HEALTH

VGADA boss tasks parents to be vigilant on children against drug abuse

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2018

Dr. Hope Abraham Omeiza, National Co-ordinator, Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA), has tasked parents to be weary of their children at all time against the prevailing drug abuse which is on the increase among the youths. He emphasized that drug abuse was more prevalent and closer to us than

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Sexual Assault Referral Centre records 95 rape cases in seven months- Director

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2018

Director, Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), Kaduna, Mrs Juliana Joseph, on Monday said that the centre had received 95 cases of sexual assaults from January to July 2018, of which 16 were males. Joseph told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that 25 of the victims were minors from zero to five years; […]

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Researcher discovers gene causing inherited breast cancer in Nigerian women

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2018

A multinational research team has identified the genes responsible for inherited breast cancer in Nigerian women, according to the study published in the 21 August issue of the Journal for Clinical Oncology. “This is the first study to use high-throughput genomic analysis of African women,” said study author Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, Walter L. Palmer Distinguished […]

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VGADA urges FG to probe death of kidnapper who took ‘Tramadol’

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2018

The convener Vanguard Against Drug Abuse, VGADA, Dr. Hope Omeiza has called for the probe into the death of the kidnapper who took ‘Tramadol’ In a chat with DAILY DISPATCH on Wednesday, Dr. Hope questions the sudden death of the man. The Police in Ondo State yesterday said the suspected kidnapper who was arrested in […]

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WHO to donate 31m doses of Yellow fever vaccines to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The World Health Organisation has pledged to donate 12 million doses of Yellow fever vaccines in 2018 and 19 million in 2019 to support Nigeria’s campaign against the disease. Ms Charity Warigon, WHO Communications Officer, said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that the intervention would be carried out with the support of GAVI, […]

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Cholera kills seven in FCT, says public health director

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2018

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has said that seven deaths have been recorded from the outbreak of cholera in four communities in the territory. The Director of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA, Dr. Humphrey Okoroukwu, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Okoroukwu said two deaths were recorded at […]