YOLA — About 4,000 lives were lost daily due to Tuberculosis infection with 28,000 people falling sick to the disease globally. Adamawa State Programme Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Doctor Boniface Gundiri disclosed this at a one-day sensitization programme to educate the public about the ailment to commemorate this year World TB Day. The programme which took place Thursday at the premises of the Out-Patient Department, OPD, of the Specialist Hospital Yola, was organized by...

Dr. Martin Adejo, a medical expert, has debunked the belief that grey hair is only for the aged. Responding to the News Agency of Nigeria’s survey on grey hair in Jos on Friday, Adejo attributed grey hair in people to genetics, stress, disease, and deficiency of vitamins. He said that some people could have grey hair very early in life from their primary or post-primary schools but that did not imply they were diseased. “I said earlier,...

Two members of the Nigerian Medical Association, Oyo State branch have lost two of its members to Lassa fever within 72 hours. Dr. Ayotunde Fasunla, NMA chairman in the state made this known in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan, also instructed its members to be cautious and vigilant at all times. NMA urged its members to treat all febrile illnesses with a high index of suspicion. “The NMA announces, with deepest regret and sorrow,...

YOLA — To ensure quality health care delivery in both public and private health institutions, the Adamawa state, Nursing and Midwifery Council Committee has vowed to fish out quacks in the profession Mr. Obadia Joel, state chairman of the Council who disclosed this while speaking with Journalists in his office in Yola, declared that any practicing Nursing that fails to renew its license after expiration will be regarded as a quack. “The council as a...

ABUJA — The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has trained youth living with disabilities as well as scale-up training for vulnerable youth entrepreneurs across the 36 states of the federation and FCT. Mr Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development enjoined participants to take advantage of the opportunity granted them by the Buhari’s administration to ensure financial literacy, start and manage their own businesses as well as ensure self-reliance. He said the...

ABUJA — Lassa fever has claimed the lives of 40 Nigerians within the first four weeks of 2022 in 43 Local Government Areas across 14 States of the country, out of a total of 211 persons that were confirmed infected within the period. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this in its latest Lassa fever Situation Report Epi Week 4:24 – 30 January 2022, noted that there were 981 suspected cases against 507...