SAFE BLOOD SAVES LIVES
This year World Blood Donor Day is celebrated today June 14, 2020. The event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gift of blood and also to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals and communities have access to affordable and timely supplies of safe […]
‘PROTECTING YOUTH FROM INDUSTRY MANIPULATION AND PREVENTING THEM FROM TOBACCO AND NICOTINE USE’
World No Tobacco Day is on 31 May 2020. The theme this year ‘Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use’. The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco […]
Measure Your Blood Pressure, Control It, Live Longer
Do you know your numbers? Blood pressure is written as two numbers. The first (systolic) number represents the pressure in blood vessels when the heart contracts or beats. The second (diastolic) number represents the pressure in the vessels when the heart rests between beats. Hypertension is diagnosed, when it is measured on two different days, […]
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CANCER
Overview Cancer refers to any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue. Cancer often has the ability to spread throughout your body. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the world. But survival […]
CORONAVIRUS
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning […]
LASSA FEVER
Lassa fever is an acute febrile illness, with bleeding and death in severe cases. It is caused by the Lassa fever virus with an incubation period of 6-21 days. The virus is named after the town in Borno, Nigeria where the first cases occurred. LASSA FEVER CASES As at 24th of January 2020, Nigeria Centre […]
LEPROSY
Leprosy (also known as Hanson’s disease) is a long-lasting infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae (Bacteria).Every year over 3500 people are diagnosed with leprosy and about 25% of patients having some degree of disability. Stigma and the discrimination against persons and communities affected by leprosy in Nigeria is very high, due to the myths and superstitions […]
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
The Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease. According to WHO, there are about 1.38 million new cases and 458 000 deaths from breast cancer each year. Breast cancer […]
Poliomyelitis
On 24th October 2019, WHO marked the World Polio Day. Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children under 5 years of age. 1 in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, 5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized. However, thanks to the global polio […]