Chioma Umeha

•Records $196m Shortfall In 2017, Launches 2018 Response Plan Chioma Umeha To meet its 2018 humanitarian intervention programmes in the North-east where Boko Haram insurgency has affected more than 10 million people, the United Nations weekend, said it requires $1.05 billion assistance. The world body said the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan appeal was pecked at “$1.05billion, people targeted in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, 6.1 million: number of partners participating in the HRP: 60, number of projects included in HRP 173.” The UN also disclosed that it recorded a shortfall of $196 million in donations from the targeted $1 billion for humanitarian intervention in the North-east of Nigeria in 2017. Following severe humanitarian conditions and insecurity occasioned by the insurgency, the UN in collaboration with other international organisations and government have been actively leading in humanitarian assistance in the North-east in the last nine y

Chioma Umeha The Lagos State Government has again reiterated the need for members of the public to ensure and maintain adequate personal hygiene and environmental sanitation at all times as part of prevention and control measures against the spread of the Lassa fever disease in the State. In a statement issued and signed by the Dr. Jide Idris,   Commissioner for Health, the state government noted that that the prevention and control of the disease remains a shared responsibility for all citizens through observance of the highest possible standards of personal and community hygiene as well as environmental sanitation. Idris enjoined residents to store household refuse in sanitary refuse bags or dustbins with tight-fitting covers to avoid infestation by rats and rodents; dispose refuse properly at designated dump sites and not into the drainage system and store food items in rodent-proof containers, adding that it is by so doing that a habitable and conducive e

From L-R: Dr. Kubby Layeni-Adeyemo, Director Occupational Health and Staff Health Services, Lagos State Ministry of Health; Dr. Olufemi Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Primary Health Care, and Mr. James Marsh, the CEO James Marsh and Associates, at a Sensitisation meeting on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) with Stakeholders in the Water, Food and Beverages Industry at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos recently. •Sensitises Stakeholders On HACCP By Chioma Umeha The Lagos State Government has moved to check food and water contamination in eateries, restaurants and hotels across the state, charging stakeholders to embrace the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and certification. HACCP is a management system that gives a systematic preventive approach to food safety, from biological, chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumpti

Chioma Umeha Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the Ondo State governor and the founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), at the weekend re-stated her commitment to the fight against breast cancer, noting that BRECAN had over the years positioned itself as a leading organisation in Nigeria. Anyanwu-Akeredolu spoke at the inauguration of Abuja Chapter executive Committee and Investiture which took place at NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, which was organised to mark this year’s World Cancer Day celebration. She noted that it was timely for every Nigerian to begin to play collective and individual roles in the fight against cancer   by creating awareness both in small and on a large scale among market women, students, among others. Anyanwu-Akeredolu also used the opportunity to congratulate the newly inaugurated executives noting that with the inauguration of the Abuja Chapter of BRECAN, nothing else best expresses her dedication to the fig

Dr. Taiwo Orebamjo The luteal phase is the phase of the ovulation cycle that occurs after the egg has been released and lasts around two weeks. During this time, a woman’s body releases progesterone and thickens the lining of the uterus to prepare for pregnancy. When the luteal phase lasts for 10 days or less, it is known as a short luteal phase or a luteal phase defect. A woman with a short luteal phase may have a harder time getting or staying pregnant. Her body will not have as much progesterone as a woman with a longer luteal phase. However, treatments are available for women with short luteal phases who wish to become pregnant. This piece will take a look at the symptoms of a short luteal phase, along with what causes it and the treatment options that are available. There are often few symptoms for a woman who has a short luteal phase. In fact, many women will not realize they have a short luteal phase until they attempt to conceive. A short luteal

Chioma Umeha Malaria No More congratulates the six countries recognised by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) for their leadership in driving continued reductions in malaria cases and deaths. A statement   on Tuesday, signed by Ms. Michal Fishman, Managing Director, Strategic Communications, Malaria No More said the countries receiving the 2018 ALMA Awards for Excellence were announced at the 30th African Union (AU) Summit. They are: Senegal, The Gambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar for achieving a more than 20 percent reduction in malaria cases from 2015 to 2016; and Algeria and Comoros for being on track to achieve a more than 40 percent drop in cases by 2020 since 2015. Of the winning countries, all are recipients of funding and technical assistance provided through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and/or the Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB and Malaria. Recognition of these countries’ efforts comes at a critical time in the malaria fight,

•Says It’ll Help Nigeria To Achieve National Security On Medicine Chioma Umeha Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai, President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has described Fidson Healthcare Plc, multi-billion naira manufacturing plant at Ota, Ogun state as a state-of-the-art world-class facility with all the ultra-modern high-tech machinery that will enable the country to achieve national security through the supply of quality medicines at affordable prices. Yakasai who said this recently, when he led a powerful team of his National Executive Council (NEC) members in a familiarisation visit to the factory, noted that it is the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in West Africa, and added that the company deserves the support and patronage from government and other stakeholders. The PSN boss, in a release, said that the team was warmly received by Pharm. Biola Adebayo, the Executive Director, Operations. He said that after going round the facility, “the