HEALTH

Indiscriminate dumping of waste causes malaria– Ecologist

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

An ecologist, Mr Habib Omotosho, has urged the three tiers of government to invest in liquid waste management and prevent people from indiscriminate dumping of waste to reduce malaria scourge. Omotosho, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, urged people to imbibe the

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Why medical tourism is on the increase among Nigerians – Dino Melaye

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has blamed the failure of political leaders to provide basic health infrastructures across the country for the rising spate of medical tourism among Nigerians. He made this known when he addressed journalists on the sideline of a fund raising event tagged ‘Nigerians4Nigeria’ organized by […]

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Red Cross recovers 179 bodies from Sierra Leone mudslide

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

he Red Cross says 179 bodies have been brought to the central morgue in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, after a mudslide in the outskirts of the city on Monday morning. Red Cross spokesman Abu Tarawallie said by telephone that the death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered. NAN reports that Vice […]

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190,000 insecticide-mosquito treated nets for Akoko-Edo

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

Dr Sunday Yerumoh, Director, Primary Health Care, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo, said on Monday that 190,000 insecticide-mosquito treated nets had been distributed to fight malaria in the area. Yerumoh disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Igarra, headquarters of the local government area. He said that the treated […]

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Buhari ‘lacks faith’ in Nigeria’s health system, says BBC

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

BBC has included President Muhammadu Buhari in the category of five African presidents who have “an apparent lack of faith in the health systems at home”. Presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria), Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Jose Eduardo dos Santos (Angola) and Patrice Talon (Benin) were the other ones listed. But the Nigerian leader was described as the “first among […]

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Nigeria to end open drugs market in 2018

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2017

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Saturday said the Federal Government was determined to stop the sale of drugs in open markets in the country at the end of 2018. Adewole made this known when he visited the site for the construction of a Pharmaceutical Coordinated Wholesale Centre at Oba, near Onitsha in […]