Rot. (Dr.) Eyo Nyong is a General Medical Practitioner and Medical Adviser, Motorparts Industry. In this interview with Chioma Obinna, Nyong who is also Coordinator of the annual health programme of the Catholic Chaplaincy Centre, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) maintaines that free screening for all Nigerian women will check the spread of cervical cancer.

EVEN as an estimated 500 Nigerians benefited from the free health screening organised by the Catholic Chaplaincy Centre of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)/College of Medicine University of Lagos (CMUL)’s 2010 Health Education and Health Service Day in Lagos, Nigerians have been urged to take responsibility for their health.

FOR its commitment towards taking up the challenge of defeating pneumonia in the country, the Federal government last week recieved commendation of the UNICEF Deputy Representative of UNICEF in Nigeria, Mr. Jacques Boyer.

Having a child is probably the biggest life change you could ever experience, whether as a man or as a woman. The reasons for this point of view are pretty obvious. Parenting is most obviously an enormous, 24-hour responsibility and, whichever way one looks at it; it is really a life-long commitment.

Certainly, Sickle Cell Disorder is a global health problem with psychosocial implications. Unfortunately, Nigeria has the largest population of people with sickle cell disorder, with about 150,000 births annually. The incidence of sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria is among the highest in the world, with more than 100,000 Nigerian children being born each year with the disorder. Those with the disease suffer a higher than average frequency of illness and premature death, especially in infancy. The condition can also cause heart attacks, kidney failure, severe infections and sudden death.