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Poor Funding Hinders Malaria Research – NIMR CHIOMA UMEHA Lagos Following World Health Organisation (WHO) latest survey which shows that not less than 51 million Nigerians, equivalent to 30 per cent of the population, tested positive to the malaria parasite in 2015, researchers have decried growing paucity of funds required for research which is impeding the roll out of malaria interventions and others. The researchers who are from Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR),Yaba, Lagos, while noting that the highest number of Malaria cases occurred in the North West and North Central zones of the country, raised alarm that Nigeria is not on track for malaria elimination. Lamenting, the Deputy Director (Research) and Head, Malaria Research Programme (NIMR) Dr. Sam Awolola, said with such high malaria burden, and continued reliance on foreign intervention, the country is far from being on track to end the malaria scourge. Awolola, who raised the alarm at a forum organised by

Nigerians Still Practice Open Defecation – Report

http://independentnig.com/2016/07/10/nigerians-still-practice-open-defecation-report/ UNICEF said that lack of access to toilets is endangering millions of the world’s poorest children, pointing to emerging evidence of links between inadequate sanitation and malnutrition. According to UNICEF about 50 million Nigerians are among the 946 million people around the world who do not have access to toilets and are obliged to defecate in the open, with Nigeria among the five countries in the world with the greatest rates of open defecation. The UN agency in a statement signed by the Chief of Communication, UNICEF Nigeria, Doune Porter said lack of sanitation, and particularly open defecation, contributes to the incidence of diarrhea and to the spread of intestinal parasites, both of which cause malnutrition. More than seven million Nigerian children under five years old are stunted – short and underdeveloped for their age as a result of malnutrition – a staggering 37 per cent of the co

Sicknesses Contacted By Drinking Water With Human Faeces

Sicknesses Contacted By Drinking Water With Human Faeces http://independentnig.com/2016/07/13/sicknesses-contacted-by-drinking-water-with-human-faeces/ Drinking water that contains human faeces has been identified as a leading cause of typhoid, cholera, hepatitis, polio, worm infestation, and impaired cognitive function. Research has shown that one gram of human faeces contains more than 10 million viruses, one million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 parasite eggs. This often causes high level of contamination of the environment. Studies have confirmed that when part of this is ingested, it can cause several deadly diseases. Investigation reveals that human faeces get in contact with drinking water due to open defecation practiced in many developing countries, including Nigeria. According to UNICEF, 63 million Nigerians lack access to improved water supply, while113 million cannot access improved sanitation defecate in the open. Similarly, a 2012 joint report of United Na

Treat emergency cases within 24 hours, FG directs hospitals

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In order  to ensure healthcare delivery to Nigerians, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has said directed that all accident and emergency cases should be treated within 24 hours in Lagos University Teaching Hospital ( LUTH). (Second left) Prof. Innocent Ujah, the Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos; Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole (Third left); Christopher Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos State( Fourth left)  and others during a media briefing on Friday, at LUTH,  Idi-Araba, Lagos State Addressing journalists at LUTH, the minister said that "the hospital should operate a system that will evacuate patients within 24 hours. Once first aid treatments have being given to a patient, the patient should be moved to the ward. "If the emergency unit is congested, it will not be able to attend to emergency cases. The situation I saw this

Treat emergency cases within 24 hours, FG directs hospitals

Treat emergency cases within 24 hours, FG directs hospitals

One in eight adults worldwide, now obese - Research

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Over one in eight adults are now obese - a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and will swell to one in five by 2025, a major survey reported Friday. Of about five billion adults alive in 2014, 641 million were obese, the data showed -  and projected the number will balloon past 1.1 billion in just nine years, an online report said. The research warned of a looming crisis of ‘severe obesity’ and disease brought on by high-fat, high-sugar diets causing blood pressure and cholesterol to rise. "There will be health consequences of magnitudes that we do not know,"  author Majid Ezzati of Imperial College London told AFP. The survey, published in The Lancet medical journal , claimed to be the most comprehensive of its kind conducted to date. People are divided into healthy or unhealthy weight categories based on a universally-adopted measure dubbed Body Mass Index (BMI) - a ratio of weight-to-height squared. A healthy BMI ranges from 18.5 to 24.9. One is

Experts task LASG on policy direction for Amoxicillin dispersible tablet, others

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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