The way your skin looks has a lot to say about your health, it says a lot about what is happening on the inside. When you eat lots of fresh food and lots of fruits, you will be healthy and your skin will become very smooth. Using good soap and cream helps but the real...
Category: Health
Customized diets may optimize mental health, claims study
A study claimed that while a balanced diet is advisable to provide the body all the essential nutrients, customized diets and lifestyle changes could be key to optimising mental health. “We need to consider a spectrum of dietary and lifestyle changes based on different age groups and gender,” she said. “There is not one healthy...
COVID-19: SIDE EFFECTS REPORTED BY THOSE VACCINATED MILD, SAYS NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency says some of those that have received the doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria reported mild side effects. The Federal Government’s agency made this known in a statement on its Twitter handle on Thursday without stating the side effects. It explained that Nigeria did not receive any...
Vaccine side effect fear: Vaccination continues, says FG, eight countries suspend rollout
The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over fear of its possible deadly side effects. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said suspending the vaccine would amount to...
COVID-19: ENUGU GOVT ASSURES ADEQUATE ADMINISTRATION AS THE STATE TAKES DELIVERY OF VACCINES
COVID-19: ENUGU GOVT ASSURES ADEQUATE ADMINISTRATION AS THE STATE TAKES DELIVERY OF VACCINES Enugu State Government alongside Ebonyi and Anambra states, on Wednesday, took delivery of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The vaccines for Enugu State, which...
Nigeria ranks 14th of 18 countries with poor health system; trails Rwanda, as South Africa tops
Despite spirited attempts to improve the fortunes of the healthcare sector, Nigeria has been ranked among countries with the worst health system services in Africa. In a first-of-its-kind Health System Sustainability index report released on Tuesday, Nigeria ranked 14th with a total of 41 scores out of 18 African countries, with South Africa ranking first...
Private sector not allowed to import COVID-19 vaccines –FG
The Federal Government says the private sector is not allowed to import COVID-19 vaccines, adding that all vaccines must come through the government. Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, stated this on Tuesday, in an interview. Nigeria rolled out its vaccination programme against the lethal coronavirus infection on Friday with about four million doses...
Lagos leads vaccine allocation with 507,000 doses, FCT 219,800, Katsina 160,000
States on Tuesday started receiving their consignments of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with Lagos collecting 507,000 doses, Nasarawa, 61,000; Ekiti, 52,960 and Ondo, 75,570. Officials of the states disclosed these figures to The PUNNCH in separate interviews just as one of our correspondents gathered that between 150,000 and 160,000 doses would be given to Katsina...
Health workers’ lists: Uncertainty surrounds vaccination in Kano, Osun, Delta, eight others
We’ve submitted workers’ list to appropriate quarters – Osun Ekiti, Lagos, Imo, Kaduna, eight others meet all criteria COVID-19 vaccination is still uncertain in 11 states as the Federal Government says it has yet to receive the lists of their frontline health workers. The states include Kano, Kogi, Osun, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Borno, Gombe,...
BREAKING: Buhari, Osinbajo receive COVID-19 vaccines in Aso Villa
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were on Saturday vaccinated against COVID-19. Buhari was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi, at about 11.51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. READ ALSO: COVID-19 vaccination certificate’ll soon...