By Gabriel Olawale Nigerians have been urged to imbibe good oral health practice and shun self medication, particularly, in the case of oral health problems. Speaking during the 2015 World Oral Health Day organised by the Nigerian Dental Therapists’ Association, NDTA, the Registrar, Dental therapist Registration Board of Nigeria, Mrs. Araminde keshinro lamented the rate […]

AS part of its corporate social responsibility, CSR, and its initiative at supporting good causes, FirstBank Plc will tomorrow join Nigerian children living with Down’s Syndrome to mark this year’s World Down syndrome day in Lagos. The bank is supporting the Foundation through its Hope Rising Initiative, HRI, designed to provide health and welfare support for disabled persons.

The College Provost University of Lagos College of Medicine , CMUL, has said that there is a huge deficit in the health sector, pointing out that Nigeria health indicies is one of the lowest despite her rich oil wells. Speaking during the official presentation of thousands of laboratory coats to fresh students in the College of Medicine by Access bank Plc which co-sided with the 2014/2015 freshman orientation of the College, the Provost, Dr.Folashade Ogunsola said compounding these inadequacies in the healthcare sector is the deficit in workforce.

Igbole Ekiti, a town in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, will on Saturday host the Babatunde Femi Owolabi Memorial Heart Foundation, as the foundation is set to facilitate a public lecture and organise free diabetes and hypertension screening for the people in the locality, as part of activities lined up in its campaign for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and other related conditions.

IN 2012, the World Health Organisation, WHO, reported that Non Communicable Diseases, NCDs, notably Cardiovascular Diseases have attained epidemic proportions particularly in developing countries like Nigeria.