An expert has revealed how prevention research and use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), will help improve the health of the populace through achieving reduced new HIV infections.
Dr James Anenih, the head of Research at the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), spoke on the status of PrEP which are drugs that people take to prevent them from getting HIV infection.
According to Anenih, about two years ago the PrEP demonstration study was launched in Nigeria, he explained that PrEP is a procedure for people who do not have HIV but who are at substantial risk of contracting the virus; to prevent HIV infection they take a pill daily.
Ebola: DR Congo To Get Experimental Vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it hopes to be able to send an experimental Ebola vaccine as early as this week to deal with an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It's thought 4,000 doses will be sent to the remote north-western province of Equateur.
Ebola Outbreak: WHO Sends Experts To Tackle Epidemic
Ebola Outbreak: WHO Sends Experts To Tackle The Democratic Republic of Congo and U.N. agencies began deploying emergency teams of specialists over the weekend to try to prevent the spread of an Ebola epidemic suspected to have infected more than 30 people, they said on Sunday.
The latest suspected case was reported on Friday in the northwestern province of Equateur, which Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga visited on Saturday with officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF), according to Reuters.
Nurses Donate Drugs, Sanitary Pads To Girls School In Abuja
Nurses and midwives under the umbrella of Igala Nurses and Midwives Association (INAMA) on Friday, made donation of sanitary pads and drugs to students of Federal Government Girls’ College, Bwari, Abuja.
While presenting the items, President of the association, Mrs Christie Awunor, said the gesture was a medical outreach organised by the nurses as part of activities to commemorate the International Nurses Week.
Mrs Awunor said that the donation was aimed at promoting the health of the girls in the school while encouraging them to always use pads during their periods.
Jigawa LG Targets 62,521 Children In Polio Immunisation
The Miga Local Government Council authority of Jigawa says no fewer than 62,521 children would be immunized at the on-going polio immunisation in the area.
The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Abdullahi Yakubu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse.
Study Suggests One In Every Eight Adults Are Hypertensive
According to a research, one in every eight American above the age group of 30 has a risk of increased blood pressure.
The study shows that, more than 5.5 million people ignore their health problems and risks of having a high blood pressure.
The rate at which people suffer from high blood pressure globally has reached disturbing levels.
Ebola: WHO To Stem Outbreak In Congo Using Vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it intends to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle the current epidemic in a remote area of Congo to mitigate it spreading, particularly to the provincial capital of 1 million people.
Congo reported the outbreak on Tuesday, with 32 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of the disease since April 4, including 18 deaths. A new suspected case was reported on Friday.
WHO is moving swiftly, having been criticised for bungling its response to a 2014-2016 outbreak that lead to the deaths of more than 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.