[ad_1] By VINCENT OWINO By MOSES K. GAHIGI The rising number of obese and overweight women in East Africa could present a new health burden to families, according to revelations from two separate health reports in Kenya and Rwanda. According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022 released this week, 45 percent of women…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) raided hawkers of harmful drugs at the Nyanya/Mararaba axis of Abuja on Friday. Addressing journalists after the exercise, the team leader of the operation, Umar Suleiman, said the operation followed earlier surveillance carried out by officers of the agency’s enforcement unit. Mr Suleiman,…
•Vaping The trend of using electronic cigarettes is on the rise, especially among youths in Nigeria. The low awareness on the dangers to the health of users and public health in general should be taken as a serious concern, writes Juliet Jacob Ochenje. Smoking kills, and there is no secret about it. Tobacco smoking…
[ad_1] In a bid to bolster maternal health care and curb child mortality, the Vodafone Ghana Foundation in partnership with the Divine Mother and Child Foundation (DMAC) has implemented its Rural Ultrasound Scan project for pregnant women in Pipie in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti Region. The Rural Ultrasound Scan project was part of…
[ad_1] The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 20 new courses for Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2023/2024 academic session. In a Twitter post on Friday, the institution said the approval was contained in a letter dated July 17 from the commission. The varsity said the newly approved programmes are for both undergraduate and…
[ad_1] RUSSELL Sitting at a table in the back of Eridanus, Jason Stacy clips a fish hook into a small vice. He takes a spool of black thread and winds it tight around the shaft of the hook, all the way up to the eye. Stacy is making a Wooly bugger fly, a type of…
[ad_1] A key antibody treatment in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, which the University of Kentucky has been studying, just got a full green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The approval, which came out Thursday afternoon, means that many Kentuckians with mild cognitive impairment may enjoy an extension of their quality of…
[ad_1] Edwin van der Sar, the Netherlands goalkeeper, has been hospitalised after suffering bleeding around his brain. His former football club Ajax broke the news in a statement on Friday. The Amsterdam-based club added that the 52-year-old was in stable condition, without offering further details. “On Friday, Edwin van der Sar has had a bleeding…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje Nigeria Health Watch, a Non-Governmental Organisation which focuses on health matters in Nigeria, has said almost 60% of preventable deaths can be attributed to poor quality care which has declined by nearly 40% over the past two decades globally. The organisation added that UNICEF data also shows that maternal mortality continues…
[ad_1] Boosting maternal health through private sector integration. Reps urge Ministry of Health, NCDC to arrest diphtheria outbreak. Nigeria exempted as 12 African… The post Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th July 2023 appeared first on Nigeria Health Watch. [ad_2] Source link
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