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, […]

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 […]

World Sight Day

World Sight Day—the most important advocacy and communications day in the eye health calendar—is on 10 October 2019.  It aims to focus global attention on vision impairment and blindness. The International Classification of Diseases 11 (2018) classifies vision impairment into two groups, distance and near presenting vision impairment. A person’s experience of vision impairment varies […]