Ebola: FG employs 490 environmental health officers

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The Federal Government on Wednesday assured Nigerians so it would recruit 490 trained environmental health officers who will soon be deployed in borders within strategies being employed to fight the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.  The  government also pledged to educate people on the best way to stop the spread of the illness and other related diseases in the country.

Spectacular Beauty Assistance You Can not Do Without!

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There are many approaches to stand out in your internal and outer beauty. The good news is that providing oneself look far better on the exterior is simple alongside the right beauty recommendations, recommendations and tricks. You can boost your look considerably or somewhat tiny bit applying these tips.


If you notice that your nail polish is starting to become thick in the jar or sticky, just include acetone, or nail polish remover, into the jar. Make sure you shake it great, so that it integrates extensively. You’ll be able to get another application or two from the nail improve.

Natural Healing Foods that are good for weight loss, Boost Metabolism

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What Are Healing Foods?
Healing foods are naturally cleansing which is the key to effortless weight loss. Excess weight is the result of sluggish digestion, poor hydration, and buildup of toxins. If you’re not digesting your foods efficiently, drinking pure water, or eliminating waste on a regular basis, your body will store fat as a protective mechanism to keep your vital internal organs from being damaged by this buildup of toxins.

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Health Technology Student impregnates, kills 17-year-old girl in Zamfara

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26-year-old student of health technology has been arrested by the police in Zamfara State for allegedly abducting, impregnating and killing a 17-year-old girl, Bela’u.

The suspect, Bello was arrested following the death of the girl after he took her to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Gusau, in an effort to stop excess bleeding by the victim, resulting from alleged attempt to abort a five-month-old pregnancy.

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Okorocha, Catholic Health practitioners At Conflict Over Abortion Law

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Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, and Catholic Medical Practitioners Association are at daggers-drawn over the abortion bill the former just signed into law.
The law, among others, permits women to procure abortion at will. Sponsored by the Majority Leader and member representing Ahiazu Mbaise state constituency, Mrs. Adekunle Ihuoma, the law is to be cited as “Imo State of Nigeria, Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law Number 12 of 2012”.

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Veteran actor Lere Paimo finally talks about his state of health.

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Chief Lere Paimo, MFR, popularly known as Eda, is the acting Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP).  The veteran thespian recently visited the Tribune House, in Ibadan to debunk rumours doing the rounds on his state of health.

What do you think is responsible for the rumours doing the rounds that you were paralysed and even dead?
Those who are spreading the rumours are agents of devil. They have been doing this for so long. Despite the fact that they were cautioned, they still went ahead to peddle false rumour on social media that my health condition had gone from bad to worse and that I am dead. 

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Updates On Governor Suntai's Health As He Returns

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The allegedly brain-damaged governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, left New York on Saturday on his way back to Nigeria en rout Abuja. He travelled on a private jet with his younger brother, a Nigeria senator, and some officials of the Nigerian High Commission in New York and two medics.

Reliable sources said he traveled aboard a jet equipped to handle medical emergencies. The jet will refuel in Dakar, Senegal, before flying to Abuja to arrive at about 9:00am on Sunday morning.

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Strike grounds federal hospitals, JOHESU says Health Minister insincere

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The nationwide strike called by the health workers’ union has taken a toll on federal health institutions across Nigeria and patients have been at the receiving end.

Visits to some of the affected hospitals in the country on Friday, showed either skeletal work or a total collapse of activities.

For instance, business activities were grounded at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Friday, following the nationwide strike declared by the Joint Health Workers Union.

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Rotary International Club, District 9110 To Focus On maternal, child health - Rotary gov

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The new District Governor, Rotary International Club, District 9110, Mr. Olugbemiga Olowu, has said the club will focus on maternal and child health in 2013/2014 rotary year. He said the club would spend about N200m to drive this and other projects lined up by the club.

Olowu said this in an interview shortly after he was installed as the District Governor in Lagos on Saturday.

He said, “I am focussing on maternal and child health, water and sanitation, disease control and prevention.

“I have been working with partners and you can see today, I called up people of USAID and some medical personnel who are my partners. They are already on ground.

“It is going to cost about N200m to do what we have planned to do. But the goal is achievable because we have our partners; rotary foundation and Rotarians to contribute their quota to the projects.”

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Health: Painkillers Can Kill Your L-îbîdo

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The average Nigerian is a doctor, even if he never went beyond the elementary school. To get a free and unsolicited drug prescription, just complain of one ailment and the drug referrals begin to flow like a deluge.

People don’t just prescribe drugs or home remedies for others, they also “treat” themselves whenever what they consider manageable health issues crop up. Consequently, by the time many people finally think of seeking professional help, they are almost ready for the morgue.

Perhaps after sleeping pills, the next commonest drug of abuse is pain relief medication. People take over-the-counter-drugs for the relief of pain in various parts of the body and also for various health challenges. Many people are even unaware that certain pain medications are better suited for certain ailments and are therefore better prescribed by a competent professional, who will also monitor the effects, especially when such drugs are to be used for extended period, as in the treatment of chronic pain conditions like arthritis, cancer, etc.

Lagos committed to quality grass-roots health care – Fashola

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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said his administration was creating a robust grassroots healthcare.

Fashola spoke during the inauguration of a second comprehensive Primary Health Centre in Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area.

The governor, who urged residents to maximise the use of the centres, said PHC facilities in the state had been redesigned to operate a comprehensive 24 hours service to boost grassroot healthcare.

He said, “These new PHCs are designed to make cases of malaria, ante-natal and child delivery a local affair while difficult cases which the PHCs cannot cope with will see such patients referred to general hospitals and teaching hospitals.”

Too Many Drug Types Are Compromising Heart Health: Doctors

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Too Many Drug Types Are Compromising Heart Health: Doctors

The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who attended the annual scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology, held on March 9-11 in San Francisco. They said eliminating certain drugs could potentially improve care without compromising treatment. Evidence is growing that some medications are not effective.

Tonto Dikeh’s Fans Fear For Her Health

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Tonto Dikeh who made her début in Nollywood few years back is naturally fair in complexion.

But despite this, the controversial actress has gone ahead to tone her skin in a manner that makes her to  look like  a ‘weird beauty.’

Her fans are expressing fear that the actress whose green veins have become so obvious through her now thin-layered skin, may soon break down with a skin disease.

Jonathan Orders Increased Security Around Health Workers Following Kano Shootings

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President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the killing of nine health workers by gunmen in Kano state on Friday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President promised that the death of the health workers would not be in vain as his government would intensify efforts to eradicate polio in the country.

Gunmen Kill 9 Female Health Workers In Kano

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Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants have killed nine female workers involved in polio vaccinations in two separate incidents in the city of Kano. The gunmen riding on tricycles opened fire on health workers at Hotoro Haye and Shargalle Health Centre in the Kano metropolis as the health workers prepare their polio vaccination cocktails for the day.

Two women were felled by the militants bullets at Unguwa Uku while seven others died from the lethal attack on Shargalle Health Centre in attacks that took place thirty minutes apart. Police spokesperson Musa Majia confirmed the attacks to journalists stating that the gunmen had fled the scene of the attack before security agents could reach the area.

Movida nightclub boss Akeem Sodeinde's health worsens

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The popular Lagos club owner and businessman has been battling acute diabetes for a while now. He went to India sometime last year for treatment and was getting better but according to people close to him, he was hit by another crisis that has kept him out of the public for months now. Akeem no longer runs his popular club, Movida. His younger brother manages it for now.

He's retired to his Oniru Estate home and hardly ever comes out these days. People who have seen him recently said he's lost a lot of wight and he receives treatment weekly from a hospital in Victoria Island. Akeem talked about his illness sometime last year:

Doctors Must Not Head Hospitals, Health Workers Tell minister

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The Joint Health Sector Unions on Tuesday insisted that the headship of public hospitals in the country should not be the exclusive right of medical doctors.

They also faulted the claims by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, and the Nigerian Medical Association that their recent protest in which they called for the minister’s sack was political and amounted to blackmail.

According to them, their agitation is in line with industrial relations practices worldwide.

HEALTH: TIGHT FITTING JEANS RESULTS TO PAINFUL TESTICLES

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Doctors have shown a report revealing the number of men suffering from painful testicles,which has become a common problem in the society at large.
Tight fitting jeans has also resulted to low fluid(sperm) count and fungal infections and also in twisting of the testicles.
side effects of tight fitting jeans are stated below;

Commissioner defends building of 27 hospitals in Imo

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Imo Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Obi-Njoku, has said that it will cost the state more to maintain the existing 19 hospitals in the state than to build 27 new ones.

Obi-Njoku said this on Thursday in Owerri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.

He explained that on assumption of office, the administration assessed the health sector and found that the state had suffered a drastic degradation of infrastructure and facilities due to poor management.

 He said that, based on the findings, the administration collapsed the 19 general hospitals into 10 and granted their management to the British Health System Management Consortium for 15 years.

NAN reports that the policy attracted criticisms from some residents who felt that it would be so expensive to have access to the hospitals because the proprietors would only be interested in making profits.  

Obi-Njoku, however, insisted that it was in the best interest of the people to allow the British consortium to invest in and run the dilapidated hospitals for 15 years while government built new ones.

“Our people go to India, Germany, Britain, Israel and other countries for treatment; such people spend between N10 million and N20 million for some treatment that, with the right equipment, diagnosis and drugs, would cost only N500,000 here.

“Doctors don’t manage hospitals; it will be a waste of manpower; we are bringing in hospital management professionals so that doctors will actually do the job they are trained to do,” he said.  

The commissioner said that the state government had embarked on a comprehensive health insurance scheme to ensure that the poor had access to health care.

He gave an assurance that the new hospitals would be completed by the end of the year, adding that government was already making plans to equip them.  

 The commissioner also pointed out that a professional management team was being assembled to run the new hospitals.

“Our goal is to make Imo State a health tourism destination.

“Health tourism cannot be done in dilapidated buildings and if you must do it, you must offer the best in terms of infrastructure, equipment, management and services,” he added.

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