Chioma Umeha

Stakeholders in the health sector have urged Lagos state government to create policy direction for Amoxicillin Dispersible Tablet (Amoxicillin DT) and Zinc/ Low Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salt (Zinc/LO-ORS) in order to address childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhea.  L- r: Dr. Mrs. Moyosore Adejumo FPSN, representing the Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Dr. Jide Idris, making a remark;  Dr. Mrs. Monica Eimunjeze, Director Registration & Regulatory Affairs,  National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and   Pharm. (Mrs.) Sherifat Salami, Director,  Pharmaceutical Services,  Lagos State Health Service Commission during a one-day policy dialogue on the use of Amoxicillin dispersible tablet and Zinc/low osmolarity oral rehydration salt in the management of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea held recently, which was in conjunction with the World Water Day at Dover Hotel Ikeja, Lagos State. Declaring open, the one day policy dialogue, the Lagos State Com

Karakas explained: “We currently offer the largest number of O&D pairs in Africa – a total of 11,472 origin-to-destination pairs on the African continent. “Within Africa, we do 2,448 O&Ds; Africa to Europe 5,184; Africa to the Middle East 1,632; Africa to the Far East 1,632; and Africa to America 576, which bring our total to 11,472 O&D’s. No other airline in the world covers Africa like we do nor are they as well-priced as we are.” Talking about the expansion of routes Turkish Airlines wants specifically in Nigeria, Karakas explained that they currently fly from three locations in Nigeria, namely Lagos, Abuja and Kano, but would like to also fly from Port Harcourt and a few other locations. In addition to that, the airline also wants to double its daily flights in and out of the three current locations. These requests, Karakas said have since been tabled before the presidency as well as the aviation ministry.

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