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  • Photos: Ladies, this is what happens when you bleach your skin

    According to a survey report from AL Jazeera, Nigeria has the world’s highest percentage of women using skin lightening agents in the quest for “beauty”.


    Lightening creams are not effectively regulated in Nigeria where even roadside vendors sell tubes and plastic bags of powders and ointments from cardboard boxes stacked along sidewalks in market districts. Many of the tubes are unlabelled as to their actual ingredients. This let many to bleaching without even knowing what will happen to their skin sooner or later. For Nigerians only abide to force. 





    Harmful Effects of Skin Whitening or Bleaching 


    Bleaching is, in fact, a process in which the hair on the skin is bleached to match with the actual skin tone. However, the side effects are:

    • Dark grey spots 
    • Skin cancer 
    • Acne 
    • Swelling of the skin 
    • Thinning of the skin 
    • Cataracts 
    • Setting down of fat on face, chest, upper back and stomach 
    • Increase in appetite and weight gain 
    • Osteoporosis 
    • Neurological and kidney damage due to high level of mercury used in the creams 
    • Psychiatric disorders 
    • Severe birth defects 
    • Asthma 
    • Liver damage

    Some of these side effects could be seen almost immediately while some are seen after prolonged use of skin whitening creams. 


    Credit: AL Jazeera and India Parenting 

  • Please endeavor to Vaccinate your child against meningitis, measles and hepatitis

    As fragile as the country is, concern must taken against diseases outbreaks in respect of Lassa fever, Bird Flu and the rest. We should endeavor to Vaccinate ourselves including the children against diseases like meningitis, hepatitis and the likes.

    According to the Director, National Centre of Diseases Control, Abuja, Prof. Abdulsalam Nasidi, the new strain of meningitis has killed a significant number of people.

    Nasidi says, “There is the need to inform Nigerians that there have been reported cases of Meningitis ‘C’ and it is killing people. The Type ‘A’ has been successfully dealt with and now we are battling with the ‘C’ type.
    “ I call on all state governors especially those in the North-West to start warming up to introduce vaccines.”Lately, vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, pneumonia and meningitis have been killing Nigerians. The worst hits are children, whose parents could have saved them from premature deaths by doing the needful.

    Here is a list of some important vaccines that parents must ensure that their children take for all round protection :
    Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine
    The BCG vaccine is the only tuberculosis vaccine currently available, although there are other TB vaccines under development. It is a relatively inexpensive, safe, and readily available vaccine.
    The BCG vaccine is normally given to children as it has been shown to provide very good protection against the disseminated forms of TB in children.
    Rotavirus vaccine
    It is an oral vaccine against rotavirus infection, a common cause of diarrhoea and sickness, is given as two doses for babies aged two months and three months alongside their other routine childhood vaccinations.
    The vaccine, called Rotarix, is given as a liquid from a dropper straight into the baby’s mouth for them to swallow.
    Rotavirus is a highly infectious stomach bug that typically strikes babies and young children, causing an unpleasant bout of diarrhoea, sometimes with vomiting, tummy ache and fever. Some children who are not given this vaccine may die from rotavirus infection if it is severe.
    Hepatitis B vaccine
    Hepatitis B is one of the most infectious killer disease in the world. It is however, a vaccine preventable disease. Family health physician, Dr. Femi Omolola, notes that the HPV vaccine has been proven to be 99 per cent effective in preventing the viral infection when given to babies at birth.
    Other vaccines on the national routine immunisation programme in Nigeria include eight DPT (Dipheteria-pertusis-tetanus), Hib (Haemophilius Influenza type B, oral polio, measles, yellow fever, and the meningiccocal vaccines.

  • Please endeavor to Vaccinate your child against meningitis, measles and hepatitis

    As fragile as the country is, concern must taken against diseases outbreaks in respect of Lassa fever, Bird Flu and the rest. We should endeavor to Vaccinate ourselves including the children against diseases like meningitis, hepatitis and the likes.

    According to the Director, National Centre of Diseases Control, Abuja, Prof. Abdulsalam Nasidi, the new strain of meningitis has killed a significant number of people.

    Nasidi says, “There is the need to inform Nigerians that there have been reported cases of Meningitis ‘C’ and it is killing people. The Type ‘A’ has been successfully dealt with and now we are battling with the ‘C’ type.
    “ I call on all state governors especially those in the North-West to start warming up to introduce vaccines.”Lately, vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, pneumonia and meningitis have been killing Nigerians. The worst hits are children, whose parents could have saved them from premature deaths by doing the needful.

    Here is a list of some important vaccines that parents must ensure that their children take for all round protection :
    Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine
    The BCG vaccine is the only tuberculosis vaccine currently available, although there are other TB vaccines under development. It is a relatively inexpensive, safe, and readily available vaccine.
    The BCG vaccine is normally given to children as it has been shown to provide very good protection against the disseminated forms of TB in children.
    Rotavirus vaccine
    It is an oral vaccine against rotavirus infection, a common cause of diarrhoea and sickness, is given as two doses for babies aged two months and three months alongside their other routine childhood vaccinations.
    The vaccine, called Rotarix, is given as a liquid from a dropper straight into the baby’s mouth for them to swallow.
    Rotavirus is a highly infectious stomach bug that typically strikes babies and young children, causing an unpleasant bout of diarrhoea, sometimes with vomiting, tummy ache and fever. Some children who are not given this vaccine may die from rotavirus infection if it is severe.
    Hepatitis B vaccine
    Hepatitis B is one of the most infectious killer disease in the world. It is however, a vaccine preventable disease. Family health physician, Dr. Femi Omolola, notes that the HPV vaccine has been proven to be 99 per cent effective in preventing the viral infection when given to babies at birth.
    Other vaccines on the national routine immunisation programme in Nigeria include eight DPT (Dipheteria-pertusis-tetanus), Hib (Haemophilius Influenza type B, oral polio, measles, yellow fever, and the meningiccocal vaccines.

  • A short comparison between Nigeria’s and foreign Medical Doctors by Okoeguale John

    John Okoeguale is a fresh medical doctor from University of Calabar, Calabar. He’s been a type that suffers the oppression from the abroad doctors thing. He wrote this short review after he’s experience with the lack of aura from those who studied medicine abroad.

    John says:
    Nigeria is a third world developing country yet our year-4 medical students are much more better than so called foreign trained doctors that trained in Ukraine, Russia.
    A foreign trained doctor that doesn’t know how to set up a line, doesn’t know between the head and lower extremities which have a better blood supply… Akpaidem!

    He rounded everything with this hashtag, #NigerianMedSchoolWithdrawnForeignTrainedDockeys.

    We should try and work with our very own, that’s what will make this country to grow.

  • A short comparison between Nigeria’s and foreign Medical Doctors by Okoeguale John

    John Okoeguale is a fresh medical doctor from University of Calabar, Calabar. He’s been a type that suffers the oppression from the abroad doctors thing. He wrote this short review after he’s experience with the lack of aura from those who studied medicine abroad.

    John says:
    Nigeria is a third world developing country yet our year-4 medical students are much more better than so called foreign trained doctors that trained in Ukraine, Russia.
    A foreign trained doctor that doesn’t know how to set up a line, doesn’t know between the head and lower extremities which have a better blood supply… Akpaidem!

    He rounded everything with this hashtag, #NigerianMedSchoolWithdrawnForeignTrainedDockeys.

    We should try and work with our very own, that’s what will make this country to grow.

  • Cross River Government To Ensure Accreditation Of Nursing And Midwifery Schools Before Year End

    The Cross River government says it has met the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for the accreditation of its schools of nursing and midwifery before the end of the year.
    The Health Commissioner Inyang Asibong stated this while inspecting facilities at one of the institutions in Calabar where she averred that the readiness of the facilities required is a “demonstration of courage” in the face of lean resources accruing to the state.
    Asibong also noted that the decision to renovate facilities is borne out of the current administration’s “devotion to produce excellent healthcare leaders and supportive learning environments”, adding that health is the focal point of governor Benedict Ayade.
    It will be recalled that towards the beginning of processes for the 2015 general elections in 2014, the schools of nursing and midwifery were closed down for unknown reasons with allegations that the state government was planning their sale alongside general hospitals in the state.
    Earlier, the Chairman of the state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Ojong Ofut, pointed out issues affecting nurses.
    Ojong stressed the need for the review of the law establishing only two schools of nursing and midwifery in the state.
    Ojong also called for the upward review of the nurses’ salary which he fingered as the main reason behind the exodus of nurses from state owned hospitals to federal hospitals.
    Speaking further, Ojong also called for the payment of the balance of the 30 percent CONHESS salary scale to nurses.
    He charged the government to continuously update facilities at nursing and midwifery schools and also pointed at sponsoring of nurses for specialist programs to ensure quality healthcare delivery among others.
    From CrossRiverWatch 

  • Cross River Government To Ensure Accreditation Of Nursing And Midwifery Schools Before Year End

    The Cross River government says it has met the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for the accreditation of its schools of nursing and midwifery before the end of the year.
    The Health Commissioner Inyang Asibong stated this while inspecting facilities at one of the institutions in Calabar where she averred that the readiness of the facilities required is a “demonstration of courage” in the face of lean resources accruing to the state.
    Asibong also noted that the decision to renovate facilities is borne out of the current administration’s “devotion to produce excellent healthcare leaders and supportive learning environments”, adding that health is the focal point of governor Benedict Ayade.
    It will be recalled that towards the beginning of processes for the 2015 general elections in 2014, the schools of nursing and midwifery were closed down for unknown reasons with allegations that the state government was planning their sale alongside general hospitals in the state.
    Earlier, the Chairman of the state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Ojong Ofut, pointed out issues affecting nurses.
    Ojong stressed the need for the review of the law establishing only two schools of nursing and midwifery in the state.
    Ojong also called for the upward review of the nurses’ salary which he fingered as the main reason behind the exodus of nurses from state owned hospitals to federal hospitals.
    Speaking further, Ojong also called for the payment of the balance of the 30 percent CONHESS salary scale to nurses.
    He charged the government to continuously update facilities at nursing and midwifery schools and also pointed at sponsoring of nurses for specialist programs to ensure quality healthcare delivery among others.
    From CrossRiverWatch 

  • Cross River State Takes Lassa Fever Campaign To 1500 Rural Communities

    Cross River State Government says it has commenced sensitization campaign to educate and inform the public as part of measures to prevent the spread of Lassa fever in the state.

    The sensitization campaign will go round to at least 1,500 communities in all the eighteen local government areas of Cross River.

    Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Community and Primary Health, Dr Betta Edu disclosed this while speaking with Newsmen on the preventive measures put in place by the government to educate the rural communities.

    Dr Edu said aside the enlightenment campaign on the signs, symptoms and mode of transmission of the Virus, the government of Cross River state has also distributed drugs to all the 1,013 community health centers across the state.

    The Special Adviser who says Cross River State as a foremost tourism destination in Nigeria and West Africa sub region, the State government under the leadership of Senator Ben Ayade has put all the necessary mechanism in place to prevent the disease.

    She urged the members of the public to promote good community and personal hygiene by keeping their environment clean, covering their foods and other consumable items as well as washing their hands regularly with soap and water.

    ‎”We have commenced community to community campaign as part of the preventive measures on our part as a government and his excellency the governor is at the driver’s seat in ensuring that Cross River State is Lassa fever-free.

    “We are grateful to God that we have not had any case of Lassa fever in Cross River State so far, we are aware of the outbreak in some states in Nigeria, however Cross River state has taken proactive steps to ensure that there is no out break of the disease in the state.

    “Part of the approach we have taken as a state is the massive campaign we have rolled out and this will cover at least 1500 communities across the 18 local government areas of the State.

    “Also it will interest you to know that the governor has approved the disbursement of Lassa Fever Drugs ‎to all the 1,013 community health centers in the state, so we are prepared and we are on top of the situation.

    “The health team in the State led by the Commissioner for Health and other stakeholders in the health sector are working round the clock in ensuring that ‎we carry everybody along in our preventive measures approach especially in the rural communities where my office is directly involved.” she said.

    Curled from CrossRiverWatch

  • Cross River State Takes Lassa Fever Campaign To 1500 Rural Communities

    Cross River State Government says it has commenced sensitization campaign to educate and inform the public as part of measures to prevent the spread of Lassa fever in the state.

    The sensitization campaign will go round to at least 1,500 communities in all the eighteen local government areas of Cross River.

    Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Community and Primary Health, Dr Betta Edu disclosed this while speaking with Newsmen on the preventive measures put in place by the government to educate the rural communities.

    Dr Edu said aside the enlightenment campaign on the signs, symptoms and mode of transmission of the Virus, the government of Cross River state has also distributed drugs to all the 1,013 community health centers across the state.

    The Special Adviser who says Cross River State as a foremost tourism destination in Nigeria and West Africa sub region, the State government under the leadership of Senator Ben Ayade has put all the necessary mechanism in place to prevent the disease.

    She urged the members of the public to promote good community and personal hygiene by keeping their environment clean, covering their foods and other consumable items as well as washing their hands regularly with soap and water.

    ‎”We have commenced community to community campaign as part of the preventive measures on our part as a government and his excellency the governor is at the driver’s seat in ensuring that Cross River State is Lassa fever-free.

    “We are grateful to God that we have not had any case of Lassa fever in Cross River State so far, we are aware of the outbreak in some states in Nigeria, however Cross River state has taken proactive steps to ensure that there is no out break of the disease in the state.

    “Part of the approach we have taken as a state is the massive campaign we have rolled out and this will cover at least 1500 communities across the 18 local government areas of the State.

    “Also it will interest you to know that the governor has approved the disbursement of Lassa Fever Drugs ‎to all the 1,013 community health centers in the state, so we are prepared and we are on top of the situation.

    “The health team in the State led by the Commissioner for Health and other stakeholders in the health sector are working round the clock in ensuring that ‎we carry everybody along in our preventive measures approach especially in the rural communities where my office is directly involved.” she said.

    Curled from CrossRiverWatch

  • Video: All you have to know and how to prevent yourself from the deadly Lassa Fever

    The full steps on how to prevent Lassa fever is this video, but first thing you need to know is that Lassa Fever is real. Don’t try to doubt it, for most people have been doubting inadvertently that the disease doesn’t exist. 

    Just like Ebola virus, Lassa fever has no cure and harbours similar symptoms. You can also contract the fever same way like the Ebola virus. And the good news is that, it can be prevented if reported in time. 
    Don’t try to hide any familiar symptoms as been shown in the video and always try to fumigate your environment to eradicate any rodents activities around your household and work place.
    Watch Video Below… 
     
    Please endeavor to share this to help others, thanks.