Health

Task of caring for child with Cerebral Palsy

Task of caring for child with Cerebral Palsy By Yinka Shokunbi Assistant Life Editor “Anyone especially a child...

Handling Dana crash victims taught LASG lessons –Idris

Handling Dana crash victims taught LASG lessons –Idris So much has been written about the black Sunday of June 3, 2012 when the Abuja-Lagos bound Dana Flight 992 crashed into a densely populated sub urban area of Lagos, Iju-Ishaga precisely.

Poor management, problem with health sector –Okara

Poor management, problem with health sector –Okara Dr. Godswill C. Okara is the President, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria and Chairperson, Assembly of Health Professionals Association.

Why parents should discuss sex with children –Patience Jonathan

Why parents should discuss sex with children –Patience Jonathan The unprecedented high rates of teenage pregnancies and unrivalled rates of unsafe abortion on the African continent have become of great concern to leaders and one person who has openly spoken in support of improved communication on subject of sex especially in homes is first...

NHIS and challenges of improving access to health care services

NHIS and challenges of improving access to health care services Last week, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr Abdulrahaman Sambo, in a two hour interaction with health correspondents in Abuja, revealed the many challenges his agency was facing in its effort to make healthcare services accessible to Nigerians...

Experts chart workable ways to finance healthcare

Experts chart workable ways to finance healthcare Simultaneously last week in Lagos and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, experts gathered to deliberate on one major concern which was mutually exclusive,

Why Nigeria needs e-Health to improve care delivery

Why Nigeria needs e-Health to improve care delivery “The huge crowd that is often seen at any of the out-patient clinic of public hospitals can be so scary to any doctor who means well and have planned to meet up with the demands of all his patients as much as possible on any...

Collaborating investment to defeat malaria in Nigeria

Collaborating investment to defeat malaria in Nigeria Last Thursday in Kenya, East Africa, a new technology to tackle the burden of malaria in endemic continent of Africa was launched.

Attaining MDGs with appropriate child feeding

The first of the millennium development goals aims at eradicating...

Insecurity challenge, a threat to Polio eradication

Beginning from Saturday, April 20, the entire world commenced the world immunisation...

Helping a Stammering Child

With Banke Omidiji It is not uncommon for a child...

Red meat chemical damages heart, say scientists

A chemical found in red meat helps explain why eating...

Will Nigeria see end to TB?

Will Nigeria see end to TB? By Yinka Shokunbi Her friendly disposition did not betray she...

Lagos pioneers first Comprehensive PHC

Lagos pioneers first Comprehensive PHC The foundation of the country’s Primary Health care System was...

The backstreet clinic

“I can’t bring myself to go to the community clinic...

Japan boosts country’s child survival with $2m

As part of the support by the Japanese government for...

So what if it’s donkey meat?

So what if it’s donkey meat? Do you love eating sun-dried meat, which some call salt...

IAR&T: Sleaze in agric research institute

IAR&T: Sleaze in agric research institute Allegations of financial misappropriation have continued to rock Ibadan-based Institute...

A vote for healthy vegetables

A vote for healthy vegetables Aside the nutritional benefits of vegetables, eating vegetables has been found to be the most effective way to lose weight. ANTHONIA SOYINGBE writes on four vegetables which can be included in every diet and their nutritional benefits.

Expert urges govt to promote wheat production

Expert urges govt to promote wheat production Senior Economist/Consultant with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Prof....

I love ponmo, soaking garri – Opeifa

I love ponmo, soaking garri – Opeifa I cook if I need to, but whenever I entered...

Nike Osinowo: Living with Endometriosis is challenging

By Yinka Shokunbi If you call it a disorder, it...

Researchers discover how Cancer beats immune system

By Yinka Shokunbi Recent scientific discoveries have provided researchers with a...

Syphilis infects one million pregnant women

By Yinka Shokunbi It is described as a sexually transmissible...

Adamawa and Polio free status

By Hassan John/Abuja For maintaining the Polio-free status for the...