Chioma Umeha

By Chioma Umeha In line with its commitment to stem new malaria infections and reduce associated deaths, Fidson Healthcare Plc, has urged Nigerians to keep their environment clean, by removing stagnant water, consistently using the long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLITN) and ensuring proper diagnosis before treating malaria. Mr Adesoji Fasanya, Fidson’s Product Manager, Antimalarial, who made the call, lamented that the World Health Organisation (WHO) report on malaria shows that Nigeria had the largest volume of malaria cases recorded in any single country globally. Fasanya further said that what is of a bigger concern was the fact that malaria was preventable, but most people, especially those living in rural or semi-urban areas of developing countries, don’t even know how to prevent it. He spoke during 2018 World Malaria Day, which Fidson commemorated at a community health outreach at Odonla Primary Healthcare Centre. It was part of the company’s

By Our Correspondents An anteverted uterus is perfectly normal. It means the uterus, or womb, is tilted towards the front of the abdomen. It usually has no impact on the body or a person’s ability to get pregnant. An anteverted uterus is a natural variation, much like having a certain eye colour. A person’s uterus can also be tilted backward. This is less common and is called a retroverted uterus. In this piece, learn more about an anteverted uterus, how uterine tilt is tested, and what it means for fertility. What is the uterus? The uterus is the pear-shaped organ in a woman’s lower abdomen in which fetuses grow. It is also called the womb.The uterus is connected to the ovaries, which produce eggs. When a woman ovulates, an egg travels down toward the uterus via the fallopian tubes. The uterus is attached to the walls of the pelvis by flexible ligaments that allow it to tilt forward and backward. Anteverted uterus frequency An anteverted ut

•UK Pledges N25.7bn •Commonwealth Nations Targets Prevention Of 350 Million Cases By Chioma Umeha To mark this year’s World Malaria Day, Nigeria has renewed its commitment to push malaria up the national priority list, with a plan to secure $300 million (108 billion )in new financing from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank and African Development Bank to help finance its   national malaria strategy. The news came at the background of the Commonwealth Health Ministers’ launch of the Commonwealth Nations Initiative at the Malaria Summit London 2018, to curb malaria by half by 2023. The summit demands for new tools to stay ahead of the disease, announcing commitments to invest in future innovations. Nigeria also pledged an additional $18.7 million to leverage $37 million from the Global Fund to distribute of 15 million mosquito nets. Similarly, the UK government has pledged £50 million (N25,757,154,000.00) to malaria programme in Nigeria even as it p

By Chioma Umeha Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, the Paramount ruler and Alake of Egbaland, has called on Nigerians to collaborate with donor of Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs), ‘Global Fund’ and implementing agency Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to tackle the scourge of malaria across the country. Alake disclosed this while he was decorated as the net Ambassador by the Team of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), at the ongoing distribution of card net, aimed at eliminating malaria across the country, held at Ake Palace, Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital. Alake said that it was imperative to use the mosquito net or sleep inside the mosquito net to avoid being contacted by malaria through the bite of female mosquito usually called (Anopheles), noting that by so doing this the state would be free from the scourge of malaria fever. He appreciated the donor of the initiative ‘Global fund’ and the implementing agency the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), sayin

By Chioma Umeha To raise awareness of the importance of vaccination in reducing child mortality and renew efforts around universal vaccination coverage, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) launched the eighth African Vaccination Week (AVW) weekend. Vaccination can save children’s lives, and keep adults, communities and nations, healthy. One in five African children still lacks access to all the necessary and basic vaccinations. AVW 2018 builds on the January 2017 Heads of State endorsement of the Addis Declaration on Immunization (ADI), a historic pledge to ensure that everyone in Africa receives the full benefits of immunization. To support Member State implementation of the ADI, a roadmap has been developed in close collaboration with WHO AFRO and EMRO, the African Union Commission and immunization partners. The roadmap provides Member States with specific strategies that can be incorporated into existing efforts to improve

By Chioma Umeha  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to adopt and implement strategies that would aid a conducive investment climate for more private sector participation in health financing. Mr Babatunde Ruwase, the President of LCCI, made the appeal at a forum on celebration of World Malaria Day held in Lagos. The programme was organised by LCCI in collaboration with the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG). The World Malaria Day is celebrated on April 25 annually to create awareness about the scourge of malaria in Nigeria and across the globe and suggest recommendations for possible solutions and controls. Ruwase advocated for more private sector participation and funding of the sector, saying government and international donor agencies alone might not be able to finance estimated malaria budget. “With $2.7 billion invested globally to fight malaria in 2016, this represents less than 41 per cent of the

By Chioma Umeha PharmAccess Foundation Nigeria has explained the rationale behind its activities in the country, saying they are committed to state-of-the-art healthcare service delivery. Meanwhile, the organisation is partnering with the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award, NHEA, to recognize and celebrate innovative healthcare service providers in Nigeria during this year’s award ceremonies billed to hold June 22nd, 2018 in Lagos. According to Njide Ndili, PharmAccess Nigeria Country Director, “This is our third consecutive year of partnership with NHEA but our second year as the sponsor of the innovative healthcare service provider award category. “Our motivation supports our core objectives, which is to promote innovation that improves access and efficiency in service delivery at scale, leveraging technology at an affordable cost without bias to your location, economic status or income level.” “Our goal is to provide technical assistance to states seek