HEALTH

Malnutrition kills 132 children in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

The Kaduna State Nutrition Officer, Hajiya Hauwa Usman, said on Thursday that no fewer than 132 children have died of severe acute malnutrition out of the 12,858 hospitalised between January and October 2018 in the state. Usman, who made this known while giving an update on the nutrition

HEALTH

Yellow Fever: Obaseki gets vaccinated, leads campaign against disease in Edo

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has charged residents of the state, aged between nine (9) months to 59 years, to ensure they take the yellow fever vaccine, to inoculate themselves against the disease. The state government has also taken delivery of three million doses of vaccine from the Federal Ministry of Health in response to […]

HEALTH

Drug abuse will cause generation of mad people

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

The high level of drug abuse in Nigeria could cause a generation of mad people in the next 20 years, if drug abuse and trafficking are not checked. Drug-Free Arewa Campaign Movement, an NGO, expressed the concern during an advocacy visit to the Kaduna State Attorney-General, Umma Hikima, on Tuesday in Kaduna. Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf, […]

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Response to cholera is critical as risk of disease outbreak grows in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

Cholera threatens to significantly increase the health risk of people in Nigeria, especially those residing in the North-East. About 6,200 cases have already been reported in Borno state with 100 deaths confirmed. Since early July, Niger has been battling its worst cholera outbreak in years. As the disease ebbs, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and local […]

HEALTH

Yellow fever claims another life in Benin

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2018

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY Another middle aged man has been reportedly died of yellow fever menace in Benin City, Edo State capital on Friday. The viral disease which broke out in the state about a month ago had claimed several lives across various communities. The yet to be identified victim was reportedly dead at the […]

HEALTH

Red Cross calls for the reviews of health care laws to protect citizens

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2018

The Deputy Head of Delegation, international committee of the Red Cross ICRC, Dr. Jean-François Quérguiner has called on ECOWAS Parliament to as a matter of urgency review the national health care laws to help protect citizens in the region during conflicts. He made this call at the ongoing 2 nd ordinary session of the Parliament […]