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Nigeria: Protection of Most Vulnerable People during lockdown from COVID-19 Response

Leave a Comment / Infectious Diseases, News Update / By Abdullahi Aborode

Nigeria’s federal and state governments should ensure the rights to food, shelter, and other basic necessities for people losing jobs or income during the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic assistance that the government has announced in response to the virus has exposed inadequacies in Nigeria’s social protection systems and risks excluding the country’s poorest and most …

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FAMILY PLANNIG: AN OVERLOOKED REMEDIAL

2 Comments / Children Health / By Balogun Zainab

Family planning is a method adopted by a couple to control the number of children they can adequately cater for and the right time to have them. Family planning allows people to attain desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING NATURAL/TRADITIONAL METHODS Calendar method or rhythm method: here …

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Vitamins : A key nutrient needed for boosting African children’s immunity.

Leave a Comment / Children Health, Diet & Nutrition / By Abdul-azeez Opeyemi Adeleye

What are vitamins anyway? Vitamins are one of the major components of food that are needed for the body to grow and develop normally. They are molecular substances required by the body system in smaller amounts for a variety of essential processes. They are mostly found in fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Sadly, in the African …

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Insomnia: what you should know

1 Comment / Non Infectious Diseases / By Deborah Oluwaseunayomi

Insomnia, a kind of sleep disorders has an uprising Public health problem in the modern society. It describes a condition of having problem with sleep which results in feeling unrefreshed during the day and difficulty with daytime function. The worldwide prevalence of insomnia symptoms is approximately 30-35% but in spite of its prevalence and burden, …

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World Hypertension Day

Leave a Comment / News Update, Non Infectious Diseases / By Gabriel Oke

Hypertension, a cardiovascular disease together with its counterparts like stroke, heart disease and diabetes continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide, especially in the United State of America. it is defined as a condition in which the blood vessel have persistently raised pressure i.e. the rate of blood force against the arteries walls …

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Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review

Leave a Comment / Non Infectious Diseases / By Babajide Babayeju

Blood pressure is the force at which your heart pumps blood around your body and the resistance it faces in doing that by the blood vessels. Hypertension or high blood pressure is medically defined as a persistent rise in systemic arterial blood pressure. Hypertension is a major health problem due to its high prevalence, frequent …

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Jaundice In Children

Leave a Comment / Children Health / By admin

Jaundice is a liver-related condition identified by yellowness of skin (not obvious in blacks), sclera of the eye and sometimes change in body fluid and stool. It is often normal in newborn and persists for only first few days of life until when the liver is well developed. It could be a medical emergency when …

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