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Columns Health LifestyleSurviving heart attack in a Nation with more than 5 million cases per year

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2020

The incidence of heart attack in Nigeria is put at about 1.5million cases per year. This is quite alarming. If the condition is short term, usually will resolve within days to weeks, but if critical, may require emergency concerted care. But the treatment would often depend on the severity of the condition ranging from a well-coordinated lifestyle changes in individuals prone to obesity and cardiac rehabilitation, medications and bypass surgery. Dr. C. Ugo Ulasi, West...

Health NigeriaNigeria: Enugu State to Commence the 2020 Sub National Immunization

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2020

Enugu state Primary Healthcare Development Agency, ENPHDA, has announced plans to commence the January 2020 Sub National Immunization plus Days, SNIPD, in the state. The four Immunization plus days, which will start on Saturday 18th to Tuesday 21st January, 2020, will prevent children below five years from contacting Poliomyelitis infection that kills infected child. This was contained in a statement released by the Executive Secretary of the Agency, George Ugwu, on Wednesday in Enugu. The...

Lifestyle NewsHow Ghana’s historic homecoming is changing Africa

PilotnewsJanuary 15, 2020

It’s the last Saturday of the year in the heart of Accra, Ghana’s capital. The air is thick with the anticipation of the thousands of revelers who have swarmed the gates of El Wak Stadium to take part in an annual celebration of African culture known as Afrochella. Inside it’s a sea of diversity. Austrian, Ivorian and Nigerian men pose for cameras before inviting an American woman to join. Nearby, two French women draped in the...

Health NigeriaMaternal Mortality in Nigeria: The Other Side

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2020

Death of women of reproductive age remains a huge concern globally. In 2017, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia accounted for approximately 86% (254,000) of the estimated global maternal deaths. Between 2000-2017, Southern Asia achieved the greatest overall percentage reduction of 59% while Sub-Saharan Africa achieved a substantial reduction of 39 percent of maternal mortality. Despite these reductions, according to UNICEF in 2019, the ratio is still unacceptably high. Despite interventions on maternal health by Government...