Officials of Food and Drugs Authority in Volta Region, Ghana on Friday said they have seized Boxes of drugs, including Tramadol, the popularly abused prescribed-only pain relief, which were being smuggled into Nigeria from Togo. According to Punch, the Volta Regional Director of the FDA, Gordon Akurugu disclosed this while speaking on a Ghanaian show on Friday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed serious worry concerning the negative impact of the strike on the nation’s health sector.
The president, who was represented by Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, made the statement during the 58th general conference and delegates meeting of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) yesterday in Abuja.
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), has announced that it will commence the largest national AIDS survey in June 2018.
Director-General of AIDS, Dr Sani Aliyu, made the announcement at a news conference on “Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey’’ on Thursday in Abuja.
The government of Zimbabwe have launched the National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in the provincial city of Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe, towards curbing cases of cervical cancer in the country.
The vaccination programme, launched by the First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa, is targeted to reach out to over 800,000 girls aged between 10 and 14, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Thursday.
A Deputy Director in Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Mr Philips Eretan, says that the radiation from telecommunication mast has no harmful effect on human health, Vanguard reports. He stated this on Thursday during a consumer outreach programme held in Bauchi. He explained that the World Health Organization (WHO) had confirmed the harmless effect of the mast.
A young man identified as Etim, believed to be in his late 20s has died after reportedly consuming over a thousand milligram of tramadol in Obaganya Otukpo, Benue State.
According to report Eti, who is popularly known as Ratty, became unconscious after consuming the substance and was rushed to Abba clinic at Ogiri Oko street, on April 30.
