Tag: Public Health
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taken from https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk Fundamental measures to stop the spread of Covid-19: Vast majority who become contaminated experience gentle disease and recuperate, however it tends to be increasingly serious for some people . Take care your self and secure others by doing the following: Here are a few hints to remain safe from the…
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At least three people worldwide are infected with totally untreatable “superbug” strains of gonorrhoea which they are likely to be spreading to others through sex, the World Health Organisation has warned. Giving details of studies showing a “very serious situation” with regard to highly drug-resistant forms of the sexually-transmitted infection (STI), experts said it was…
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Health news: 50 contract HIV every day in Oyo – NACA DG, Sani Aliyu: Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Dr. Sani Aliyu has raised an alarm that no fewer than 50 people contract HIV daily in Oyo State. Aliyu gave the figure on Tuesday in Ibadan, the state…
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The Minister said this while instructions columnists after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Prof Adewole however blamed states for ease back reaction to flare-ups of diseases, including that the health authorities at that level of government don’t report cases on time. The Minister’s remark on the monkeypox is going on…
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Federal Government Gives Prevention Measures On Monkey Pox The Federal Ministry of Health has informed Nigerians against the eating monkeys, bushmeat and dead creatures to dodge the danger of contracting monkey pox, as he additionally gave indications of the viral sickness. It was said that no cure or antibody are yet found yet there was…
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An alarming number of people are still having unsafe sex. Condom use is thankfully on the rise, but only about a third of sexually active American men, and a fifth of women surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control say they use them. Condoms are the most popular contraceptive method in the US, but they…
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The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was introduced in Australia in 2007 and New Zealand in 2008 to prevent cervical cancer. It was free for women up to age 26 in Australia and to all women under 20 in New Zealand. This is because 99.7% of cervical cancers are associated with the sexually transmissible infection.…
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The World Health Organization slammed all 194 countries it evaluated for its Global Breastfeeding Scorecard released Tuesday The WHO found that only 40% of babies younger than six months old around the world are breastfed as their only means of sustenance and that only 23 of the countries looked at had exclusive breastfeeding…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said antibiotics and anti-malaria drugs are the most counterfeited in Nigeria. The reason for such is that there are huge demands for the drugs. According to NAFDAC, India and China have remained the leading departure points of fake drugs imported into Nigeria.…
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TOBACCO AND ITS DANGER TO HEALTH What is tobacco? Tobacco is an agricultural crop commonly used to make cigarettes, it contains psychoactive ingredient in it called Nicotine, which is a stimulant, a mood-altering drug. Nicotine is the most addictive drug of all. It stimulate the same area of the brain as cocaine and amphetamine . However it…