HEALTH

Brno records 2, 627 cases of cholera, 48 dead- MSF

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2017

No fewer than 48 persons have died of cholera since the outbreak of the disease last month in Borno State. A humanitarian medical organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres, otherwise called Doctors Without Borders, said 2,627 cases of the disease were recorded by the Borno State Ministry of

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Overdose on paracetamol causes liver failure – Expert

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2017

Dr Arikawe Adeolu, a medical practitioner at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, has warned that an overdose of paracetamol drug could cause liver failure within 24 hours. Adeolu gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. He said that medications generally had side effects and that some drugs, […]

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Over 3,000 Women And Children Under Five Years Die Daily In Nigeria ~ NPHCDA

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2017

Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the  Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, has said that no fewer  than 3,000 women and children below the age of five die daily in Nigeria due to lack of access to healthcare. Shuaib said this on Friday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, when the state government signed an […]

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Gastroenteritis: 18 people die, 198 hospitalised in Kebbi

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2017

An outbreak of gastroenteritis has killed 18 people at Dole-Kaina in Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 18 people were among the 216 victims that were admitted at the border hospital in Kamba area of Dandi local government area. The Deputy Nursing Officer in the […]

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Cholera has killed 44 in Borno – commissioner

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2017

Death toll as a result of cholera outbreak in Borno State has risen to 44, the State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Haruna Mshelia, revealed on Friday. Mshelia, who addressed a press conference, said in order to combat the disease and prevent future outbreak, vaccination would immediately commence in four local government areas that have been […]

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46 million Nigerians still practice open defecation- UNICEF

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 46 million people in the country still practice open defecation. Moustapha Niang, UNICEF official, said this while presenting an overview of the UNICEF supported water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme in Nigeria at the EU-UNICEF WASH media dialogue in Uyo , Akwa Ibom state. Moustapha also disclosed that 15 million