Health

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Edo Government to provide security for its members to deliver medical services to residents. The association also appealed to the State Government to fund security agencies to ensure that medical practitioners were safe. Dr Valentine Omoifo, the state Chairman of NMA, …

Dr Bessie Eziechila, the Consultant Paediatrician with Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jabi, says two years is the normal duration for breastfeeding for the advantage of both child and mother. Eziechila told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that “two years is the complete, adequate period and ideal …

A front line Gubernatorial hopeful in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in Delta State, Engr. Omovigho Edafeghwara has called on Deltans, especially those living in flood-prone areas to desist from the habit of blocking water canals with structures, buildings and waste. Edafeghwara stated this when Members of *Emerging Dream Of …

Residents of Owerri Municipal Council in Imo State have appealed to Governor Emeka Ihedioha to come to their aid, stating that flood has ravaged their buildings and other properties. Newsman. gathered that a three-day rain which started on Friday and ended on Sunday had destroyed household properties and commercial goods. …

Residents of flood ravaged Uselu shell street in Benin metropolis have appealed to the Edo government to urgently address the recurring menace. Some of the residents, in separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Benin said the recurring menace had be giving them sleepless nights, …

Dr Clement Adesigbin, a Public Health Specialist, National AIDS/STIS Control Programme (NASCP) Federal Ministry of Health, says funding and political will are vital to elimination of viral Hepatitis in the country. He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the two factors would encourage Civil Society …

Prof. Omohua Adeleye of Research, Ethnics and Training, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), has advised medical practitioners to get more involved in research to improve their services. Adeleye, the Deputy Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee (DCMAC) in the institution, gave the advice during a three-day workshop organised by the …

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called on humanitarian organizations to scale up activities to improve the living conditions of persons displaced by insurgency and avert outbreak of diseases in the northeast. NRC’s Media Adviser, Catriona Loughran, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said that living conditions of …

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), on Saturday inducted no fewer than 188 pharmacy graduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) into the council. Speaking at the induction at the UNN, the PCN’s Registrar, Mr Elijah Mohammed, warned the inductees against unethical professional conduct. Mohammed said the council would …

Ruona Isikeh Dr Jide Owolana, a medical practitioner with a private hospital in Benin, has advocated regular heart check-up for persons above 35 years to curb cardio respiratory arrest. Owolana gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. He defined cardio respiratory arrest as …