long, healthy lives. Ilori, who spoke during a media training […]
Malaria vaccine less effective than expected
HOPES of a universal, commercially licensed malaria vaccine this year may have dimmed as the first candidate malaria vaccine to reach phase III clinical trials, though safe, has been found to provide only modest protection for infants.
Hypertension: Experts advocate regular screening, free anti-hypertensives
With over 70 percent of hypertensive patients guilty of non-compliance with their drug regimens in Nigeria, experts have harped on the need for Nigerians to develop the culture of regular blood pressure checks even as they expressed worry over patients’ drug inconsistency.
Hospital harvests 23 organs from brain-dead donors
In a remarkable act of humanity, Apollo Hospitals, has harvested 23 organs from five brain dead organ donors even as it carried out 10 transplants in one day at its flagship Hospital in India.
Liberia’s achievement against Ebola is monumental — WHO
The campaign to eliminate the Ebola virus marked a significant milestone on Saturday 9 of May, as the World Health Organisation, WHO, declared Liberia free of the Ebola disease.
Group offers free blood pressure checks
Team Up For Health, TUFH, a Carlisle Healthcare initiative has start a free blood pressure check campaign aimed to nip in the bud chronic diseases that may result from high blood pressure.
