HEALTH

Just In: Deadly throat ailment kills 61 in Kano

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2023

An outbreak of diphtheria infection has claimed 61 lives in Kano State as of March 2, 2023. The Kano State Case Manager, Dr Salma Suwaid, disclosed this on Monday at a webinar organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention with the theme ‘Diptheria outbreak in Nigeria:

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Breaking: NCDC raises alarm over another deadly virus

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2023

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted Nigerians of another deadly virus, Marburg Virus Disease, recently confirmed in Equatorial Guinea. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) is a highly virulent disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, with a fatality ratio of up to 88%. The disease is […]

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WHO: One woman dies every 2 minutes during pregnancy, childbirth

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2023

A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other UN bodies showed that in 2020 a woman died around every two minutes from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The report, published on Thursday, said in 2020 “an estimated 287,000 women globally died from a maternal cause, equivalent to almost 800 maternal deaths every […]

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Doctor kills four persons, keeps bodies in Kwara hospital, bush

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2023

The operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi, for allegedly killing four persons in the state. The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the doctor at the headquarters of the command in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday. Odama said one of […]

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NMA declares Korean hospital in Abuja illegal, gives reasons

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2023

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has declared the operations of an elite health facility, ‘The Lilu Specialist Hospital’ frequented by wealthy Nigerians, as illegal over activities said to have fallen short of standards in medical practice. After four years of operating in Abuja, the irregularities around Lilu Hospital, purportedly run by North Korean, were brought

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Life expectancy increases in Africa by 11 years –NSCC

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2023

The Director-General, National Senior Citizens Centre, NSCC, Dr Emem Omokaro, has said people now live longer in Africa than they did two decades ago, noting that life expectancy has increased by 11 years. Omokaro said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, at the 61st session of the United Nations Commission […]