Persons With Disabilities Should Constitute 5% Of Public Office Workforce In Nigeria-Okpeh

HealthNewsWellnessPersons With Disabilities Should Constitute 5% Of Public Office Workforce In Nigeria-Okpeh

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 12, 2021

ENUGU — A Disability Rights Advocate, Mr. Bizibrains Okpeh, has called for deliberate efforts towards the implementation of the National Disability Act for the benefits of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). He also urged states that are yet to domesticate the National Disability Act, including Enugu State, to do so to guarantee the rights and welfare of PWDs within the states. Okpeh stated this in Enugu on Monday while presenting a paper on domestication and implementation...

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Harassment of Medical Doctors for Treating Patients With Gun Wounds Should Stop – NMA

HealthLabourHarassment of Medical Doctors for Treating Patients With Gun Wounds Should Stop – NMA

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 9, 2021

LAGOS — No law mandates doctors to demand a police report before treating victims of gunshots says Innocent Ujah, president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Ujah said this on Friday during a Channels Television programme on, Sunrise Daily. He demanded that the police would stop harassing medical doctors for treating patients with gun wounds. His statement was a reaction to the bill presented by a lawmaker, Remi Tinubu. The bill seeks the amendment of...

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Lack of Accurate Information Led to Degeneration of Strike, Ngige Tells Doctors

HealthLabourNewsLack of Accurate Information Led to Degeneration of Strike, Ngige Tells Doctors

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 7, 2021

ABUJA — The Minister of labour and employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said the previous National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) leadership hoarded information from its members Ngige posited that the attitude of NARD leadership led to the degeneration of the recent strike. The minister said this when he received members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and executive members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) at his office in Abuja on Wednesday....

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WHO Approves Vaccine For Malaria

HealthVaccinationWHO Approves Vaccine For Malaria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

The WHO had approved the vaccine after a two-year study of 800,000 individuals in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to reduce child illness and deaths in areas with moderate and high malaria transmission. The vaccine, the first developed for any parasitic disease, during clinical trials had an efficacy of about 50 per cent against severe malaria in the first year but dropped close to zero by the fourth year. And the trials did not measure the...

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Prof. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

HealthWellnessProf. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ENUGU — Professor Ifeoma Okoye on Tuesday enjoined all women to be boobs vigilant as early detection of cancer saves lives; cancer is not a death sentence. Prof. Okoye, founder of Breast Without Spot, BWS, a non-governmental organization said this in an Educational and awareness creation meeting organized by BWS initiative and Bringing Back Beauty project, BBB, in collaboration with Oncology Center University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, in Enugu State. The 3days program dedicated...

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ALDIN Calls On States To Domesticate Disability Law

HealthNewsWellnessALDIN Calls On States To Domesticate Disability Law

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ENUGU — The Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria, ALDIN, has raised concern over the failure of many state governments to domesticate the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018. Mr. Yusuf Iyodo, Director of Media and Publicity of ALDIN disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Iyodo said that domestication had become necessary following the increasing number of Persons Living With Disabilities, PLWD, in the country. “PLWD suffer all manner...

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Cholera Claims 2,791 Lives In 28 States, Federal Capital Territory- NCDC

HealthWellnessCholera Claims 2,791 Lives In 28 States, Federal Capital Territory- NCDC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said cholera had claimed 2, 791 lives across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the beginning of 2021. Ihekweazu listed affected states to include  Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Rivers and Zamfara. He told newsmen in Abuja that...

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Enugu State Joins West Africa’s Network Of Regional Reference Laboratories

HealthWest AfricaEnugu State Joins West Africa’s Network Of Regional Reference Laboratories

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 29, 2021

ENUGU — The Director-General of West African Health Organization, WAHO, Professor Stanley Okolo has called on Enugu State to maximize the opportunity of being included in West Africa’s network of regional reference laboratories created for the sole purpose of early detection and response to outbreaks and epidemics. Prof. Okolo stated this at the opening ceremony of an ongoing three-day conference organized by the West African Health Organization in Enugu which has in attendance representatives from...

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Inner Wheel Mulls Medical Care for Indigent Nigerians

HealthWellnessInner Wheel Mulls Medical Care for Indigent Nigerians

PilotnewsSeptember 28, 2021

LAGOS — The Lagos Inner Wheel Club has called for the provision of adequate and quality medical care to indigent Nigerians. It also said that the well being of the less privileged would top its projects for the year 2021/2022, in order to curb the prevalence of common diseases amongst the less privileged Nigerians. The District 912 Chairman, Mrs. Adefunke Shinaba, who spoke to  the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State on Tuesday said...

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Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital, Kano Records 1,000 Childbirth Monthly

HealthMurtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital, Kano Records 1,000 Childbirth Monthly

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 28, 2021

KANO — The Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital, Kano, records 1,000 childbirth monthly and offers antenatal services to over 450 women and over 7,000 outpatients’ cases daily. Chief Medical Director of the hospital Hussaini Muhammad who disclosed this said that the facility records 1000 deliveries, with about 250 cesarean sessions on a monthly basis. Muhammad was speaking at a special event to honour 22 staff for outstanding performance, said the event was organised to appreciate and...

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