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Dataphyte investigation found that illiterate and semi-literate hawkers are prescribing drugs for and holding consultations with individuals in Ogun State communities – making millions of naira in the process.
………Pregnant women, children bear the brunt
The majority, 73 per cent, of all confirmed Lassa fever cases were reported from these three states (Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi) so far in 2023.
It is worth pointing out that the amount Nigeria received in 2020 is higher than the combined amount received by the other countries.
Also, the use of unimproved and surface water dropped over the period. Unimproved water source usage dropped from 15 per cent in 2015 to 11 per cent in 2022. Use of surface water dropped from 10 per cent to 5 per cent over the period.
The reporter observed that the facility also served as an office space for an unregistered health establishment when we checked the CAC company registry.
Obesity was estimated to have an economic cost of $2.37 billion in the country in 2019 and is expected to rise to $35.8 billion in the next 37 years.
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The research shows further that the prevalence rate of diabetes is highest in the South-South region of Nigeria and lowest in the North West.
Data have it that two-thirds of the hypertensive population are found in the low- and middle-income countries, of which Nigeria is one.
Under the Buhari-led administration, health workers have been on strike for 164 days, representing 51.41 percent of 319 days of strike embarked upon by this group of professionals in 23 years.
“I don’t engage in any kind of activity during this period, I just lie indoors as the pain is unbearable. I even missed a test which fell within my menstrual period,” Miss Okwobodo said.
The nationally-promoted COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Kano had initially suffered a setback due to an ugly experience with a failed Pfizer vaccine trial in the state and a deluge of misinformation. Today, data shows that Kano has vaccinated 100% of its targeted residents. In this report, Nurudeen Akewushola examines how religious clerics who were once against the coronavirus vaccine helped to drive high vaccination in the state.
“Championing the course to curb SSBs consumption among students on campus is my passion,” she said. Her SSBs awareness project on campus is targeted at seeing a healthy young generation in Nigeria.
Poor sensitisation of the COVID-19 vaccine brewed resistance against the vaccine in many parts of Nigeria. Most of the residents of Kano, Nigeria, had heard little of the vaccine and where they could take it.
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading infectious killer disease globally. This has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to set some milestone targets to achieve by 2025.
