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Winifred Bosa A grave indifference has been observed by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on the part of Nigerian scientists towards finding a solution to malaria scourge in the country. And with this development , NLNG remarked that the situation may not augur well for global efforts to reduce malaria incidence and mortality rates by at least […]
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) has announced that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated malaria vaccine implementation programme (MVIP) that will make the world’s first malaria vaccine available in selected areas, beginning in 2018. The injectable vaccine, RTS,S, was developed to protect young children from the most […]
Winifred Bosa. An additional 820 000 doses of a meningitis C conjugate vaccine – a donation from the UK government to the World Health Organization (WHO) is being sent to Nigeria. So also an additional team of WHO of meningitis experts has arrived in Nigeria to provide additional epidemic response. This is a vaccination effort […]
winifred bosa The Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has directed the Management of the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau in Zamfara State to immediately activate a case finding mission of meningitis in the state in a bid to stem the current outbreak of meningitis According to a press release by Mrs Boade Akinola , […]
The latest estimates from WHO, show that more than 300 million people are now living with depression, an increase of more than 18% between 2005 and 2015 . “These new figures are a wake-up call for all countries to re-think their approaches to mental health and to treat it with the urgency that it deserves,” […]
Media reports alleging that two died of meningitis in Lagos state has been debunked by the state government. The Honorable Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said this while reviewing the activities of the state government with regards to curtailing and controlling the spread of the meningitis epidemic. He said that the media report is […]
The humanitarian catastrophe in Syria has continue to unfold in magnitude. The unrelenting violence has taken almost 300,000 civilians and 1.5 million people are injured, including thousands of women and children. Today, almost 13 million people inside Syria and 5 million refugees in neighbouring countries are in need of urgent health assistance. The human misery […]
Winifred Bosa. Reports reaching us have it that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has commenced vaccination for the control of meningitis. The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre,Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu told Voice of Nigeria that the disease had affected 5 states in Nigeria. According to him, so far, “there is 1,966 suspected cases in […]
Winifred Bosa Cerebrospinal meningitis ( CSM) is taking its toll as the number of suspected cases now stands at 1,966 with the outbreak reaching epidemic proportions in five States- Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Niger States. So given the size of the outbreak and the number of States affected, the public health agencies in Nigeria […]
Winifred Bosa Globally, the cost associated with medication errors has been estimated at US$ 42 billion annually or almost 1% of total global health expenditure , says World Health Organisation, WHO. And as such , WHO has recently, launched a global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in all countries by 50% over the […]