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Foundation Moves Reduce Scourge Of Fibroids

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...Says It’ll Provide Free Surgeries For 1000 Women from left: Actress Monalisa Chinda Coker receiving award from Dr Benjamin Olowojebutu, Executive Director, Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation, BOF, as an Ambassador of Brand Ambassador for Foundation’s Journey to 1000 free surgeries Project weekend in Lagos.   Chioma Umeha To tackle   the growing prevalence of fibroids among women, Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF), weekend unveiled its Love story to offer free fibroids surgeries to 1000 women free of charge. The Executive Director of the Foundation,   Dr. Benjamin Olowojebutu   who   announced this in Lagos described fibroids as a benign mass that grows in the womb even as he regretted that fibroids ranks among one of the conditions affecting women across Africa. According to him, a lot of these superstitions, myths and fallacies surrounding the condition are the main reasons women are dying from fibroids. He said, however, the risk of developi

Health Sector Leaders Must Ensure Quality, Safety Of Drugs Procurement System – Experts

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Dr. Babatunde Ipaye Chioma Umeha Leaders in the health sector have been tasked to ensure all health institutions’ drugs procurement system was safeguarded to guarantee quality. Dr Babatunde Ipaye, Ogun State Commissioner for Health made the call at a Leadership Retreat and Health Summit organised by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Chapter on Monday in Lagos. Ipaye explained,   whatever system is adopted will eventually translate to what the patients will consume. “The way we procure drugs must be streamlined to ensure technical and financial efficiency so that the quality is guaranteed and all the logistic outlines from the point of procurement. “Also, we must procure where possible, from the manufacturers and where the manufacturers are not in the country, we must procure from distributors or sales agents that have got manufacturer’s authorisation. “This will allow everybody takes drugs and sell to the hospitals. “This will not allow room for

Attaining Medicine Security In Nigeria

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Chioma Umeha L-R: former Chairman PSN, Lagos Branch. Pharm. Gbenga Olubowale, immediate past President of PSN, Ahmed Yakasai, CEO of Lefas Pharmaceuticals Pharm Lekan Asuni. The concept of drug safety has become a major attention since the past decade because of the important roles it play in patients’ health. In view of this, there is growing concern among experts on how to achieve drug safety in daily medical practice, particularly with regard to approving new medication or questioning the possibility of withdrawing a drug from the market. This is particularly so in Nigeria and a major reason Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai, the immediate past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) gave for unveiling safe medicine foundation (SFM), weekend. He stressed that his aim is to sustain the fight against fake and falsified drugs in the country. Elaborating on this at an occasion which was a sendforth dinner organised for him by friends and associates in Lagos, Y

FG To Replicate New LUTH First-Class Cancer Centre In Other Zones – Adewole

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Chioma Umeha Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, during the weekend disclosed plans by the Federal government to duplicate the new state-of–the-art Cancer Center at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) across other zones of the country. DAILY INDEPENDENT learnt that the LUTH’s world- class Cancer centre which has capacity to offer chemotherapy, radiation and surgery as most cancer cases are always presented late is billed to commence operation in the first quarter of 2019. Meanwhile, Adewole who was on an assessment tour of the facility in Lagos said 4,000 out of the 10,000 Primary Health Care Centers the government promised to regenerate have been delivered. Speaking shortly after the tour, Adewole explained that government invested in the Center to make certain more Nigerians have access to cancer treatment in the country for better outcome. “We noticed that treatment is beyond the modalities that we offer.   Our ambition is to reproduce it outside t

We Can Remove Fibroids Through Laparoscopic Surgery – Edi-Osagie

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•Says They’re Benign Tumours, Not Cancers Dr. Edmond Edi-Osagie, Consultant Gynaecologist, Fertility Specialist and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon based in Manchester, UK, in this interview with CHIOMA UMEHA, speaks on why he is setting up a fertility and endoscopic surgery service in Lekki, Lagos. Fibroid is an issue that is of interest to many women of reproductive age especially here in Nigeria. What are fibroids? Thank you for that very pertinent question in our contest. Fibroids are probably the most common benign condition that women, particularly African women, experience. Fibroids are actually benign tumors or masses of the womb that occur in women and the way to think about fibroids is to think about benign breast lumps. This is because fibroids are the womb’s equivalent of benign lumps that occur in the breasts. They are benign, originate from muscle and fibrous tissue and are particularly common in African women. We do not know how many Af

Access Bank Partners Hygeia To Make Fertility Treatments More Accessible

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Chioma Umeha Access Bank PLC says it is partnering Hygeia HMO to provide financing options to enable women receive quality healthcare services. The partnership aims to ensure increased access to IVF treatments with 30 per cent cash back on unsuccessful procedures, according to a statement from Abdul Imoyo, Head, Media Relations of Access Bank, made available to DAILY INDEPENDENT on Tuesday in Lagos. This collaboration is supported by the Access Bank’s “W” Initiative flagship product – Maternal Health Service Support (MHSS) designed to help families overcome financial challenges and support them in their quest for parenthood and healthcare. MHSS is a financing scheme which supports local and international treatments, including fertility treatments, natal support and other specialised procedures such as hysterectomy (uterus removal), myomectomy (fibroid removal), dental, bariatric, orthopaedic treatments. Mr. Victor Etuokwu, the Executive Director, Pers

Nigerian Children Vulnerable To Malnutrition

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•Say No To Violence And Save Them - UNICEF Chioma Umeha  Currently, Nigeria is tenth in the list of worldwide hungriest nations, despite the global target to end hunger by 2030. Analysts say they are seriously worried that hundreds of Nigerians, especially in the north-eastern part of Nigeria are experiencing chronic hunger and the threat of famine. Conflict, recurring severe drought, and high food prices are to blame. Unfortunately, 35 million Nigerian children aged five and below in the north-eastern part are today affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). The insurgency and activities of Boko Haram within the region have severely worsened the levels of malnutrition. Recent statistics from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) in the region has crossed the threshold for ‘serious.’ The World Health Organisation (WHO) classification for ‘serious’ depicts levels of combined moderate and acute malnutrition exceed

Fidson Wins HR Future Workplace Award

Chioma Umeha In recognition of its drive for excellence in the Nigerian Pharmaceutical industry, Fidson Healthcare Plc was recently rewarded for its outstanding performance in Human Resource Management with the award for “Best Employee Engagement Programme.” The award was given at this year’s edition of the HR Future Workplace Awards during the HR Summit and Expo for West Africa, 2018 which took place at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island Lagos. This award came only less than a week after the company bagged the PEARL award for ‘Sectoral Leadership in Healthcare-Pharmaceutical’ based on its performance in the Nigerian capital market. The Future Workplace Awards (2018), themed “Celebrating the Human Side of Business,” sought to recognise outstanding achievements of individuals, departments, teams and organisations that have contributed to the growth and development of the West African HR Industry. The events showcased the best HR talents in West Africa and also re