A Non-governmental Organisation, Kidcare Consults, has embarked on aggressive enlightenment campaign against the debilitating effects of smoking, especially in youths. The campaign is executed partly by convening of workshops where young children are exposed to the dangers of smoking.

THE need to put the Community at the centre of national development has been identified as one of the most effective ways of promoting sustainable development and quality health, Minister of Health Prof Babatunde Oshotimehin has disclosed.

TOWARDS mitigating the burden of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Nigeria, the Federal government in collaboration with the Global TB Partnership and USAID, is conducting a prevalence survey of persons with TB that is resistant to treatment with first-line anti-TB drugs in the country.

AN estimated seven million safe injection commodities worth over N104 million was procured and distributed in
Nigeria over the last five years and 10,000 health workers trained in injection safety under the Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS) project funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

I have been taking laxatives every day for years with out any problems, usually containing senna, but recently, I was told by a doctor that they can be harmful and I must stop. Without them, I will be constipated. What can I do?