[ad_1] The Boko Haram insurgency has had a negative impact on the health sector in Nigeria’s north-east region. The terrorists have targeted, among others, medical facilities around the region and kidnapped many health personnel, some of whom died in their captivity or were brutally murdered while performing their duties. For the over 10 years that…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 14:34, January 01, 2023 BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — China optimized its COVID-19 strategy in a planned, science-based approach to cope with the changing situation of the pandemic, which is characterized by weakened pathogenicity. The shift of the strategy is to manage COVID-19 with measures designed for combating Class B infectious diseases, instead…
[ad_1] Opeyemi Adefemi A consultant gastroenterologist and Head of the Gastroenterology Unit, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Prof. Casimir Omuemu, discusses the causes, prevention, and treatment of constipation in this interview with OPEYEMI ADEFEMI What is constipation? Constipation is a term that has been widely misused and misunderstood. Most times people just use it…
[ad_1] From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ebonyi State, Prof Bernard Odoh, has felicitated with the people and residents of the state on the occasion of the 2023 new year celebration. Odoh, in a new year message captioned “A 2023 Message of Hope From Prof Benard…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 09:31, January 01, 2023 A passenger poses for a photo with an airport mascot at Athens International Airport in Greece, on Dec. 22, 2022. Air China launched a new direct flight between China’s Shanghai and Greece’s Athens on Thursday at Athens International Airport (AIA), the first direct flight between the two cities. [Photo/Xinhua]…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh Health experts have dispelled the notion that eating okro or drinking okro water, especially in the last trimester of pregnancy could make labour and delivery easier for a woman. According to the experts, the notion that okro can help a woman have an easy birth is a myth as there has not…
[ad_1] On a hot Monday afternoon in November, a truck full of recyclable metals pulled up at a dumpsite in Odonla, a community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Among those waiting for the truck to unload was Chidinma Benjamin, a 38-year-old mother of four. The blazing midday sun spared no one. While Mrs…
[ad_1] By Naim-Ul-Karim (Xinhua) 10:10, January 01, 2023 DHAKA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Shahidul Islam, a Bangladeshi doctor, got an undergraduate degree of bachelor of medicine and surgery at a medical university in central China’s Wuhan after five years of study in the 1990s. Also, he took an internship training on acupuncture in the university’s…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh Health experts have urged Nigerians to be vigilant and stay alert to the ongoing COVID-19 surge in China. They cautioned Nigerians against discarding COVID-19 preventive measures, particularly, in this festive season when more foreign travellers are likely to come back home from their various bases abroad. The experts also urged the Nigerian…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo Medical and nutrition experts say there is no scientific evidence to suggest that eating spicy foods during pregnancy is dangerous and can result in blindness in babies. According to them, no study yet has linked blindness in children to spicy food consumption during pregnancy. They, however, said eating spicy foods might predispose…
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