Have you ever wondered why people deworm? Do worms really live in the human body? Let’s find out. This piece serves to educate us on Ascariasis, a disease caused by the most common intestinal parasite in Nigeria. Ascariasis is called by the intestinal parasite, Ascaris lumbricoides also known as the roundworm. According to WHO 2012…
DetailsDoctors. Nurses. Policemen. Night guards. Factory workers. One common word? They all do ‘shift work’. In shift work, individual rotates between shifts (specified hours of work during day to minimize the strain on each individual and ensure efficiency at work by renewing the human workforce between shifts. These people are at risk of suffering of…
DetailsLaws were made for the people by the people. They exist in virtually every sphere of significance to life as a whole. There are laws that regulate health provision and delivery. These laws serve to ensure that your right to good health as a fundamental human right isn’t denied in anyway. However, most people don’t…
DetailsHow exactly does one’s level of education influence one’s health choices and the quality of health care? Is it odd that people with more education live longer, healthier lives than those with fewer years of schooling across the world? Here, we discuss literacy in the context of institutionalized learning and its resultant effect on health.…
DetailsYou shouldn’t be surprised, I hope. Corruption is a Nigerian thing and there’s little or no doubt about that today. Well, it’s largely a human thing that we’ve somehow learnt to make more of our own. How exactly are corrupt activities being perpetrated in Nigeria’s health care sector? How much has the health sector suffered…
DetailsThirteen, fourteen……nineteen. Currently, one in every six persons in the world belong to this age group. This statistic reflects more of the adolescent age group (10-19) but doesn’t take much away from the point being made. We have a teeming population of young persons who face a number of health challenges peculiar to their age…
DetailsAn estimated 1.25 million induced abortions occurred in Nigeria in 2012, equivalent to a rate of 33 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49 despite the existing legislation against abortion. It does seem as though the legislation appears to be a case of ‘shooting one’s self in the foot’ as it hasn’t helped to reduce the rate…
DetailsThe impact of religion on health in Nigeria is not easily downplayed any day. In fact, there’s probably no way to downplay it. Religiosity permeates every aspect of the Nigerian atmosphere and this doesn’t exclude health at all. There’s seldom any patient that comes into any Nigerian hospital without a prior attempt at divine healing.…
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