Health

Health

It’s fever, it’s malaria: Taking innovative measures to tackle illnesses in a slum

Since to the best of people’s knowledge, any fever is malaria, they also claim to know what to do to prevent ‘Iba’ or malaria.Joe’s father, for exampl

Growing concerns about Ebola in Africa

In the three African countries mostly affected, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the meager resources of the entire health system are deployed to tac

I need more information about dementia?

Abu Maryam The word dementia comes from the Latin ‘d’e meaning “apart” and mens from the genitive mentis meaning “mind”. Dementia is the progressive d

‘HIV/AIDS funds not to be spent on Jonathan’s campaign’

In a rejoinder, the Director General of the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko, said the report was misleading,

‘Early breastfeeding can prevent Jaundice’

How do you view jaundice, and why is it suddenly a concern? Neonatal jaundice (jaundice in newborn) is different from jaundice in adults. It is so sev