In a bid to reduce absenteeism from work and eliminate the scourge of malaria, Westfield Development Initiative, WDI a non-governmental orgainsation has offered free malaria treatment to the resident of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos state. The programme which has over 700 people in attendance offer free malaria treatment, HIV/AIDs screening, blood pressure test, blood sugar tests, and free insecticide treated mosquito nets.

IT was a day to remember for residents of Ibafon Community, in Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos recently when in partnership with the Total Group in Nigeria, in partnership with the Lagos State Government, as 3,250 residents in 500 households were provided Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets, LLINs, in line with the global recommendations for malaria prevention.

Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can, in rare cases, experience bleeding on the brain that causes a type of stroke called intracerebral hemorrhage. A Loyola University Medical Center case study demonstrates that a virus called varicella-zoster can cause inflammation of blood vessels in the brain.

One of the tasks that await the incoming administration is the urgent need to improve the country’s life expectancy of Nigerians. This expectation is based on latest findings that show that currently, Nigerians are not living optimally due to preventable natural and man-made causes.

The President-Elect, Mohammadu Buhari has been urged to wade into the long-standing war between farmers and cattle rearers in the northern part of the country. Making the call in Lagos weekend, National President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, Dr. Edgar Sunday, said an intervention by Buhari would put a decisive end to the spate of clashes between the warring parties.