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Pharmacists Move To End Drug Abuse With 2.6bn Information Centre

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Pharmacists Move To End Drug Abuse With 2.6bn Information Centre Chioma Umeha  Lagos The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Phas concluded plans   to launch   it’s National Drug and Poisons and Infor mation, Emergency Response and Research Centre to tackle drug and substance abuse. Pharm. John Nwaiwu, the chairman of the PSN Drug Information Project,   while addressing a press briefing on Monday in Lagos, said the centre worth N2.6 billion   which would be unveiled on tomorrow in Lagos would offer a toll-free line ser vice for members of the public and would be completed in 2021. “Every state in Nigeria will have one dedicated phone line and personnel from that state responsible for all centre activities. Fluency in local language will be key for wider coverage and effective communication. “Through the centre, the PSN will employ comptent personnel that will consell, advise, make refferalls and work with every personnel that has business with emmergency. We ar

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 unsa

UNICEF Partners IHS Nigeria To Ensure Rural Children Well-being, Development

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L-R- Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Nigeria Representative and Mohamad Darwish, IHS Nigeria Chief Executive Officer. To accelerate tangible and sustained improvements in the well-being and development of children in rural communities in the country, UNICEF has signed a partnership with IHS Nigeria, the Nigerian subsidiary of IHS Towers, in support of a Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) UNICEF is working with the Federal Government to empower and strengthen the capacity of local governments and rural communities. This includes working with local development councils, religious and traditional leaders to adopt child-centered attitudes, behaviors and practices to improve access to basic services that promote child well-being and development. A release by Blessing Ejiofor,   Communication Officer,   United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF), Nigeria,  said children and women in the country face multiple deprivations and challenges rooted in poverty and inequality. The relea

Birth Registration: Our Plan Is To Register One Million Children By 2019 – NPopC

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With about 70 percent of children in Nigeria not having their birth registered, the National Population Commission (NPopC) Lagos state, has pledged to meet one million birth registration target before the end of 2019. The Deputy Head of Director (HOD), Vital Registration Department, NPopC, Lagos state, Nwannkwu Ikechukwu who disclosed this at a two-day media workshop on the need to scale up birth registration in Lagos, organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) Lagos state, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in Oyo State, said from the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS 2013) data, 70 percent of children in Nigeria do not have their birth registered. Sharon Oladiji Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF,  making a presentation during a session at an ongoing media dialogue on "Promoting Birth Registration in Lagos and Western State of Nigeria," holding at Ibadan, Oyo state. To achieve free and universal birth registration, s

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