Mouth cancers claim 764 lives every year in Nigeria - Health Minister
Mr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, has said 764 people died of mouth cancers, also known as oral cancers every year in Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday
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Mr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, has said 764 people died of mouth cancers, also known as oral cancers every year in Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says 746 Nigerians die annually from oral cancer complications in the country. He said 1,146 cases were diagnosed in the country annually. Ehanire, who was represented by Dr Gloria Uzo-Igwe, Head of the Dentistry Division, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), said this at a one-day oral cancer training
Orofacial cleft is an opening that a child is born with. The opening occurs mainly on the upper lip (cleft lip) and the roof of the mouth (palate).
By Fri May 21 2021 An expert has called for the establishment of a craniofacial hospital for the poor and less privileged in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The expert made the call yesterday during a free craniofacial surgery outreach organised by the Cleft and Facial Deformity Foundation at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State. Facial deformities are a group of diseases that come not just with body pain but immense psychological disturbance due to stigmatisation. They include facial clefts (cleft lip and palate), facial tumour, locked jaw and Noma. A consultant maxil...