NAN institutionalises quarterly fitness walks to boost staff wellness, productivity
By Henry Obetta The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lagos Directorate, in collaboration with Alpha Designs Nigeria Ltd., on Saturday organised its maiden fitness walk for staff as part of efforts to promote healthy living, physical fitness and improved workplace productivity. The programme, which brought together members of staff and other participants, featured a walk […]
Poor reproductive, sexual health killing Africans enmasse — REPORT
INCONTROVERTIBLE evidence that poor sexual and reproductive health practices and policies are killing Africans enmasse necessitating prompt government action, has been released.
26% Nigerian men engage in sexual experimentation, says study
Despite widespread awareness about HIV/AIDs and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, commercial sex trade in Nigeria is notorious for its growing market. Results of a study carried out in Lagos recently, revealed that 26% of men who patronize commercial sex workers do so to fulfill….
New meningitis vaccine renews hope for African infants
Making the announcement last week, the Meningitis Vaccine Project, MVP —a partnership between the global health nonprofit PATH and WHO—and Serum Institute of India Ltd, manufacturer of the MenAfriVac vaccine, said the stage has been set for the elimination of menigitis within the continent’s epidemic belt.
Indian hospital separates African twins joined at abdomen and chest
Medical doctors at Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai, India, have successfully separated eight-and-a-half months old Thoraco Omphalopagus (the fusing of two bodies at the lower chest and abdomen) twins, Abriana and Adriana
Scientists worry over paracetamol ‘skin rash’
Just over a year after the National Pharmacovigilance Centre of the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC issued a public alert over the association of Paracetamol, a.k.a. Acetaminophen, with risk of a rare but serious skin reaction, the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has again warned about the potential hazard of the commonly used analgesic.
