Health

The United Nation Children Endowment Fund, UNICEF said plan by the Nigerian authority to end open defecation by year 2025 might not be possible. The organisation said it would take Nigeria until 2046 before it could end the said target if it follow the roadmap strictly. The UNICEF Water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) specialist at its Zonal office in Lagos, Monday Johnson disclosed this in Ibadan yesterday during the agency 2-days program on media dialogue with the southwest journalist in the country.

The Federal Government has directed all Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors in Federal Tertiary Hospitals to go ahead and implement the no-work no-pay policy against the striking medical resident Doctors.
The directive also said the CMDs should deploy an attendance register for all resident doctors to sign in and out of the hospital to serve evidence against those who refuse to come out for duty for further sanction. It was learned that the minister of Health gave the directive through a letter emanated from the Federal Ministry of Health addressed to all CMDs yesterday conveying the message.

A new drug call, donanemab, has been found to slow the progression of Alzheimer disease, a type of dementia disease mostly affecting the elderly. According to health expert, Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that leads to mild memory loss, and in some cases, the inability to carry on a conversation and respond to the environment as expected.

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday, confirmed a case of anthrax in the country. The Chief Veterinary Officer of the Ministry, Dr. Columba T. Vakuru, said that animals showing signs of a possible case of anthrax on a farm in Suleja, Niger State were reported to the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria on July 14, 2023.

The Association of Community Pharmacists in Nigeria has called for ethical distribution of drugs in the country to ward off challenges to human health. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the ACPN Chairman, Wale Oladigbolu and Secretary, Ambrose Ezeh, stating that non-production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Nigeria has poses security challenges to the health sector.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has announced the outbreak of Diptheria disease in Abuja FCT and its environs after confirming a test result positive. The FCT Director of Public Health Department, The FCT Director, Public Health Department, Dr. Sadiq Abdulrahman, declared the outbreak, to newsmen during a conference yesterday Monday, 3rd July, 2023 in Abuja.