February 6, 2023

“How would you know if you were circumcised as a woman?”, my aunt asked me, “there is no way to know, what we were told is simply all that we know, and I have never questioned it, infact my mother in law asked me to bring my daughters for circumcision but I refused, I know…

January 31, 2023

A World Health Organisation report on Neglected Tropical Diseases has shown that Nigeria and 15 other countries have the highest burdens of NTDs. The report released on Monday noted that the 16 countries bear 80 per cent of the global burden of NTDs. According to the report titled, “Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023,”…

January 25, 2023

The World Health Organisation has called on countries to prevent, detect and respond to incidents of substandard and falsified medical products. The WHO said over the past four months, countries have reported several incidents of over-the-counter cough syrups for children with confirmed or suspected contamination with high levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. The…

August 15, 2022

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control have confirmed that the number of monkeypox cases have risen to 172 in the country. The centre’s 31st weekly report indicates that the spread has reached 27 states since 2022 started. From January 1 to August 7, 2022, NCDC said four deaths were recorded from four states – Delta…

June 19, 2022

What is sickle cell disease? What is the difference between a sickle cell carrier and a patient suffering from SCD? What is the prevalence of SCD? A sickle cell is a red blood cell that has contorted into a sickle shape. Sickle cell anemia is a group of inherited disorders that cause red blood cells to become sickle instead of normal…

June 14, 2022

Some people love humanity so much that they willingly give of themselves to ensure that more lives are saved. Today we celebrate the World Blood Donor Day and we appreciate everyone who willingly donates blood to save the lives of others. Safe blood and blood products and their transfusion are a critical aspect of care…

May 17, 2022

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the World Hypertension Day, which has as theme ‘Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer,’ medical experts, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF), have warned that the prevalence of hypertension in the country is…

May 13, 2022

CERVICAL cancer induced by the germ Human papillomavirus (HPV) is becoming a leading cause of death in women. Researchers have discovered an important substance present in some medicinal plants to cure cervical cancer. It can kill HPV. They had studied the chemical constituents of 20 medicinal plants in North West Himalaya on HPV-18 and found…