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Men Who Take Alcohol At Risk Of Infertility – Expert

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By Independent Lagos – Men that take up to 60 per cent alcohol in 48 hours may be at risk of developing abnormal quality of sperm-teratozospermia. Stating this was Dr. Sharon Osaide, a fertility physician and gynecologist with Rose Du Rouge International Initiative while delivering a lecture recently on health, at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp, Ipaja-Lagos. Not only did Osaide warn against too much consumption of alcohol, she also warned against unhealthy lifestyle as well as conditions such as smoking and obesity, which she linked to infertility in men and women. “Men that take up to 60 per cent alcohol in 48 hours would develop teratozospermia otherwise described as abnormal sperm cell. Though they have normal sperm counts, but they would have abnormal quality of sperm. “Obesity in male and female could lead to infertility, when a woman is obese, they would not ovulate regularly. When a man is obese, he will produce the estro

Lagos Residents Embrace Family Planning Services

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By Independent Women of child-bearing age residing at Bariga and Yaba areas of Lagos State recently demonstrated their appreciation of family planning campaign by turning up in their numbers at Primary Healthcare Centres in Oloja and Alli-Daodu areas of the state to enjoy the service. The Oloja PHC in Bariga, Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos was a beehive of activities as nursing mothers and youths thronged the area for consultations. It was a Herculean task before INDEPENDENT could get a chance to speak to Mrs. Awodeyi Olubukola, Senior Nursing Sister, on the development. Sekinat Abdulazeez, a breastfeeding mother of a three-month-old baby said that she and her husband having realized the advantages of family planning decided to out their children. However, more important to her was that she does not want to lose her husband to other women outside and so she embraced family planning to enable her attend to the needs of her husband at all times. Mrs

Facts About Pre-implantation Genetic Screening

By Independent Pre-implantation Genetic Screening (PGS), also sometimes referred to as Comprehensive Chromosome Screening (CCS), is a new and important technology that has revolutionised the world of IVF. Everyone considering IVF should have PGS on their radar screen should know the following facts. •PGS was developed to address what has been one of the greatest challenges in ART, the inability of embryologists to identify chromosomally normal (euploid) embryos for transfer into the woman’s uterus in an IVF cycle. PGS involves analyzing the cells of the embryo to ensure that it has 46 chromosomes rather than a different number. This identification is vitally important to the success of IVF as chromosomal errors in embryos lead to their failure to implant, and cause most miscarriages and all pregnancies involving chromosomal abnormalities. Only chromosomally normal embryos become healthy babies. At least fifty percent of the embryos of women older than 35 may have an

Lagos Launches Disaster, Disease Prevention Technology

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By  Independent The Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Primary Healthcare Board, in collaboration with EpidAlert, has concluded plans to use technology to reorganise communities’ response to disaster prevention. Called AlertClinic, the technology will have its test run at Yaba in Lagos. AlertClinic is a communication and notification system designed with algorithms around information flow and the persuasion of critical behaviours and choices. According to Dr. Lawal Bakare, its initiator, the pilot phase of AlertClinic is targeted to address malaria, Lassa fever, diarrhoeal and polio. The initiator also itemised the four diseases as major threats to disease control systems of the state’s Ministry of Health, the Primary Healthcare Board and Lagos residents. However, the Founder AlertClinic and EpidAlert Initiative noted that the state government agencies would use technology to tackle the challenges. Dr Bakare also explained that AlertClinic will prov

Improved Access To Safe Water, Sanitation Will Reduce Infant Mortality – UNICEF

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By Chioma Umeha Nigeria can reduce death of children under the age of five by improving access to safe water and sanitation for citizens, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said. The United Nations (UN) agency for children further said that poor Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) causes more than half of global diarrhoea diseases. It   explained that poor WASH remains the second leading cause of deaths and other health hazards among children under the age of five. The international agency stated this at a ‘WASH’ media meeting by the Federal Ministry of Information in collaboration with UNICEF in Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital, recently. It noted that the chemical contaminations resulting from oil and gas exploration in the Niger Delta region has made it necessary for efforts to be made to ensure safe and constantly checked water for human consumption. UNICEF therefore tasked governments across the Niger Delta states to invest conscious

Benue Floods: Minister Seeks Children Health Interventions, Life Saving Commodities

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By Independent The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has called on development partners to assist the government-led efforts, saying there will be great need for maternal, neonatal and children health interventions and adequate provision for life saving drugs. Adewole who has been monitoring and coordinating the health ministry’s intervention noted that the Federal Medical Centre in Makurdi has been on ground deploying medical personnel involved in surveillance and follow-up activities to those affected by the flood. so far in the response to the flood. He said: “Our emergency medical camp opened at the International market in Makurdi have thousands of   people registered already,   which is increasing on an hourly basis as more residents are reporting for medical check – up as we have embarked on a sensitization campaign using the state owned electronic media. “We have also established communication and escalation path with Benue State SEMA with cle

EU, UNICEF Rescue Akwa Ibom Communities From Hygiene Challenge

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By Chioma Umeha After several years of living under the burden of diarrhea, cholera among other water borne diseases, respite has come the way of the people of Ikot Ukpong and Ikot-Esop communities in Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State. The relief came from the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) following its implementation of the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects in the state. Before the provision of potable drinking water to these communities by EU and UNICEF, the people said they had no access to safe drinking water. The only source of their water supply was from a small river in the area which had no access road. The residents told our correspondent that trekking to the river, which is two miles away, did not only make school children go late to school, household chores and food preparation became a herculean task for women as a result of water scarcity. Both children and women were vul

Lagos Commissioner Commends Cedarcrest Hospitals

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By Independent The Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi Etti, has commended the management of Cedarcrest Hospitals for establishing a branch of the hospital in Lagos. He made the commendation at the official commissioning of the hospital situated on Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi Etti stated that the establishment of an arm of the hospital in Lagos aligns with the strategic roadmap of the administration in Lagos which has the health and welfare of all its citizens at heart. He enjoined Lagos residents to take advantage of the qualitative healthcare delivery that the hospital, through its specialized services, is bringing to the state. Also, speaking at the commissioning, the Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Felix Ogedegbe said the hospital has played a critical role in saving Nigeria foreign exchange (forex) through the spacialised services offers. This, he pointed

Kogi Health Workers Threaten Strike Over Poor Service

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By Independent The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kogi State chapter has warned the state government to take proactive measures to redeem the health sector from total collapse to avert impending workers’ unrest. Dr Tijani Godwin Atayi, the state Chairman of NMA, gave the warning while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja, recently. It would be recalled that NMA after its emergency congress in June 22, 2017, suspended her industrial action for three months and promised to reconvene in September to reappraise the suspended strike and resume if their demands are not met. According to the NMA chairman, “the three months ultimatum will expire in September, but up till now, nobody has called NMA for a meeting. “All efforts to meet with Commissioner for health proved abortive. No concrete information from government on revised CONMESS, promotion and annual stepping. “About eight of our members are still on the uncleared list and have not being paid salary for seve

800,000 Children Severely Malnourished In Nigeria, Chad Region

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* Funding Promised In Oslo Stalled By Independent At least $2.2 billion is needed for humanitarian assistance in the region spanning Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, but only $460 has been delivered, said Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Six months after donors at the Oslo Conference committed funding for humanitarian support in the Lake Chad Region with nearly 800,000 severely malnourished children, only 57 per cent of the funding has come in. At least $2.2 billion is needed for humanitarian assistance in the region spanning Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, but only $460 has been delivered, said Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “Lack of sufficient humanitarian funding is putting young children’s lives at risk,” warned Egeland. “The donations from the Oslo conference have been crucial, but we are not able to avert a massive loss of lives without large additional funding for our humanitari