Tuberculosis: Institute raises alarm over high rate of death in Ogun
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, HVN, has raised the alarm over the high level of death caused by tuberculosis in Ogun State. The institute noted that over 300 patients out of over 6,000 cases recorded in Ogun State in 2023 died of tuberculosis. Senior programme officer of IHVN, Florinda Olawusi, stated this in Abeokuta, […]
Medical tourism costing Nigeria over 1 billion dollars – Otabor
Medical expert, Dr Christopher Otabor has decried the economic effect of medical tourism on the health sector and the Nigerian economy, warning that Nigeria loses upwards of a billion dollars to the brain drain. He expressed worry that teaching hospitals and specialist hospitals are now bereft of doctors as a result of the Japa syndrome […]
WHO raises concern over fresh cases of TB in Nigeria
Every five minutes, a death certificate is issued for a disease that is preventable and curable but accounts for 97, 900 deaths in Nigeria. This is according to the World Health Organisation, WHO, which has again raised concerns over the increasing number of tuberculosis cases in the country. The global health agency worries that Nigeria […]
Nigerian govt tasks youths to join fight against Tuberculosis
The federal government has asked young people to join it in creating awareness of the dangers of undiagnosed and untreated Tuberculosis using social media platforms and their personal influences. The government noted that as the most upwardly mobile and productive group in the population, young people reserve a higher capacity to spread correct knowledge of […]
Nigeria ranked amongst countries with highest number of maternal deaths
The Country Director of Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation, Lucky Palmer, has identified Nigeria as one of the countries with the highest maternal deaths in the world. Making the observation on Monday in a press statement issued in Taraba State through the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists-Nigeria, he said, “Nigeria has one of the highest maternal […]
World Kidney Day: Medical expert cautions against smoking, herbal drinks
A medical expert, Dr Unyime Ndor, of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom State, has cautioned against excessive drinking of beer, hot drinks and herbal concoctions. He also discouraged continuous smoking of cigarettes, hard drugs and other substances. The medical practitioner equally discouraged those described as ‘passive smokers’ from continued closeness with active smokers. […]