Health

Bayo Akinloye Overcrowded displacement camps coupled with a lack of basic sanitation facilities and hygiene will cause another cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria if action is not taken now to prevent it, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). A record high number of 10,000 cases of cholera was recorded in northeast Nigeria in 2018, with more than 175 registered deaths, …

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The Federal Government has released results of a new survey Thursday indicating a national HIV prevalence of 1.4% among adults aged 15–49 years in the country. Previous estimates had indicated a national HIV prevalence of 2.8%, meaning the country is winning the war against new infections. UNAIDS and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS estimate that there are …

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An FCT High Court in Apo, on Tuesday, sentenced one Clement James to ten years in prison for beating his pregnant girlfriend, Gladys Gabriel, to death. Justice Angela Otaluka while delivering judgment, said: “I have considered the plea in mitigation by the learned counsel to the convict. “The convict is a young man but I hope that after serving the jail …

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The death toll from the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 75, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported. NCDC in its situation report on the disease released on Friday said 25 new cases of the disease were confirmed and six new deaths reported between February 11 and 17. The report for week seven stated …

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Former secretary, Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi is dead. The football administrator passed on after failing to recover from an undisclosed illness. Tunde Samusudeen, public relations officer of Osun United Football Club, announced the death via a message sent to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday. Advertisement Until his death, Ogunjobi was the chairman of Osun State Football Association.

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Women who are tall and slim are more likely to live until the age of 90, a new study has revealed. The findings, published online by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, did also show that physical activity is linked to longer lifespans in both sexes, reports Mirror UK. But the more time men spend being physically active every day, the longer their …

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Tayo Olanipekun Commissioners of health of three north eastern states have declared a simultaneous end of Cholera outbreaks from their respective states. In a synchronized event, the Commissioners of Health in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states recently said it has been over two weeks since the last cases of Cholera were detected in their states, according to a statement on …

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Nigerians having aged parents may have nothing to worry about again as far as caring for the senior citizens are concerned. This is because an outfit dedicated to giving the old citizens the best care has been established in Nigeria. Talking to journalists on the need to cater for the elderly ones who at some points cannot cater for themselves, …

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The Police in Anambra, on Thursday said they had arrested a teenager for allegedly stealing a woman’s underwear for ritual purposes. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Haruna Mohammed, a Superintendent of Police, said in Awka that the suspect, 19, was apprehended on January 11 in Onitsha. “On January 11, 2019, at about 6.48 a.m., Police detectives attached to Central …

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Around 130, 000 children and adolescents became newly infected with HIV in western and central Africa in 2017, making the number of persons living with the condition to reach 800, 000 that year, said agencies of the United Nations (UN). The UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), who made this known at a …

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