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 …
The NCDC’s strategy to improve COVID-19 testing in Nigeria is based on popular demand are discussed as follows: The NCDC hopes to achieve a test capacity of 7,500 tests per day to increase the capacity at the time of publishing the document (15th April 2020) by getting 5,000 new tests per day. It is aim …
As of 29 March 2020, there have been more than 680,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease in 203 countries around the world. On 11 March, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 a pandemic. Africa was initially spared, however this is changing rapidly. In the last two weeks, the number of affected African countries increased from …
Why and how different countries need a unique response to COVID-19 Read More »
The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak (also called COVID-19, or 2019-nCoV, or SARS-CoV-2) as pandemic, after it was previously declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As 2019-nCoV continues to spread around the world, African nations are not left out of the threats and the uncertainties. As of 11 April 2020, …
Novel Coronavirus Calls for The Need to Accelerate the Use of Telemedicine in Africa. Read More »
Self medication is a human behaviour that involves consumption of drugs either for the diagnosis, prevention or mitigation of diseases. Self medication is mostly done to improve wellbeing in minor conditions like fever, aches or weakness using over-the-counter drugs, but what if this triad is a symptom of a medical condition that normally does need …
This article was written to celebrate The World Health Day 2020 Etymologically, the word “Nurse” is derived from the Latin word for nourish. It was linked with nurturing, caring, comforting and other maternal types of behavior that are seen by the society. Since the beginning of time, promoting health, circumventing illnesses and caring for the …
Nursing and Midwifery: A vital resource to Public Health Read More »
Congratulations for being among few people who contribute to establishment of this great initiative and on a path to know more about healthy lifestyle. We are glad to finally launch this website which is hoped to be one of the largest movement in Africa that aimed at bridging the knowledge gap about healthy lifestyle. This …
