Ebola: NCDC places Nigeria on high alert
ABUJA — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed Nigeria on high alert following an update on the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The NCDC Director-General, Jide Idris, disclosed this in a health advisory, saying preparatory activities were ongoing to strengthen the […]
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.
Scientists investigate why the Ebola virus ‘hides’ in the testicles
EVER since a Liberian woman was diagnosed with Ebola after having sex with her spouse who is a survivor of Ebola, doctors can no longer tell for certain when it’s safe for Ebola survivors to return to a normal sex life.
Dearth of midwives, threat to maternal/child survival – Bauchi PHCDA
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, BPHCDA, has identified shortage of midwives at the primary health care level as the major factor threatening maternal, new born and child survival in the state.
