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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Poor remuneration and inadequate personnel mar the just-concluded National Immunisation Plus Days (campaign) in Rivers State. Monitoring the exercise which took place February 18 to 21, 2012, across the nation, The Tide gathered that the immunisers could not adequately cover the state due to the discouraging poor transport allowances paid to the personnel, which made [...]
The Gokana Local Government Council says its target is to ensure full coverage of the area in the on-going immunsiation programme. The Council chairman, Hon. Deemua Ledee Deemua said this while flagging off the immunisation exercise of the Community Health Centre, Yeghe in the Gokana Local Government Area. Hon. Deemua who commended the Nigerian Governors [...]
The Rivers State Ministry of Health, has confirmed six cases of Lassa Fever in the State. Commissioner for Health, Tamunoiyoriari Sampson Parker has therefore declared that an epidemic of Lassa Fever has occurred in the State following the death of a female nurse in Port Harcourt. According to him, “One case of Lassa Fever is [...]
It gives me great pleasure to address you today with very warm felicitations from the Executive Governor of Rivers State on the occasion of the first National Immunisation Plus Days campaign against Polio disease in 2012. On this great occasion, I feel quite impressed and happy to congratulate the people of Rivers State and the [...]
A Nutritionist with Nutrition and Health Managers, Lagos, Dr Paul Nanna, said on Tuesday that drinking adequate water increased the chances of a person being cancer-free for life. Nanna spoke at a press briefing organised by The Bloom Cancer Care and Support centre, a Lagos based cancer support group. He said that adequate water intake [...]
An oncologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr Anthony Popoola, on Thursday urged governments and non-governmental organisations to further educate Nigerians on the symptoms of cancer. Popoola made the appeal in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. He said that cancer was a major cause of death in developing countries, including Nigeria, [...]
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN), says vaccine for treatment of Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus that causes AIDS, may be available in the next five years. Dr Patrick Dakum, the Executive Secretary of IHVN, made the disclosure in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum. He said that the challenge [...]
The Defence Headquarters has described as “alarming’’, cases of high-blood pressure and ulcer among the people in areas affected by the persistent violence in Plateau. The Tide source reports that local government areas mostly affected include Jos-North, Jos-South, Jos-East, Riyom and Barkin-Ladi. “The rampant cases of high blood pressure and ulcers are alarming in the [...]
A Consultant in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Dr Jawa Muhammad, has said that the heat generated from the laptop could affect the sperm count thereby causing infertility. Muhammad told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that heat from the laptop had devastating effect on sperm counts. The Wikipedia online dictionary describes sperm count, or sperm concentration, [...]
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the AU Commission, Amb. Bulus Lolo, said that Nigeria would not tolerate new HIV infections. Lolo said this in Addis Ababa when he hosted the Nigerian delegation to an International Conference on HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) to a dinner at the Nigerian Embassy. Lolo, who doubles as [...]
