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LAGOS State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has called on all women of child-bearing age to ensure that they know their blood groups and rhesus factor, a substance found in the blood symbolized by plus or minus after the blood group; in order to prevent miscarriages and even death that can result from Rhesus incompatibility.
A spokesperson of Lagos state government (LASG) the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris has urged women to take advantage of the state government periodic free cervical cancer screening programme to examine themselves just has he noted that no fewer than 1006 women benefited from the latest exercise in the Ikorodu Division of the state.
DIABETES is fast becoming widespread due to increased consumption of junk foods and prevalence of obesity, Professor Augustine Ohwovoriohe, a consultant with the Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTTH), Lagos has said.
Minister of State for Health, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong said this at a networking programme of the Nigerian Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (NIROPHARM) held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday.
Residents of Kisoro Town Council have asked the Government to relocate the sewage plant in their area, saying it is a threat to their health.
A Nigerian pilgrim from Kaduna State, 55 year old Hajiya Maryam Abdullahi has suffered a stroke in Saudi Arabia. The attack came while she was performing this year's hajj, the Director of Operations of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Alhaji Yahuza S. Makarfi has confirmed. Speaking with our correspondent, he said she had been taken to the King Fahd Hospital for medication and was ...
SURVIVORS of leprosy in Gulu and Amuru districts have received 15 uniports. The survivors, most of whom lost their fingers and toes, are not able to work to earn a living.
THE Police on Monday impounded 42 jerrycans of the killer waragi in Olilim sub-county in Lira district.
Hundreds of Congolese women in Gulu district have asked the Government to repatriate them home.
Worried by congestion at Kubwa General Hospital, Abuja, the Deputy Speaker of Bwari Area Council, Abubakar Bala Matawale has called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Muhammadu Adamu Aliero to expand the hospital so that it can accommodate patients.
During a press conference held on Monday on assessing the A (H1N1) epidemiological situation and the spread of the virus during winter season, Director General of Health and Director General the National Observatory of Emergent and Re-Emergent Diseases, Mr. Mohammad Al Kouni, said that in order to preventthe virus spreading, all necessary precautionary measures had been taken by the competent ...
THE National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has been asked to design special programmes for people with physical and mental disabilities.
Malaria remains a huge health challenge in Botswana and has compelled the government to reintroduce the use of Dichlo-Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT).
People with disabilities have been urged to have confidence in themselves in order to face their challenges and come up with ideas to improve their lot.
Netcare911 Paramedics Have Been Dispatched to the Port Elizabeth Airport for an Aircraft Which Has Left the Runway.
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) symposium currently taking place in Johannesburg is trying to find ways to use the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a platform to advance awareness about HIV and AIDS.
The recent upheaval in Guinea has thrown into question the status of toxic chemicals discovered earlier this year at several sites throughout the capital Conakry, according to UN experts.
As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services begins a measles vaccination drive in the Khomas Region today, and is calling on the parents of all children aged six- to 59 months (just under five years old) to get their children to the nearest clinic to be vaccinated.
AFRICA faces a surge in cancer deaths unless action is taken in the next decade to stem the rising smoking levels. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that the continent will double its tobacco use within 12 years if current trends continue.
THE Federal Government has reiterated its readiness to support medical research in federal tertiary hospitals across the country as a way of bringing down the cost of health care services in the country.
TANZANIA is one of the 22 countries with the highest Tuberculosis burden in the world, despite having a well-functioning TB programme, based on World Health Organisation (WHO) strategy for the last 25 years.
Pneumonia is a disease that follows an infection of the lungs. A child who develops a cough, body temperature and fast breathing is most likely to be suffering from it.
Asero-prevalence survey, recently conducted by the National Action Committee on AIDS, NACA, has said the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is very high in Adamawa State.
Buhera North House of Assembly Member Cde William Mutomba's constituency healthcare programme has seen more than 1 500 people accessing free medical treatment to date.
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