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Senegal: Three Midwives Convicted Over Death Of Pregnant Woman

12May

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Senegal

Senegal: Three Midwives Convicted Over Death Of Pregnant Woman

People demonstrate during a sit-in to demand justice for Astou Sokhna and call for a more humane and patient-friendly health care system at the Place de la Nation in Dakar Three Senegalese midwives involved in the death of a woman in labour have been found guilty of not assisting someone in danger. They received six-month suspended sentences, after Astou Sokhna, died while reportedly begging for a Caesarean. Her unborn child also died. Three other midwives who were also on trial were not found guilty The case caused a national outcry with President Macky Sall ordering an investigation. Mrs Sokhna was in her 30s when she passed away at a hospital in the northern town of Louga. During her reported 20-hour labour ordeal, her pleas to doctors to carry out a Caesarean were i...

Thousands Abandon HIV Drugs In Mozambique

9May

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

HIV/AIDS, News

Thousands Abandon HIV Drugs In Mozambique

The authorities in Mozambique say over 14,000 HIV patients have abandoned antiretroviral therapy in the first three months of the year in the central province of Zambézia. Male patients form the largest part of those no longer taking the drugs, according to Dr Cheinaze Veríssimo - the provincial head of the HIV Programme in the region. He blamed stigma and prejudice associated with HIV for the high rate of defaulters. Read Also: Hoodlums Kill Three, Loot Hospitals in Darfur – MSF Over 300,000 patients receive HIV antiretroviral care in Zambézia province. “The challenge we have now is in relation to those patients who drop out. If the person abandons treatment, the virus automatically gains more strength, the person gets sick and can even, in some cases, lead to death," ...

Hoodlums Kill Three, Loot Hospitals in Darfur – MSF

26Apr

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

News, Security, Sudan, Violence

Hoodlums Kill Three, Loot Hospitals in Darfur – MSF

At least three people have been killed following a hospital raid in Kreneik area in the Sudanese region of Darfur, medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said. The hospital´s pharmacy was also looted, it said in a statement. The victims included two medical workers. MSF teams were not present at the facility at the time of the attack, the charity added. The MSF says a second raid was staged at El Geneina Teaching Hospital, in West Darfur’s capital city, with Médecins Sans Frontières Read Also: Senegal: Health Workers Strike Over Death of Pregnant Woman shooting taking place inside the facility, including the emergency room. One hospital staff was killed, and health workers, including those from MSF, were evacuated. “We are shocked by these attacks and...

Face Masks Now Optional, COVID-19 Restrictions To Go Soon – FG

31Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Face Masks Now Optional, COVID-19 Restrictions To Go Soon – FG

COVID-19 The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has said the use of face masks in public places is now optional, while the decision on the final relaxation of measures will be taken after Easter. The Head of the Technical Secretariat, who also doubles as the Secretary of the PSC on COVID-19, Dr Muktar Muhammed, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja. Countries across the world have started relaxing COVID-19 measures. Recently, Ghana, a West African country, announced that the use of face masks was no longer mandatory. Nigeria has continued to witness a drop in the number of daily COVID-19 cases. The PSC also announced that it would stop demanding proof of PCR tests from fully vaccinated travellers. Muhammed stated, “We are easing up ...

I’m Recuperating After Being Poisoned Third Time – Mr Ibu

26Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Movies and Films, News, Nigeria

I’m Recuperating After Being Poisoned Third Time – Mr Ibu

Actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has said he is currently in the hospital after being poisoned for the third time in about three years. Speaking with Saturday Beats from his hospital bed, Ibu said, “I just got poisoned again. It seems my enemies are using me to rehearse (their powers). This time, I wasn’t poisoned in the village. I was poisoned in Abuja last week at an entertainment event. I really cannot explain how I was poisoned because it was a gathering of people, though it was not a big event.” Mr Ibu Though he sounded weak, the actor maintained that he was getting better. He said, “I am recuperating, although I have neither worked out nor driven since I got ill. However, I intend to take a walk this (Friday) evening, because I am hopeful that I would get better. I am eatin...

Buhari Returns To Nigeria After Medical Trip To London

19Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Buhari Returns To Nigeria After Medical Trip To London

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja on Friday, following a medical check-up in London, UK. Buhari left the country on March 6. He had earlier planned to embark on the medical trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme at 50, but returned to Nigeria on March 4. Read Also: President Apologises to Nigerians over Power Outage, Fuel Scarcity While in London, the president met with Mai Mala Buni, the Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee. The presidential aircraft carrying Buhari touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7.09pm. Source: DailyPost

FG To Integrate Childhood Immunisation Into COVID-19 Vaccination

26Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

FG To Integrate Childhood Immunisation Into COVID-19 Vaccination

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency(NPHCDA), in Nigeria on Tuesday announced that it would integrate childhood vaccination at COVID-19 vaccination sites for children from 0-23 months in the ongoing mass vaccination exercise. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this at the National COVID-19 Vaccines weekly briefing, in Abuja Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this in a statement delivered at the National COVID-19 Vaccines weekly briefing, in Abuja and was shared on the Twitter handle of NPHCDA, @Nphcda. Shuaib explained that the integration was to ensure that preventable childhood diseases are not neglected in the face of the response against the COVID-19 pandemic. The NPHCDA boss also called on Nigerians to endeavour they...

Lagos Government Declares End Of COVID-19 Fourth Wave

23Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Lagos Government Declares End Of COVID-19 Fourth Wave

The fourth wave of COVID-19 is over in Lagos, the state government has said. Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof Akin Abayomi, said that a consistent decrease in COVID-19 case positivity was an indication of the end of the fourth wave in the state. Read Also: COVID-19: Nigerian Government Vows To Bar Unvaccinated Workers From Offices By December Abayomi in an update on his Twitter account said there was a reduction in positivity rates of COVID-19 infection from 29.3 per cent recorded on December 21, 2021, to 1.9 per cent on January 20, 2022. He put bed capacity utilisation at only two percent and fatality rate at 0.71 per cent. But the commissioner asked Lagosians to get vaccinated and continue to adhere to non-pharmaceutical interventions to further reduce the s...

Enforce Compulsory Vaccination On LG, State Workers – FG Tells Governors

10Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Enforce Compulsory Vaccination On LG, State Workers – FG Tells Governors

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and state government workers. This came to fore as the percentage for fully vaccinated Nigerians stalled at 4.2 per cent while those that had taken their first dose remained grounded at 9.8 per cent as of Sunday, January 9, 2021. The NCDC in its daily updates continued to report increase in the number of fatalities reporting no fewer than 38 deaths between January 1 and January 8. Despite the increasing number of cases and deaths, some states have not vaccinate...

With City Of David, Gov Umahi Ends 2021 On A High By Femi Adesina

31Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

With City Of David, Gov Umahi Ends 2021 On A High By Femi Adesina

There’s a City of David, not in Jerusalem, but in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. If the biblical City of David was magnificent, this one is no less so. If the earlier was a sight for sore eyes, the latter equally pulls its weight in grandeur. Governor Dave Umahi, an accomplished engineer, conceived an ultra-modern state-of-the-art medical university for his state. He turned his idea into action, his dream to reality, and out came spectacular and breathtaking King David University of Medical Sciences, a modern City of David. There are some Governors whom my principal, President Muhammadu Buhari loves, irrespective of political parties. Long ago, ever before he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engineer Dave Umahi had always been a special one. Even as...