World Risks Another Virus Like COVID-19 if Wildlife Crimes Not Stopped – UNODC

HealthWorld NewsWorld Risks Another Virus Like COVID-19 if Wildlife Crimes Not Stopped – UNODC

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2020

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) says that the World risks another virus of the magnitude of COVID-19 if the trafficking, sales and consumption of wildlife are not stopped. UNODC said this in a statement in Abuja, adding that the UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 pointed to the fact that zoonotic diseases represented 75 per cent of all emerging infections in the world. It added that diseases like SARS-CoV-2 that caused...

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Health Workers Lodged in Hotels, Fed Three Times Daily

CoronavirusHealthJobsHealth Workers Lodged in Hotels, Fed Three Times Daily

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 13, 2020

…We didn’t sack health workers, only rotating them. The Lagos State government on Monday evening disclosed how it has addressed the grievances of COVID-19 health workers in the State and expressed disappointment that doctors under the aegis of Medical Guild, proceeded with a three-day warning strike despite resolving most of the issues and deliberating on unresolved ones. The West African Pilot News recalls that medical doctors employed by the State government had said on Sunday...

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Lagos Doctors Begin 3 Days Warning Strike Monday

HealthLabourNewsLagos Doctors Begin 3 Days Warning Strike Monday

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2020

Doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild in Lagos State are set to begin a three days warning strike from Monday, over issues that affect their safety and welfare. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Medical Guild is the Association of Medical Doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government. Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, Chairman of the Guild, made this known to newsmen at a press briefing on Sunday in Lagos....

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Health Sector Gets Attention, as Ogun State Revises Budget

EconomyHealthNewsHealth Sector Gets Attention, as Ogun State Revises Budget

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 10, 2020

The Government of Ogun State, in a bid to fight coronavirus, has said that twenty per cent of the revised 2020 budget has been allocated to the health sector. At a virtual Consultative Meeting on the Year 2020 Revised Budget, held at the Ministry of Budget and Planning, the Governor said that pandemic had brought implications that prompted the government to draw up a realistic budget that would serve the interest of the people. Other...

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High Cost of Anti-snake Venom Drives Patients Away From Adamawa Hospitals

HealthNewsHigh Cost of Anti-snake Venom Drives Patients Away From Adamawa Hospitals

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 8, 2020

The high cost of anti-snake venom is now driving victims of snakebite from public hospitals to seek herbal medicines in Adamawa state, investigations have revealed. Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem among rural communities of the Nigerian savanna. A family of one of the patients who pleaded anonymity said that ‘’staying in the hospital has brought forward to me, that the common man is facing the difficulty of his life. ‘’ For instance, ...

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COVID-19: FG Activates All FCT Public Hospitals for Sample Collection

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: FG Activates All FCT Public Hospitals for Sample Collection

PilotnewsJuly 3, 2020

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has said that all government hospitals in FCT would become COVID-19 sample collection sites so that walk-in cases could have samples taken for testing. The Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, who announced this during the PTF briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said that the move was geared towards scaling up the number of daily tests conducted in the country daily. “This assures users and caregivers of reduced bottlenecks and improved...

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How Lagos is Preparing for Increase in Demand for COVID-19 Test

CoronavirusHealthNewsHow Lagos is Preparing for Increase in Demand for COVID-19 Test

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 30, 2020

The Lagos government in anticipation of an increase in demand for COVID-19 test in the state has given seven private laboratories approval to begin polymerase chain reaction testing for the virus. The laboratories are Total Medical Services, Synlab, 54 Gene, Medbury Medical Services, Biologix Medical Services, 02 Medical Services, and Clina Lancent Laboratories. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, said during the signing of a memorandum of understanding, that bringing private laboratories onboard was...

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Anambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products for Management of COVID-19

HealthNewsNigeriaAnambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products for Management of COVID-19

PilotnewsJune 30, 2020

Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the Special Adviser to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Indigenous Medicine and Herbal Practice, said that the government had identified six herbal drugs that could be used to manage Coronavirus in the state. Ibezim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday that the agency had forwarded the products to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). He said that a team of medical experts...

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Nigeria’s Arduous Campaign to End Wild Polio Virus and the New Battle to Stay Polio-Free

HealthSpecial ReportNigeria’s Arduous Campaign to End Wild Polio Virus and the New Battle to Stay Polio-Free

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 29, 2020

It took Nigeria longer than other African countries to have its documents accepted by the Africa Regional Certification Committee — a step towards wild polio-free certification for the entire African region. But it is not a total victory, yet, as the battle against polio has only taken a new dimension which would require doing more to maintain a wild polio-free status. Adeola Oladipupo, The West African Pilot News Assistant Editor, writes from Lagos. LAGOS –—...

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US-based Nigerian Medical Expert Invents COVID-19 Infected Lungs Detector

HealthScience & TechnologyUS-based Nigerian Medical Expert Invents COVID-19 Infected Lungs Detector

PilotnewsJune 29, 2020

Dr Samson Arigbamu, a Nigerian medical expert based in the U.S., says he has invented a stethoscope equipped with components capable of identifying adventitious lungs such as COVID-19 infected lungs immediately. Arigbamu told newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan that the stethoscope was in production at prototype and optimisation stage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Arigbamu had lived in the U.S for 22 years and was currently the Director of Nursing at Future...

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