HEALTH

The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has said the state has made modest progress in the war against the spread of Lassa Fever, noting that stringent measures have been taken by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to guide against the epidemic and other communicable diseases. Speaking to …

Abuja – The House of Representatives which was presided over by the Speaker, Rt., Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila had rejected in totality the call seeking for the Nigerian government to evacuate stranded Nigerians in China, following the Coronavirus outbreak and the need to quarantine them here in Nigeria. The motion which …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called on Nigerians to join hands with the government to wage war against the cancer scourge, noting that prevention remains a much-neglected weapon in the anti-cancer fight. Obaseki said this in commemoration of the World Cancer Day, set aside by the World …

Gambling is quite a controversial type of entertainment, most people either love it or hate it and often time the representations of gamblers we see on the media are fitted to the one extreme or the other. Like most things in life extreme approach is rarely a good idea, and …

CRISPR, an emerging scientific tool allows one to edit the genome (genetic makeup) of an organism, in a bid to produce more desirable characteristics, suppress detrimental features or study genetic mutations in the organism. Although, it is still being explored for the seemingly endless possibilities it claims to offer, scientists …

‘Does any good thing proceed from the gut?’ Who would believe it, that in the gut lies an indispensable tool for transforming and retelling the 21st Century health narrative? How on earth would one convince you that ‘poop’ is not a complete waste? Why should one even care to believe …

BENIN CITY – Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu has given marching order to health officials in the state to move fast and check the spread of Lasa Fever outbreak across the local governments. The Deputy Governor gave the order at a tripartite meeting in his office …

BENIN CITY – With the recent resurgence of Lassa fever across endemic states in the country, the Edo State Government has firmed up mechanisms to fight the menace with the donation of 200 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, as part of efforts to curb the …

The Edo State Government has intensified efforts to curb the spread of Lassa fever into the state, in the wake of the resurgence of the viral disease across endemic states in the country. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said …

BENIN CITY – With the Edo Health Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP) poised to improve the general wellbeing of Edo people, residents across the state have lauded the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s investment in attaining universal health coverage in the state, especially with the extensive work on Primary Healthcare Centres in rural …