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Umezurike, who expressed dismay over poor attitude with the implementation of the use of treated mosquito net by residents, explained that malaria is still a public health with about 60 percent in the state. The Commissioner, who was represented by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Dr. Chris Achi, noted that government led by Governor David Umahi would despite the challenges continue to create political will and support to the roll back malaria intervention in the state. He said in 2020, there was a record of 526,690 uncomplicated malaria cases across the 13 Local Government Areas of E...
2 min read Tuberculosis, a pulmonary disease characterised by persistent coughing, killed more Nigerians in 2019 than the COVID-19 pandemic has so far done, health officials have said. The 2020 WHO ‘global tuberculosis report’ indicated that an estimated 150,000 Nigerians died of TB in 2019 alone while the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 2,061 persons have died of COVID-19 in the country since the index case in February 2020. The different datas suggest that COVID-19 has so far killed only about 1.4 per cent of the number killed by TB in 2019 alone. This da...
'Safe living with domestic animals critical to preventing zoonotic diseases — GHS LISTEN 4 HOURS AGO The Health Promotion Division (HPD) of the Ghana Health Service on Friday urged the public to live and work safely with domestic animals to prevent zoonotic diseases. Ms Bridget Anim, the Deputy Director in Charge of Health Communication, HPD, said the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment calls for conscious efforts in managing such interactions to prevent the spread of diseases from animals to humans and from person to person. She said the HPD and its partners have...
The Health Promotion Division (HPD) of the Ghana Health Service on Friday called on the public to live and work safely with domestic animals to prevent zoonotic diseases. Ms Bridget Anim, the Deputy Director in Charge of Health Communication, HPD, said the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment calls for conscious efforts in managing such interactions to prevent the spread of diseases from animals to humans and from person to person. She said the HPD and its partners have, therefore, developed a Flip Chart on: Living and Working Safely with Animals in Ghana, to serve as...