Tag: #PreventDisease
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WHO AND GERMANY SOUND ALARM ON NCDS, URGE GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST THE SILENT PANDEMIC
At the World Health Summit 2025 in Berlin, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus and Germany’s Health Minister Nina Warken called for urgent global efforts to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), the silent pandemic claiming 43 million lives annually. Dr. Tedros highlighted how diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory conditions cut down 18 million people…
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HEALTH EXPERTS URGE URGENT ACTION TO PREVENT HEPATITIS B TRANSMISSION IN NIGERIA
Avoid sharps, unsafe injections, and unscreened blood to protect your heart and liver health. Dr. Olaniyi Ogundokun, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee at State Hospital Oyo, warns Nigerians to take immediate precautions against Hepatitis B by avoiding sharing sharp objects, unsafe injections, and unscreened blood transfusions. He emphasized that safe male circumcision should be…
