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COVID-19: NMA Urges Healthcare Workers to be More Safety Conscious

enet — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:14:31 +0000

… Warns members to consider everyone as a suspected COVID-19 case The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged all her members and all frontline healthcare workers to be more safety conscious at this time and adhere very strictly to the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) COVID-19 guidelines. In a statement [...]

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Mass Vaccination Won’t Result in Herd Immunity, Scientists Warn

enet — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:02:35 +0000

Scientists at the World Health Organisation warned that mass vaccinations would not bring about herd immunity to the coronavirus this year, even as one leading producer boosted its production forecast. Infections numbers are surging around the world, especially in Europe where nations have been forced to ramp up virus restrictions even as vaccines are rolled [...]

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11 Foods to Increase Your HDL

enet — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:03:50 +0000

What is HDL? When you think of cholesterol, you probably think of “bad” or high cholesterol. But there’s also a “good” type of cholesterol that your body needs. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the good kind of cholesterol and the kind you want. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the bad kind of cholesterol and the kind you want [...]

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Yellow Fever: Three States Reported 76 Deaths in 11 days – NCDC

enet — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:17:25 +0000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that three states have recently reported a total of 76 deaths suspected to be from yellow fever. According to the agency, the affected states are Bauchi, Delta and Enugu states and it was learnt that the deaths occurred between November 1 and 11. While 74 suspected [...]

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FG worried over new cases of Lassa fever

enet — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 09:19:13 +0000

The Federal Government has expressed concern over the number of new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in some states. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, expressed the concern in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He said that there had been reported cases of Lassa fever [...]

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NAFDAC Warns Kaduna Residents against Using Looted Drugs

enet — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:27:41 +0000

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned residents of Kaduna against consuming drugs looted during an attack on its office on Saturday. The NAFDAC office in Kaduna was attacked by a mob who took away items said to be fake and expired drugs. Residents also broke into a warehouse [...]

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Cancer Not a Death Sentence if Detected Early –Physician

enet — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:12:06 +0000

The Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Okpako Okpikpi, says cancer is not a death sentence if detected early and presented to the hospital for treatment. Okpikpi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that early presentation of cancer cases was key to successful treatment and management. The coordinator spoke [...]

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NCDC Boss Cautions #ENDSARS Protesters on Safety of Lives

enet — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:26:29 +0000

The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has urged the protesting Nigerian youths to exercise caution in the midst of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Ihekweazu, who spoke on the #EndSARSProtest in a televised programme Wednesday morning, said although it is a sacrifice every Nigerian public officer has to [...]

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May & Baker Introduces Malact, New Malaria Medicine

enet — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:28:08 +0000

Nigeria’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, May & Baker Nigeria Plc has introduced a new anti-malarial medicine that promises to revolutionize malaria disease treatment in the country. The new drug, named Malact is dihydroarteminsin-piperaquine combination-based formulation which ensures fast relief from malaria and guarantees better post treatment protection. With increasing resistance to older drugs, the World Health [...]

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Our Analyses Show Madagascar Syrup can’t Cure COVID-19- NAFDAC, NIPRD

enet — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:34:17 +0000

The management of the National Agency for Food and Drug, Administration and Control, NAFDAC, along with the sister agency of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD, have countered the claims of the celebrated Madagascan herbal syrup ‘COVID Organics’, assumed to be effective in the treatment and cure of the novel Coronavirus. Findings from [...]

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