Health

Covid -19 update: More than 15,000 girls got pregnant in Malawi during lockdown

Covid -19 update: More than 15,000 girls got pregnant in Malawi during lockdown

  Former Malawian President, Dr. Joyce Hilda Banda has disclosed that women and girls are more vulnerable to the devastating of effects of the novel COVID-19 pandemic on the continent of Africa as the pandemic has within the last three months subjected young girls in a district in Malawi to early and unwanted pregnancy and others untold hardship. The educator and grassroots women’s activist who presided over the affairs of Malawi from May 2009 to April 2012 made the shocking revelation while speaking at the Osasu Show Symposium on the devastating impact of COVID -19 on the continent of Africa,…
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COVID-19 Update: 2 Dead As Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) Confirms 131 New Cases

COVID-19 Update: 2 Dead As Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) Confirms 131 New Cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has confirmed 131 new cases of COVID-19, with two declared dead on Thursday. The 131 new cases recorded on Thursday, take the total to 56,735 while recoveries hit 48,092. The NCDC said with two recorded deaths as of September 17, the country has recorded a total of 1,093 fatalities since the outbreak of the virus. The 131 new cases are recorded as follows: Lagos-45 Kaduna-17 Plateau-17 FCT-16 Delta-6 Niger-6 Kwara-5 Oyo-3 Akwa Ibom-2 Cross River-2 Ekiti-2 Enugu-2 Osun-2 Sokoto-2 Bauchi-1 Ebonyi-1 Katsina-1 Rivers-1 Total confirmed : 56,735 Total discharged 48,092 Total deaths: 1,093
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Mental health legislation and policy role in solving Covid’19  By Victor Egba

Mental health legislation and policy role in solving Covid’19 By Victor Egba

  It was John F. kenedy that said “change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”. Applicably the Nigerian legislation on mental health have remained in the past, and sadly colonial relic, which have relegated the practice and safety of mentally challenged to the background, this is not without its accompanying consequences. The lack luster attitude of our policy makers or outright ignorance of the significant need to protect mentally challenged people who are statistically put at about twenty (20) million. This figure according to the…
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Global Update on Coronavirus: Pelosi Says House Will ‘Stay Here Until We Have a Bill’ for More Aid

Global Update on Coronavirus: Pelosi Says House Will ‘Stay Here Until We Have a Bill’ for More Aid

Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said on Tuesday that the House would not leave for the November elections without acting on an additional round of stimulus to prop up the coronavirus-ravaged economy, responding to growing concern among rank-and-file lawmakers over the prospect of returning home to face voters without doing so. “We have to stay here until we have a bill,” Ms. Pelosi privately told lawmakers on a conference call on Tuesday morning, according to two people familiar with the remarks who disclosed them on condition of anonymity. Shortly afterward, Ms. Pelosi repeated the promise in an interview on CNBC,…
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Global Coronavirus update: Coronavirus patient unable to work six months on

Global Coronavirus update: Coronavirus patient unable to work six months on

Jade Townsend has said she is worried she will "never get back to my normal self" months after catching coronavirus. Jade Townsend, 22, was active and sociable before spending just one night in hospital after contracting Covid-19. But she said she can no longer work and suffers chronic fatigue, fevers, nausea and a fluctuating fast heart rate. Researchers studying long-term effects of the virus said they hoped to prevent a "cycle of illness where the symptoms continue". Many coronavirus patients have reported debilitating symptoms continuing months after falling ill, which can include breathlessness, chronic fatigue and brain fog. Jade Townsend…
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Coronavirus Update: Is the slowing down in Africa genuine?

Coronavirus Update: Is the slowing down in Africa genuine?

Following the relaxation of restrictions across Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Covid-19 outbreak in Africa may have passed its peak, but it warns governments not to be complacent. The number of new daily confirmed cases overall has been dropping for a month now, although some countries are experiencing a rise in cases. So what do know about the course of the disease in Africa? At what rate is coronavirus spreading? Over the past four weeks, there has been an average 17% fall in the number of weekly new cases being reported. "We have had what seems…
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