Doctors have urged hospitals around the world to reconsider the type of fluids used to treat children gravely ill with sepsis. In a new study, researchers from Imperial College London found saline fluids commonly used to help stabilise critically ill children may trigger the blood to become more acidic, and lead to organ failure. The team, who published their work in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, urge hospitals across the UK – and the world – to consider swapping saline fluids for a different type of so-called buffered solution that helps prevent the blood becoming too acidic. Although the research studied data…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Econet and Yara launch “Generation Africa”, a partnership initiative bringing the dynamism of youth entrepreneurship to Africa’s agri-food sector, with its $100,000 GoGettaz entrepreneurship competition The Pan-African telecommunications, media and technology group, Econet (www.Econetwireless.com), and global crop nutrition leader, Yara International ASA, today launch “Generation Africa”, a partnership initiative to inspire young African entrepreneurs to join the agri-food sector for its viable business opportunities. Generation Africa will reach thousands of young people through its “GoGettaz” competition, which will award US$100,000 in prize money to two exceptional business ventures in the agri-food sector. The partnership initiative will support a cohort of…
The Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), at the weekend undertook its first surgery to remove brain tumor using a machine that drills the skull bone to gain access to the tumor. “It is the first Trans-labyrinthine approach to a posterior fossa tumor. We used the C-Arm machine to drill the skull bone so as to see what is behind even while facing the front of the head. “In the past, we had to open the brain which was always risky and led to deaths because the brain is delicate,’’ Dr Origoya Peter Binitie, the lead neurosurgeon in the operation, said…
An 82-year-old woman was among 43 victims of Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF), operated upon by medics of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), during a 2-weeks medical outreach in Mangu, Plateau State. VVF is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder (vesica) and the vagina which allows the continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault. Vaginal fistulas can be upsetting and embarrassing because they leak and cause bad smells. The most common cause of VVF is usually an injury to the bladder at the time of birth. “The 82-year-old woman had lived with the uncontrollable urine leakage for…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 06, 2019/ — APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, will award one African journalist transport, accommodation and daily allowance to attend the African Development Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings (www.AfDB.org) which will take place in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 11th to 14th June, 2019. The Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank is an annual rendezvous for leaders from across Africa and around the world to discuss the state of the African economy against the background of leading issues and developments in the global system.…
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6, 2019/ — This year’s Africa Shared Value Summit (www.AfricaSharedValueSummit.com) will bring business changemakers and thought leaders together in Nairobi on 23-24 May 2019. Speakers drawn from across the African continent make for an exciting programme, featuring tracks focusing on Africa’s most important industries: agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, the environment and health care. “Shared Value is the next major evolution of business thinking that will drive productivity and competitive advantage in the global economy,” noted Mark Kramer and Prof. Michael Porter in one of their foundationalHarvard Business Review articles on Shared Value. The Summit will see acclaimed Harvard…
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 2, 2019/ — Senior Nigerian government officials and key investors have endorsed the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative, describing it as a pathway to Africa’s agricultural revolution. SAPZs are designed to concentrate agro-processing activities within areas of high agricultural potential in order to increase productivity and competitiveness. The initiative will provide millions of youth and rural men and women with employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Speaking at an investment forum held Tuesday at the Bank’s office in Abuja, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said the country was eager to…
A Professor of Nuclear Radiation and Medical Physics with the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Prof. Adeseye Arogunjo has stated that radiation that emanate from power lines, home wiring, airport and military radar, sub stations, transformers, computers, cell phones and domestic appliances are major causes of leukemia, brain tumors, miscarriages, chronic fatigue, headaches, cataracts, stress, nausea, sleep disturbance and other health and dermatological problems. He stated this while making a presentation titled: “Nuclear Radiation Paradox and Phobia: Public Health Nexus in a phlegmatic populace” at the 106th Inaugural lecture of the University, Tuesday. According to Arogunjo, “non-thermal low intensity…
A Consultant Ophthalmologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), College of Medicine of University of Lagos, Prof. Adeola Onakoya on Wednesday called on government at all levels to establish Vision Care Centres in rural areas to bring sub-specialist care to the unreached areas. According to her, there is no presence of Ophthalmologists and Optometrists in rural areas, as majority are skewed to urban centres. “Ophthalmologist population ratio is 1:350,000 but skewed to urban centres. If their only focus is in the urban centres, how then will the rural people gain access to quality and affordable care? “How will a…
Over 200 million women around the world who want to prevent pregnancy are unable to access contraception, the UN said on Wednesday. According to the State of World Population report from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), in spite of increases in the number of women using modern contraceptives, reproductive rights are still out of reach for many women. The report noted significant gains made in women’s reproductive rights since UNFPA began its work 50 years ago. However, highlights that millions of women across the world still face economic, social and institutional barriers when it comes to their health. In 51…