HEALTH

NHRC seeks amendment to legislation on treatment, rehabilitation of drug users

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2021

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has advocated for the amendment of necessary legislation to provide for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users, as well as the adoption of non-custodial measures for appropriate cases in order to avoid human rights violations. Executive

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VGADA to increase capacity of 1, 000 medical practitioners on drug harm reduction – Dr. Hope

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2021

President, Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA) Dr. Hope Omeiza, has stated that the NGO is set to increase the capacity of over 1,000 medical practitioners within the FCT on Drug Harm Reduction.The President in a statement on Thursday said this is one of VGADA’s programs to commemorate this year’s June 26th International Day’s theme of […]

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‘Commitment of health care providers paramount to achieving self – Care International Goal

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2021

Indications have emerged that active participation of health care providers at all levels is crucial to the promotion of the self-care interventions  including the Depot Medroxy Progesterone Actate-Subcutaneous (DMPA-SC) self-injection modern contraceptive. Just as it will enable more girls and women   of reproductive age have the right tool information,

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COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak – WHO data

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2021

New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows COVID-19 cases in Africa are surging by over 20% week-on-week as the continent’s third wave gains pace and nears the first wave peak of more than 120 000 weekly cases recorded in July 2020. COVID-19 cases rose to over 116,500 in the week ending on 13 […]

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Ogun embraces FG’s guideline on self – injection for family planning

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2021

      The Commissioner pointed out that the State government had made huge investment in the provision and access to quality sexual and reproductive health for residents, adding that it had standardised primary health care service delivery, through renovation, equipping, staffing and digitisation of facilities.      According to her, the

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COVID-19 plunged 100m more workers into poverty, says UN

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2021

The pandemic has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said Wednesday, after working hours plummeted and access to good quality jobs evaporated. In a report, the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) cautioned that the labour market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over, with employment not expected to bounce […]