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Increasing Number of People with Mental Health Issues

Web News 15 February 2022 471 0

Recently, Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu raised alarm over the worsening situation of mental health of Nigerians in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu who said one in four Lagos residents struggles with one mental health disorder or the other explained that the figure is a product of Continue Reading

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Checking Diagnostic Errors In Health Care

Web News 15 September 2021 789 0

Diagnostic errors are diagnosis that are delayed, wrong or missed altogether with fake or wrong results on the part of a doctor or laboratory scientists. According to World Health Organization, diagnostic errors had led to patient harm and it is the fourteenth leading cause of the global disease burden, cause of morbidity and mortality across […]Continue Reading

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World Malaria Day: Zero Malaria Society Is Achievable – Health Experts

Web News 25 April 2021 583 0

World Health Organisation, W.H.O, 2019 report put malaria figure at Two Hundred and Twenty Nine Million Cases Globally.While malaria related deaths stood at four hundred and nine thousand same year.As aresult of the death burden from this disease, W.H.O, set aside every 25th April as World Malaria Day to highlight prevention and control.Malaria is an […]Continue Reading

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Improving Life Expectancy

Web News 2 March 2021 645 0

One of the determinants of a well developed nation health wise is her life expectancy ratio. Life expectancy can be defined as a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. According to  World health […]Continue Reading

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Dementia: Causes and Management

Web News 29 September 2020 816 0

By Titilayo Kupoliyi     Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life. These changes trigger a decline in thinking skills, severe enough to impair daily life and independent function. They also affect behavior, feelings and relationships. World Health Organisation, Continue Reading