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West African giant  country of Nigeria will start manufacturing vaccines soon while adhering to required global standards. “With regards to the establishment of the World Health Organization’s global benchmarking and adoption of international best practices, we want to get to maturity level three so that Nigeria can manufacture its vaccines,” said by the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye. “We are upgrading the agency’s laboratories to international standards using equipment that are compliant to ISO 17025. NAFDAC laboratories are changing very rapidly with improvements in new equipment and supplies,” she added. Adeyeye noted that Nigeria aims to manufacture 70% of pharmaceuticals locally to cut down dependence on imports. She said the NAFDAC is a leader in Africa “in terms of ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines can be tracked and traced to the patients and also monitoring of adverse long reactions”. ” This is...

  Some of the centres were shut after the country recorded a decline in cases.  However, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, with warning that there might be a second wave of the pandemic in the country. Speaking at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday, Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, said he had directed health workers to be on alert. “We are seeing the increase in the number of confirmed covid19 cases in the last few days, which we have frequently alluded to in recent times. This rightly suggests that we may just be on the verge of a second wave of this pandemic. Last week, we recorded 1843 against 1,235 two weeks before that and 1,126 the week before that,” he said. “In the past 24 hours, 474 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded, with an indication that this week’s figure will beat last week’s. As at today, we have crossed 70,000 mark with a total of 70,669 confirmed cases of which 65,242 have been treated and discharged. S...

​ By Akinbode Damilola, Health Educator & Researcher. The urinary tract comprises the bladder, kidneys, ureters (the duct through which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder) and urethra (the tube from the bladder through which urine is removed from the body). The urinary tract plays a crucial role in maintaining your health as it helps your body absorb the amount of water it needs and remove toxins through urine.  However, at times, the urinary system may not function properly due to conditions like Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) and stones. And what is the primary reason for these problems? Not drinking enough water! Yes, when you are not drinking sufficient amounts of water, your body cannot flush out toxins, chemicals and bacteria through the urine, which in turn leads to various disorders of the urinary system including: 1) Urinary Tract Infection (UTI): UTIs is a very common problem, especially among women, UTIs occur when bacteria grows in the urinary tract. Charac...