Performing an open heart surgery is not a multi-million dollars feat, same as other similar life saving procedures, a team of medical experts from Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute in India has stressed. The team, which was led by the hospital’s Executive Director, Dr. Ram Narain, a specialists in heart surgeries, to Nigeria…

Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly has frowned at the state of facilities at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu. The Lawmakers, under the auspices of the committee on Finance and Appropriation raised the concern when management of the Hospital and Commissioner for Health, Olaokun Soyinka, led officials of his Ministry to…

Associate Professor of Medicine, College of Health Science, University of Abuja, Dr. Felicia Anuma, has advised parents and guardians to reduce children’s consumption of junk foods and sweets. Speaking on a television programme monitored in Lagos on 2013 World Diabetes Day, the expert in diabetes and endocrinology revealed that a project carried out in 24 schools…

The Advocacy Advisor, Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), Ibeawuchi Charity has stated that the World AIDS Day presents the opportunity for everyone to be informed and make voluntary and informed decisions about family life issues, including family planning. Speaking on the theme for World AIDS Day 2013: ‘Getting to Zero: Shared Responsibility and Strengthening Results for an AIDS…

The global loses arising from accidents and incidents in the aviation industry have been estimated at about $10 billion or N1.6 trillion. The figure is believed to be much more, because many of such accidents and incidents are not reported, particularly across Africa. Quoting figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Alhamdu Haruna, quality control…

Residents in the North East and North Central parts of Nigeria are living in flashpoints of food contaminations that could lead to high incidence of liver cancer, Professor Dele Fapohunda of the Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology at Babcock University, Ilishanremo, Ogun state has said. Speaking at the 37th International Conference of the Nigerian Institute of…

Nigerian pharmacist, Livy- Elcon Emereonye, has unveiled a catalogue of strategies that could help Nigeria and Africa effectively tame the menace of malaria. In a book titled ‘Malaria War-the winning strategies’ unveiled last week, Emereonye articulated strings of available strategies that, if effectively harnessed, could swiftly reduce the incidence of malaria in endemic countries. The pharmacist…

Tuberculosis (TB) treatment has saved the lives of more than 22 million people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global tuberculosis report 2013 published in Geneva on Wednesday. The report also revealed that the number of people suffering from tuberculosis fell in 2012 to 8.6 million, with global TB deaths also decreasing to 1.3 million.…

A new study released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown that young children and pregnant mothers in Nigeria and other developing countries faced with the threat of deaths and intellectual impairment from exposure to high levels of the dangerous toxin contained in paints used on toys and household beautification. Released during the International Lead…

Worried by the incessant cases of poor disposal of wastes from medical activities, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has commenced a drive to curtail deliberate activities of individuals and health institutions that generate such wastes. Although, the incidence of healthcare waste has been a growing problem in Nigeria as in many other developing Countries and…