1 in 6 Nigerian youths faces mental health challenge, experts warn
… As YEDI, Grassroot Soccer take mental health awareness to Mushin communityBy Chioma Obinna Concerned by the growing burden of mental health challenges among young people and widespread misconceptions surrounding the condition, health experts have called for early help-seeking, community-based interventions and stronger collaboration between health professionals, families and religious institutions.They spoke during a community […]
Stop indiscriminate prescription of antibiotics, doctors warned
Warning of a looming “disaster of antibiotics” if the current excessive use of the drugs is not curbed, Nobel laureate for Physiology, Dr John Robin Warren, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2005 for his discovery on the ‘bacterium Helicobacter pylori’ and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer diseases, noted specifically that …
WHO approves 2 Ebola vaccines …Trials begin Jan 2015
The World Health Organisation says the two most advanced Ebola vaccines — one made by GlaxoSmithKline and the other licensed by Merck and NewLink appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa.
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.
