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NAFDAC says Pax Herbal Cugzin ‘safe to use’, not for COVID-19 treatment

NAFDAC says Pax Herbal Cugzin ‘safe to use’, not for COVID-19 treatment

Appolonia Adeyemi   Contrary to reports making rounds that NAFDAC has approved Pax Herbal Cugzin capsule for COVID-19 treatment, the agency clarified on Saturday, that the herbal drug was listed as “safe to use,” saying…

FGM: UNICEF blames medical practitioners on increasing cases in Ebonyi

FGM: UNICEF blames medical practitioners on increasing cases in Ebonyi

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Friday blamed medical practitioners and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) for increasing cases of Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) in Ebonyi State It said some medical practitioners were perpetrating the act, describing…

Nestlé, LBS train journalists on nutrition reporting

Nestlé, LBS train journalists on nutrition reporting

  Nestlé Nigeria and the Lagos Business School hosted the 2020 Advancing Nutrition, Health and Wellness (NHW) training in the first two weeks of June. The virtual media training programme came at a critical time…

Strategy to contain community spread of COVID-19 defective – JOHESU chair

Strategy to contain community spread of COVID-19 defective – JOHESU chair

Comrade Joy Josiah Biobelemoye is the chairman, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). In this interview with APPOLONIA ADEYEMI, he discusses how ineffective lockdown contributed in the spread of infection, resulting in spike of the pandemic…

Measures to keep older adults safe from COVID-19

Measures to keep older adults safe from COVID-19

Survey results from 27 countries suggest that, despite their increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19, elderly people are not more willing to isolate when asked to, and are not more compliant with several…

ACOMIN seeks increased funding to eradicate malaria

ACOMIN seeks increased funding to eradicate malaria

Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has called for increased and deliberate funding for malaria interventions by states and local governments towards eradicating the scourge in Nigeria. The group also stressed the…

Healing powers of Aloes

Healing powers of Aloes

Aloe is the name given to a variety of perennials of the Liliaceae/Aloeaceae family. There are over 325 species in this genus. Aloe ferox, Aloe perryi, Aloe barteri, called West African Aloe, and Aloe Barbadensis,…

Smile Train partners speech pathologists

The global cleft charity, Smile Train, has partnered Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Association in Nigeria (SPAAN), in a bid to improve the treatment and care of cleft lip and palate patients. In a virtual meeting…

Scientists warn of potential wave of COVID-linked brain damage

Scientists warn of potential wave of COVID-linked brain damage

  Scientists warned on Wednesday of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium. A study by researchers at University…

India: Life-saving Covid-19 drugs sold in Delhi black market

India: Life-saving Covid-19 drugs sold in Delhi black market

*Death toll hits 20,000 as infections surge Abhinav Sharma’s uncle had very high fever and difficulty breathing when he was admitted to a hospital in Delhi. He tested positive for coronavirus and doctors told the…