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PSN Declares Poisons As Public Health Emergency Issue Requiring Prompt Response

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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