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Why No Nigerian Woman Should Die From Unsafe Abortion

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CHIOMA UMEHA Lagos Unsafe abortion has been proved to be one of the leading causes of avoidable deaths of women in many countries where it is prevalent. Unfortunately, almost half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe, and nearly all unsafe abortions occur in developing countries. This is just as evidence has shown that unsafe abortion is widespread in places where abortion is illegal. Women who have unsafe abortions are at risk of serious medical problems, including incomplete abortion, infection, uterine perforation (when the uterus is pierced by a sharp object) and hemorrhage (heavy bleeding). Also, unsafe abortion causes damage to the genital tract and internal organs (when dangerous objects such as sticks, knitting needles, or broken glass are inserted into the vagina or anus).     Describing the incidence as alarming, Professor Adetokunbo Fabamwo, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) noted that unsafe abor

Family Planning: Health Experts Task FG On Funding To Check Population Explosion

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CHIOMA UMEHA Lagos Studies have shown that family planning protects the health of women and children as well as reduces ugly risky overpopulation burdens by helping a family to plan and responsibly fulfill its parental roles. The media is replete with many reports which X-rays the roles of family planning in population control, more so in view of the newest Nigeria’s population figures which is put at 201 million. It was therefore not surprising that critical stakeholders in the health sector have urged the Federal Government to invest in family planning programmes to check population explosion. There call came at the background of the just concluded 2019 World Population Day celebration. Stakeholders, who spoke with DAILY INDEPENDENT, said Nigeria’s rising population remained a threat to the country’s economic and social development. They maintained that the little resources meant for certain number of people, were being stretched for more people due to the large

Gambari Tasks Stakeholders On Empowerment Of Women, Youth For National Growth

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Some members of the Board of Fellows of the Pharmaceuticals Society of Nigeria (BOF-PSN) during dinner\ awardnight held by BOF-PSN in Lagos recently. • As BOF For Pharmacists Holds First Public Lecture CHIOMA UMEHA Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, former Ambassador and Nigeria’s Permanent Representatives to the United Nations (UN), has said that there is need for Nigeria to empower its huge population of women and youth if the nation’s quest for growth would be meaningful. Gambari, who spoke at the first public lecture of the Board of Fellows of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (BOF- PSN), in Lagos recently, urged stakeholders to invest immensely towards the growth of women and youth to enable them contribute to national development. The Eminent scholar and Diplomat reasoned that if Nigeria empowers her vast youth population and women they will be able to make invaluable contribution that will help save the nation. Professor

Nigeria Needs Innovative Approach To Fight Drug Abuse – Yakasai

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Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai, Immediate Past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN, was the keynote Speaker during the 38th Annual National Scientific Conference of the Association of Community Pharmacists in Nigeria tagged ACPN Kano 2019. He spoke with CHIOMA UMEHA at the sideline of the conference on the Menace of Drug Abuse in the country. Experts: How do you feel speaking at the Association of Community Pharmacists in Nigeria (ACPN) Kano 2019 Conference?   I was told to speak on the theme, “Tackling Menace of Drug Abuse in Nigeria: A Disruptive Innovative Approach.”   Indeed, this topic is apt and it is a topic that is dear to my heart for the last 36 years as a Pharmacist.   As I speak to you right now, a family somewhere in Nigeria may be experiencing financial hardship because one of their daughters is a drug addict. Perhaps, also somewhere a mother’s   heart is filled with sadness because her son whom she has invested all her resources to train is now

D-8 Consultation Re-Energises Member Countries’ Commitment To Health Development

• Says Political Will Apparent For Achievement Of SDGs Deputy Ministers of Health and experts from Nigeria and other member states of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8) have resolved to strengthen their commitment towards the implementation of the organisation’s Health and Social Protection Programme (HSP ).   This was part of their resolutions in a communiqué issued after the inaugural consultative meeting of the programme organised by the D-8 Secretariat and the federal government in Abuja. The D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8), is an organisation for development co-operation among eight developing countries in the Muslim world.   They are: Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.   It was established in 1997 and aimed at sustainable economic development, and uplifting the standards of living of member states. The inaugural consultation was organised to enable solidarity and cooperation

Wives Of Governors Partner Roche On War Against Cancer

Some wives of Nigerian Governors, under the aegis of Wives of Governors Against Cancer (WOGAC), has formed strong alliance with Roche Nigeria as part of their efforts to win the war against cancer in Nigeria. Roche, an international organisati on with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, is a leader in research-focused healthcare with combined strength in pharmaceutical and diagnostics, and is also the world’s largest biotech company with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, virology, inflammation, metabolism and CNS. Roche’s personalised healthcare strategy aims at providing medicines and diagnostic tools that enable tangible improvements in the health quality of life and survival of patients. WOGAC’s partnership arrangement with Roche which took place during a round table meeting held at Belanova Apartments and Suites, Maitama, Abuja, with the theme; TOGETHER FOR HER, promises to yield results that will change the   narrative on cancer control and care in Nigeri

Lagos Govt Committed To Ending Maternal Deaths From Unsafe Abortions – LASUTH CMD

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CHIOMA UMEHA P rof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), has disclosed that Lagos State government was committed to saving women’s lives from unsafe abortion that has killed millions annually and at a great cost. Speaking at a training programme of the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and SAFE ENGAGE in collaboration with the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists (NRHJN) in Lagos recently, Prof. Fabamwo said the state government was working assiduously to improve access to safe abortion within the extant laws of the land. He said that statistics shows that unsafe abortions account for roughly 5,000 maternal deaths every year in Nigeria, or on average, 14 maternal deaths each day, while unsafe abortions are also costly to women and the health care system. He added that 50% of deaths due to unsafe abortion are adolescents while 60% of abortions are done by quacks. The LASUTH CMD noted th

Save The Children Donates Relief Materials To Collapsed Ita Faji Building Survivors

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LUCY SAMUEL Some of the Survivors of Collapsed Ita Faji Building Survivors at the event. Inset: Some donated Items by Save The children International Worried over the fate of accident victims and families at the Ita Faji building collapse in Lagos earlier in the year, health experts have called for support to ensure that adequate healthcare and rehabilitation is provided for them. Among those who made the call penultimate Tuesday in Lagos was the Area Operations Manager for Save The Children International, Kayode Ajumobi, when the organisation made a donation of some relief materials to the victims.   Ajumobi further urged public-spirited individuals, and government at all levels to come to the aid of the victims of the collapsed building, reasoning that many of them are still in pitiable conditions and yet to recuperate. For instance, Nine-year-old Joy Ikwueze has been at Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos, for over three months, where she is receiv

JOHESU Urges Ministry To Address Unresolved Labour Issues

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• Pledges Improved Health Sector CHIOMA UMEHA Com. Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, Chairman, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), has urged the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) to comply with all judgments of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) issued on March 28, 2019 pertaining to the payment of outstanding 2018 salaries to members and actualising the adjustment of CONHESS Scale pending for many years. Josiah made the appeal when he led a delegation of JOHESU/ Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) national leadership on a courtesy visit to Abdullahi Abdulkadir, the Permanent Secretary, FMoH last Thursday, in Abuja. He told the Perm Sec that contrary to the pervading impression that JOHESU does not believe in dialogue, members had always excelled in the finest tenets of rules of engagement to ensure the stability and growth of the health sector. He then intimated him of some of the lingering welfare challenges of JOHESU members which in

Why Role Of Parents In Managing Autistic Children Is Crucial – Ndolo

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Some-of-the-attendees-of-the-Autism-Awareness-presentation-which-held-on-weekend Autism is a simple behavioral disorder and disability that can be managed so that the affected person can connect with the society and reach their highest potential in life, according to Mrs. Dicta Ndolo, a United States-based Behaviour Analyst who has dismissed beliefs that the condition is a disease. She also advised parents of children living with Autism to break the silence by seeking the answers to their wards disability, instead of shying away, noting that would not be of help. Mrs. Dicta Ndolo who also is creating massive Autism Awareness campaign in Enugu state, told DAILY INDEPENDENT in an interview that symptoms of Autism can be identified in children through their communication, social behaviour and speech challenge, just as she admonished parents to be on the lookout for these signs. ‘Autism is a developmental, neurological disability that affects one in 87 children and for every five kids affe