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admin - August 17, 2024

Nigeria Ramps Up Surveillance at Entry Points to Combat Monkeypox Outbreak

By Onoja Baba, Abuja, Nigeria   Nigeria has escalated its surveillance and monitoring efforts at all entry points in response to the growing threat of Monkeypox (Mpox) Clade 1.   The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, announced the intensified measures during a press briefing on Thursday, August 14, 2024, […]
admin - August 12, 2024

Nigeria – Experts Caution Against Misuse Of Antibiotics For Common Colds

By Onoja Baba, Abuja, Nigeria   Prominent clinical microbiologists have sounded a warning against the misuse of antibiotics for treating common cold, which is caused by viruses. The experts, Prof. Samuel Taiwo, a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Prof. Comfort Akujobi, a professor of Clinical Microbiology at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, […]
admin - August 3, 2024

Kenya confirms first Mpox case

By Lisbeth Micheni, Kenya   Kenya has confirmed its first Mpox case at a Taita Taveta border point with Tanzania. The virus was detected in an individual, reportedly a long-distance truck driver, who was travelling from Uganda to Rwanda through Kenya.   The infection, which is caused by the monkeypox virus, spreads through close contact, […]
admin - July 31, 2024

WHO Reports: 19 Million Girls Face Intimate Partner Violence Before Age 20

By Onoja Baba, Abuja, Nigeria   The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that nearly 19 million teenage girls will have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence by the age of 20.   The statistics are part of a new analysis published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.   Dr. Pascale Allotey, Director […]
admin - July 30, 2024

Nigeria – NIMR DG Calls For More Cancer Research

By Onoja Baba, Abuja, Nigeria   The Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof. Babatunde Salako, has made a compelling call for intensified cancer research to avert a looming double burden of the disease.   This appeal was the focal point of a media chat held in Abuja, marking the conclusion […]
admin - July 30, 2024

3 Cured HIV Patients Share Experiences and Risks

By Onoja Baba, Abuja, Nigeria   Three patients cured of human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) Adam Castillejo, Paul Edmonds and Marc Franke, have shared their remarkable journeys and the perils of the treatment that saved their lives.   The three who shared their stories at the International AIDs Conference in Munich brought a new dimension of […]
admin - July 29, 2024

South Africa Records Two More Cases of Monkeypox

By: Thandeka Kosa, South Africa   With the heightened public awareness and intensive contact tracing efforts to control the spread of the monkeypox disease, or mpox, South Africa has reported two additional laboratory-confirmed cases this week (8th to 12th July 2024).   As stated by SAnews.gov.za, the total number of infections recorded since the first […]
admin - July 10, 2024

Nigeria – Not All Medical Conditions Require Injections – Experts*

Medical experts, Dr. Rotimi Adesanya, a public health specialist,
admin - July 10, 2024

Kenya – Health Officers Camp In Afya House To Demand Improved Working Conditions

In an unprecedented move, health officers from various
admin - June 25, 2024

I Wash And Plait My Patients, It’s Painful To Hear People Say Nurses Are Rude – Nurse Kama

Rahila Nehemiah Kama, a Nigerian female nurse,
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