Tag Archives: Diabetes

By Bayo Akinloye Last November, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the start of a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment for diabetes in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. This is important to forestall a looming medical disaster. According to eMediHealth (a resource of expert-reviewed health information drawn from the knowledge and experience of several practising and certified health experts, providing …

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Nigerians have been admonished to shun sedimentary lifestyle and embrace healthy living to prevent chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and stroke among others.

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About 97,000 people are currently living with diabetes in Cross River State, the Commissioner for Health. Inyang Asibong has confirmed. Asibong, talking on Channels News at 10 Sunday, was worried about the nation’s health situation whereby the nation has the burden of coping with both communicable and non-communicable diseases. “It’s really bad because we are talking of epidemiological transition in …

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