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A top neurologist in Washington D.C, USA met with President Biden’s personal doctor at the White House earlier this year, a new report by the NY Post, claims. According to the publication, it saw visitor logs showing that Dr. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s disease expert at Walter Reed Medical Center, met with Dr. Kevin O’Connor…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down four unregistered bakeries in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, due to poor hygienic conditions. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, South-South Zonal Director of NAFDAC, Pharmacist Chukwuma Oligbu, emphasized that the closures were part of the agency’s efforts to…
Poverty and lack of free health services have been identified as some of the major factors responsible for pregnant women giving birth at home. Some Residents of Ekiti State made the claims in Ado Ekiti while speaking with Group One members of the Rotary-RMCH workshop. One of them, Mrs Nike Fasuba explained that if the…
Women In Energy Oil and Gas (WEOG) announced plans to plant over 10 million specially selected trees, known for their high carbon absorption rates, in celebration of World Decarbonization Day. Oladunni Owo, National President of WEOG in Nigeria, made this announcement during the Decarbonization Initiative briefing in Abuja, which took place during the Nigeria Oil…
The Kogi State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining a cholera-free environment statewide by unveiling comprehensive infection prevention measures as a proactive step against the disease. The Commissioner for Health, Abdulazeez Adams Adeiza, disclosed this in a statement released to journalists in Lokoja on Wednesday. He listed the decisive actions taken by the state…
The Lagos State Government has announced its collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat a cholera outbreak at the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison. In a statement on Sunday, the State’s Director of Public Affairs, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, quoted Health Commissioner Akin Abayomi, revealing that 25 severe gastroenteritis cases linked to cholera had been reported…
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed approximately 100 shops in Enugu’s Ogbete Main Market for allegedly selling counterfeit alcoholic beverages. During the coordinated raid, the agency also confiscated a truckload of adulterated products and arrested four suspected traders. Speaking on the operation, NAFDAC’s South-East Zone Director, Pharm Martins Iluyomade,…
The Lagos State government on Sunday, June 30, disclosed that 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison were confirmed to be caused by cholera. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, while giving an update on the outbreak of cholera in the state, added that urgent medical and environmental intervention measures had…
In recent times people have been victims of this deadly disease. Many lives are reportedly lost as a result of this illness while others have been fixed to save their lives. Cholera is an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and…
Cholera, an acute diarrheal illness caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, remains a significant public health threat in many parts of the world. While it can be life-threatening if not treated promptly, cholera is both preventable and manageable. Taking active control over cholera involves understanding your roles…
The Federal Government has dispatched 18 medical professionals to Sierra Leone as part of a volunteer initiative. During a pre-departure orientation in Abuja, Dr. Yusuf Buba-Yakub, Director General of the Nigeria Technical Aid Corps, addressed the volunteers, urging them to represent Nigeria with distinction. highrevenuenetwork.com/9e9a5ee8183bdc3f8ca0807126145712/invoke.js He highlighted that Nigeria, as a leading nation, has utilized…
Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, has stated that there are no active cholera cases in the state, despite the disease affecting other parts of the country. Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Dr. Oreh revealed that there were 16 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea, resulting in two deaths, in three…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State has confiscated 82.5 kilograms of narcotics over the past five months. Peter Ogar, the State Commander of the NDLEA, made this announcement during the commemoration of this year’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Abakaliki. Ogar reported that the Command had arrested…
The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) has announced plans to create a standardized national cancer registry and data system to combat the growing cancer challenges in Nigeria. NICRAT’s Director-General, Dr. Usman Aliyu, revealed at a workshop in Abuja that the registry is 90 percent complete and is expected to be fully operational…
A Nigerian man has died of heart attack in the UK two months after his wife moved there to join him. A Nigerian doctor shared the sad story on X. He said the deceased who was just 31 slumped and died in Hull city. He admonished Nigerians above 30 years of age to…
A Kenyan police officer, Inspector David Maina accidentally blew up his hands during a protest in Nairobi last week. The police officer attached to the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU), was facing off with protesters in the Nairobi city centre on Tuesday, June 18, when he blew up his hands with the explosive. It was…
The Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi disclosed that Lagos State Cholera cases have risen to 421. He said this on his Instagram handle @profakinabayomi on Saturday. “As of June 20, 2024, an additional four suspected cholera cases have been reported, as illustrated in the accompanying graph,” he wrote. He noted that the Emergency Operations Centre…
The Lagos State Government says deaths from the cholera outbreak in the state have increased from 15 to 21, while infections also increased from 350 to 401 infections. Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, said the rise in cases was anticipated following the Eid-el Kabir celebration, in which…
Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were carried out in scorching heat, surged past 900. Relatives scoured hospitals and pleaded online for news, fearing the worst after temperatures hit 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, on Monday. About…
As a result of the outbreak of Cholera, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has called on all stakeholders in the food supply chain to take deliberate actions to institute a food safety culture in their operations. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said maintaining a safety culture…
A Nigerin woman who recently returned to the country from Canada has reportedly died after contracting Cholera. There has been an outbreak of the bacteria disease in Lagos recently. An X user shared the sad story of the demise of the woman.
Abia State has launched the first round of the 2024 Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Week, aimed at reducing the high mortality rates among children under five years old. The initiative, organized by the state Ministry of Health, the Primary Health Care Development Agency, and various partners, commenced in Umuahia. During the opening ceremony in…
From Ida Mbuthia As a medical practitioner, I am very fortunate to be educated in the often-subtle workings of the human body. This has served me, not only in my profession and with patients but also personally, as I recognise potential medical issues in myself and seek care when I feel something isn’t quite right….
In the besieged city of El-Fasher, Sudan, doctors have reported the closure of one of the last functioning hospitals following an attack. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the medical charity assisting the hospital, described it as the only facility in El-Fasher still providing treatment to injured civilians. Rumors have circulated for several days about shelling at…
The Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) has committed N1 million as a start-up grant for the Emergency and Health Hazards Trust Fund dedicated to health journalists. During a congress of the Association of Nigeria Health Journalists (ANHeJ) in Abuja, AHBN Coordinator Dr. Aminu Magashi announced the initiative and personally contributed N250,000 to the fund. AHBN…
The Federal Government has threatened to go after the management of any hospital that refused to attend to emergency patients. The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, gave the warning at the ‘Unlock Grants Award’ ceremony in Abuja on Sunday. In October 2023, the media was awash with the viral report of how a victim…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), alongside its partners, is advocating for continued handwashing, personal hygiene, and other preventive measures practiced during COVID-19 to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). This call was made during the annual review meeting of the Commonwealth Partnership for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS 2) in Abuja, themed “Celebrating Progress and…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, worth over N2,185,000,000.00 at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne, and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja. NDLEA also said its officers, with the cooperation of other security agencies, on Friday,…
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with development partners, is conducting a survey on tobacco use among adolescents aged 10 to 17 years. Additionally, the Ministry plans to carry out the second round of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey by the end of 2024. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare,…
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed more than 350 pharmacies and medicine stores in Jigawa State. Pharmacist Stephen Esumobi, Director of Enforcement for PCN, announced this during a press briefing at the Federal Secretariat in Dutse, the state capital. He stated that the enforcement team’s visit to Jigawa was part of PCN’s ongoing…
Free medical outreach aimed at providing essential healthcare services to 50,000 Lagos State residents is set to commence today, May 30, following a directive from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, who disclosed this, said that the initiative, which will hold in all six health districts, is in fulfilment…
