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...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has come out with clear term as its not in support of weeding examination in Nursing and Midwifery training institutions in Nigeria. The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria advised the institutions not to admit beyond its quota. The three months examination popularly known as PTS Examination, is done to weed away the so-called "weak students". Its common in schools of nursing and schools of Midwifery. Its a culture that has been practiced for over decades. Its also a control technique to abide with the quota of expected number of students awarded by NMCN. The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria received was petitioned, it was verified and conducted investigation into such practices and found it to be true. Hence, NMCN condemned such process clearly as stated below: Subsequently, the Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria as its 51st General Meeting held from 18th - 19th December, 2019 has approved t...

The quality of the nursing profession has been stepped upon, the values of nursing has been put into questioning, I won’t forget those day’s when we were applying to study nursing science, the joy was indeed enormous, when we got admitted into the university to study nursing, friends could ask you what course are you studying? You would say it without hesitation, nursing science; Relations would ask you what course are you studying? You would say it proudly, I am studying nursing science, these are all because of the prestige, the values, the reputation, and respect that is attached to anyone that is either going to study nursing or who is already a nurse. The society carry nurses with high esteem, parents also gives respect and value their children who is a nurse or in the university studying nursing,  your friends also will respect and carry you differently because it is believed that nurses has a strong code of conducts and are of  a good behavior. But what now has bee...

Nigeria - Greetings from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria(NMCN ). As we will be celebrating 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are excited as *NMCN* to inform you that we will be soon launching our new Free Continuing Professional Development (CPD) online platform and Mobile Application with access to Free CPD courses. Many well known and globally respected educators such as The Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwives are making their content available for Free in Africa for the 1st time. We request that all NMCN Nurses and Midwives Pre-Register on the system before Pre-Registration closes on **Friday 17th January 2020.** This will assist you in meeting the required CPD points prior to the renewal of your practicing license. You can share the link with other members. https://engagement.wcea.education/nmcn?source_code=PRC1 Yours Sincerely, Faruk Umar Abubakar Secretary-General/Registrar

Continent:   West Africa Country:   Mali Capital:  Bamako Population: 17,995,000  (2016) Official Language:  French                          Image: fr.freepik.com Profile:  The  Republic of Mali  is a  country  of  West Africa  , bordering the  Mauritania  in the west of  Algeria  to the north-east,  Niger  to the east,  Burkina Faso  and  Côte d'Ivoire  to the south-southwest,  Guinea  to the southwest and  Senegal  to the west-southwest. Former  French colony  of  French Sudan  , Mali became independent   September  22  ,  1960 , after the breakdown of the  federation of Mali  regrouping Senegal and the  Sudanese Republic  .  Its motto is  "a people, a goal, a faith"  and its flag is made up of th...