By Fasilat Lawal Persons affected by leprosy want the government to lead the campaign against the stigmatization of people with the disease. Program Officer, the Leprosy Mission Nigeria, Kwara State, Mr Muyiwa Nafiu made the call in commemoration of this year’s, World Leprosy Day in Ibadan. He Continue Reading
National Coordinator, Neglected Tropical Disease,(NTD) Elimination Program, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Nsebong Akpan said the federal government is collaborating with the Christian Blind Mission, CBM to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases. NTDs are found in several countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. NTDs are especially common in tropical areas or Continue Reading
About one point six million school-age children in 26 Local Governments in Oyo State are at risk of endemic diseases of Schistosomiasis. National Coordinator of the NTDs, Dr Ńṣe Akpan stated this at the Flag off of the deworming exercise for beneficiaries of National Home Grown School Feeding programme held at IDC primary School, Gbagi, Ibadan. […]Continue Reading
As the world marks the day set aside for neglected tropical diseases, the Ogun State government has trained community mobilisers including teachers to sensitize households on the diseases. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Doctor Tomi Coker made this known in Abeokuta while briefing newsmen on the commemoration of the day by the ministry. The […]Continue Reading
As the 2021 World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is being commemorated, stakeholders advocate collective efforts to its end. Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, impose significant health, social and economic burden on over a billion people across the world in terms of direct health costs, loss of productivity and reduced socioeconomic and educational attainment. To Continue Reading
The Ogun State Government has called for a community dialogue approach to enable rural communities to have a better understanding of reducing neglected tropical diseases, NTDs through proper sanitation and a healthy environment. The state’s NTD coordinator at the Ministry of Health, Dr Islamiat Shoneye made the call when she led other members of her team on […]Continue Reading