The first sighting of a white man by black men probably didn’t cause so much drama as one would expect. Black men probably had seen a few white men amidst themselves. The question that must have lingered for quite some time would be ‘what makes us black and what makes them white?’ In this article,…
DetailsAccording to the WHO and UNICEF, 20 million children missed out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018. “Vaccines are one of our most important tools for preventing outbreaks and keeping the world safe”, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO… Since man’s discovery of vaccines, the burden of infectious…
DetailsTB prevention consists of several main parts. Stopping the transmission of TB from one adult to another This is done through identifying people with active TB, and then curing them through the provision of drug treatment. Such treatment should also be effective to prevent the emergence of drug resistance which reduces the overall effect of…
DetailsNigeria has the highest TB burden in Africa and sixth highest in the world – Deputy Director, National tuberculosis and leprosy control programme (NTBLCP) on the 9th of July 2019. For most Nigerians, it’s no new thing for Nigeria to top the charts of Africa. After all, the country is commonly referred to as the…
Details“Always take some fruits and vegetables” happens to be the most common diet tip the world has to offer every single person in it. It doesn’t matter if the individual is lying on a hospital bed with a terminal illness or up and going in optimal health, all they need are fruits and vegetables. Here,…
DetailsMr Akinola woke up to the cock’s crow, just like he had been doing for the past thirty years now. He got off his mattress and went in search of water to wash his face. As he stepped out of his house, he looked around to the overly familiar rural setting that stared right back…
DetailsNews broke out on Monday 8th July 2019 in the Headquarters of the Nigerian Customs service as an assistant superintendent of customs, stormed the office of the Comptroller General of customs and demanded that he be handed over to as he has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Comptroller General by the President. Obviously…
DetailsAs an extension of the discussion of chronic diseases, we move up to the chest, specifically the lungs. There’s a good deal to know about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is really an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis and some medical literature would say, refractory (non-reversible) asthma.…
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