Health

By Prosper Okoye Civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the government to provide essential infrastructure and other interventions in Kwoyi, a community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The call was made on Saturday, February 22, during a medical and humanitarian outreach organised by the Aisha Achimugu Foundation (AAF), YALI Network Abuja, Timawale Inclusive Health Foundation, and Celade Community and Empowerment Initiative in the community. According to AAF’s Programme Director, Kiema Ogunlana, Kwoyi’s territorial nature and remoteness make it a hard-to-reach community, which may explain the lack of attention it receives in terms of development. “There…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu A group, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has tasked both federal and state governments in Nigeria to develop and implement comprehensive healthy food policies targeted at reducing the exposure of Nigerians to certain foods. It listed these as ultra-processed foods, tobacco, excessive sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and salt consumption, saying these constitute high-risk factors driving the country’s alarming cancer burden and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). CAPPA noted that cancer has remained a major public health issue in Nigeria, with an increasing number of new cases and deaths. It said Nigeria records over 120,000 new cases…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Following the recurrence of infectious diseases in the country, Enugu State Government, in collaboration with The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), conducted a simulation exercise at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu,the state capital. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Ikechukwu Obi, expressed the state government’s readiness to prevent and combat any outbreak of infectious diseases in order to ensure hitch-free Yuletide celebrations in the South-Eastern state. The exercise, which held at the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB) premises, involved FAAN workers and other health-related agencies operating at the airport. In a reassuring remark,…