Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death
Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.
Prevention is key message on World Pneumonia Day
THE second World Pneumonia Day activities in Lagos, Abuja and most other major cities in Nigeria on Friday November 12, 2010, was essentially to buttress the message about the need for protection, treatment and prevention of infants and young children from infection with the pneumococcal bacteria which causes pneumonia and other pneumococcal disorders.
Breaking The Silence: Empathy: Had I known?
Why am I dwelling on empathy? It is the foundation on which any positive reaction can be built on. For re-emphasis, what is empathy? According to Dictionary.com, empathy is the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. When is Empathy required?
Reproductive Health focuses on aging, infertility
The November 2010 edition of Reproductive Health Magazine which hit the newsstands last week, focuses on various health issues ranging from aging, infertility, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, breast cancer, sickle cell diseases and more.
ARN tasks FG on training of radiographers
With just 400 radiographers serving 140 million Nigerians, and an average of 10 radiographers attending to 350 beds in most teaching hospitals across the country against the World Health Organisation’s recommended 20 patients to a radiographer, the incidence of improper and inaccurate diagnosis is bound to be on the increase.
GSK pledges to help Nigeria reduce childhood pneumonia
As its own contribution towards the reduction of the spate of deaths from childhood pneumonia in Nigeria, multinational pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK has pledged support for Nigeria’s efforts.
