Heath is wealth, a healthy soul is a wealthy soul. December 25 every year is a yuletide season characterized with merry, dancing, eating and meeting with the loved ones. Its a season of sharing, hence, FODOR Healthcare Foundation, celebrated the season in a special way. The NGO didn't distribut foods rather provided free medical services. The event took place at Igbajo in Osun state on the Eve of December 25, 2019. Men and women, young and old, indigenes and neighbour, chiefs and community elders, people on vacation, attended the event. More than 400 people benefited from this community medical services, it was totally free. The team provided different services such as medical consultation, BMI, BP monitoring, Checking of Blood Glucose. The participants also benefited from essential drugs which was  also free of charge. Dr Femi Adeniyi, a consultant Pediatrician attended to kids specially on that event. He attended to about 73 children who presented with different pa...

Image: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Director-General World Health Organisation Good evening to everyone in the room, and to everyone online. I’m really sorry that we’re so late. Thank you all for your patience. As you know, this is an evolving and complex situation. I’d like to thank Dr Houssin for his leadership of the Emergency Committee, and all the members of the committee, the advisors, and those who made presentations earlier today. I was very impressed by the detail and depth of China’s presentation. I also appreciate the cooperation of China’s Minister of Health, who I have spoken with directly during the last few days and weeks. His leadership and the intervention of President Xi and Premier Li have been invaluable, and all the measures they have taken to respond to the outbreak. There was an excellent discussion during the committee today, but it was also clear that to proceed, we need more information. For that reason, I have decided to ask the Eme...

Nigeria- Akwa Ibom 5.6%  Benue 4.9%  Rivers 3.8% Taraba 2.7%  Anambra 2.4% Enugu 2.1% Abia 2.1%  Delta 1.9% Nassarawa 1.9% Edo 1.8%  Bayelsa1.8% Cross  River 1.7% Imo 1.6% Plateau 1.5%  FCT1.5% Lagos 1.3% Borno 1.3% Adamawa 1.3% Ogun 1.2% Gombe 1.2% Kaduna 1.0% Kogi 1.0% Kwara 1.0% Ondo 0.9% Osun 0.9% Oyo 0.9% Ebonyi 0.8%  Niger0.7% Ekiti 0.7% Kebbi 0.6% Kano 0.5% Zamfara 0.5% Yobe 0.4%  Bauchi0.4% Sokoto 0.4% Jigawa 0.3% Katsina 0.3% HIV prevalence rate according to Zones. Zones HIV prevalence (%) South-South 3.1 South-East 1.9 South-West 1.2 North-Central 2.1 North-West 0.6 North-East 1.1 National Prevalence Rate: 1.4%. While Nigeria’s national HIV prevalence is 1.4% among adults aged 15–49 years, women aged 15–49 years are more than twice as likely to be living with HIV than men (1.9% versus 0.9%.) The difference in HIV prevalence between women and men is greatest among younger adults, with young women aged...

China - The WHO is to decide on Wednesday whether the new coronavirus discovered in China should be declared a "public health emergency of international concern", a measure which has only been launched five times to date.  The World Health Organization (WHO) was scheduled to meet this Wednesday to determine whether to declare the  new coronavirus, which has killed 17  and infected hundreds of people in China, "a public health emergency of international concern" (PHEICs).  WHO has so far used this qualification, introduced after SARS (2003) only relatively rarely, for the most serious epidemics.  Point.  What criteria, what measures? According to the WHO definition, a public health emergency of international concern corresponds to "an extraordinary event which has been determined to constitute a risk to public health in other States due to the risk of international spread of disease and that it may require coordinated international action ...

France- After January 15, 2020, aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen will no longer be self-service in pharmacies, announced yesterday the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) which intends to limit the risks associated with misuse of these over-the-counter products.  From now on, these medicines will be placed behind the counter.  People wishing to dispose of them should therefore request them from their pharmacist. No more  aspirin  , Doliprane or Advil self-service in pharmacies: even if these widely used drugs are sold without a prescription, it will be mandatory to ask the pharmacist from January 15, to limit the risks misuse. "   From January 15, 2020, these drugs can no longer be presented in free access in pharmacies  " and "   must all be placed behind the counter of the pharmacist,  " announced Tuesday the  National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Pharmaceuticals. health ...

HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - A mysterious pneumonia outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in China has prompted airports in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to introduce fever screening, as scientists search for the infectious source. From Friday (Jan 3) evening, temperature screening will be implemented at Changi Airport for all travellers arriving from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, Singapore's Ministry of Health said. In Hong Kong, thermal imaging systems will be deployed as part of increased fever surveillance at boundary checkpoints, authorities said. Taiwan has implemented similar measures, its Centre for Disease Control said Tuesday. Several clinics and hospitals in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, received patients suffering from pneumonia, officials announced on New Year's Eve. Twenty-seven people associated with a fresh seafood and produce market fell ill with symptoms, including fever and shortness of breath. Seven were in serious condition a...