HEALTH

ECOWAS to adopt one health approach to fight Ebola, Lassa fever other infectious diseases

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to adopt a “one health” approach to fight infectious diseases like Ebola, Lassa fever, Yellow fever and avian influenza. One health approach involves multi-sector coordination – human, animal and environmental health – in combating

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Boko Haram: 290 victims undergo surgeries in Borno

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

About 290 residents of Borno State, who were injured in Boko Haram attacks, have undergone surgeries at the state’s specialist hospital in Maiduguri. A relief agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, disclosed this on Tuesday at a seminar in Abuja, saying the statistics of surgeries was from January to June 2017. The ICRC […]

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Joy Odama 200 level student of CRUTEC died as a result of acute cocaine poison

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has revealed the cause of the death of a 200-level student of the Mass Communication Department of the Cross River State University of Science and Technology, CRUTEC, Joy Odama. The hospital said Odama died of acute cocaine poison.  According to the a report by the hospital management cardiogenic shock […]

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Diarrhoea kills 279 people

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

At least 279 people have died and thousands sickened in Sudan from suspected acute diarrhoea since August, UN agencies said Monday, raising health concerns in the country ahead of the rainy season. About 87 percent of those affected are children aged five and above from across 11 states including Khartoum, the United Nations Office for […]

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WHO issues new updates on antibiotics, HIV, cancer drugs

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2017

The World Health Organization has released new advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances. The advice is among the additions to the WHO Model list of essential medicines for 2017, which includes medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and leukaemia. The updated list added […]

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Kogi doctors resume strike

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2017

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi has directed its members to resume a strike they suspended two weeks ago. The association said in a statement after an emergency congress in Lokoja on Saturday that the resumption of the strike was informed by government’s alleged failure to fulfill its promises to meet their demands. Dr […]