en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-01-22 Nigeria Health

No human infections of avian flu H5 reported in Taiwan: CDC
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 疾管署) reassured the public Thursday that there has been no evidence of bird-to-human transmission of avian flu in an appeal for calm, as separate strains of the virus continued to spread among ...

Experts allay fears over bird flu outbreak   The Guardian Nigeria
Bird Flu Not At Epidemic Level – FG   Leadership Newspapers
Rivers Govt Destroys Hundreds Of Birds Over Flu   Daily Times Nigeria
Nigerian Tribune
GMA News
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The Nation

Nigeria may attain polio-free status in 2017 –UNICEF
National Mirror
Nigeria will wait till 2017 before it is certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation, WHO, it was revealed yesterday. The country must, however, sustain its interruption of the wild type of the virus, Type One, it recorded on July 24, 2014, in order to attain ...

Rotary releases $8.1m to end polio in Nigeria   Nigerian Tribune
Nigeria may get clean bill on polio by 2017   The Guardian Nigeria
A New Polio Case in Pakistan and an Unsolved Epidemic   Wired
Daily Mail
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Information Nigeria

JOHESU resorts to prayers, fasting
The Guardian Nigeria
WORRIED about the deadlock in its discussions with government over its ongoing strike action, the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has resorted to intense praying and fasting to touch the hearts of government officials. A communique issue after a ...

Federal Health Workers To Jonathan: No Negotiation, No Vote   Daily Times Nigeria
Doctors' Strike: Bayelsa Records High Number Of Deaths   SaharaReporters.com
Strike continues, health workers insist   Nigerian Tribune
Premium Times
AllAfrica.com
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Liraglutide improved oxidative stress, ghrelin, heme oxygenase-1 levels in type ...
Healio
In patients with type 2 diabetes, the addition of liraglutide to a metformin regimen appears to have a positive effect on oxidative stress, plasma ghrelin and heme oxygenase-1 levels, according to recent findings. In the prospective pilot study, researchers ...

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Nzelu: Cervical cancer, icon of hope, hopefulness
The Guardian Nigeria
JANUARY is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical cancer epitomizes the cost-effectiveness of investing in preventive health care. Cervical cancer is the easiest of all cancers to prevent. Cervical screening is the best cancer screening test in the history ...

Health briefs: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015   Pensacola News Journal
Somerset County announces January as Radon Awareness Month; testing kits ...   NJ.com
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: A Personal Journey   Jennings Daily News
Patch.com
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WHO seeks urgent action against non-communicable diseases
The Guardian Nigeria
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for urgent government action to reduce the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The body said this, as a new report found that a toll of 16 million people are dying prematurely – before the ...

WHO wants Caribbean countries to take urgent action in addressing non ...   Jamaica Observer
WHO calls for urgent action to prevent 16m premature deaths per year   The News International
Non-communicable diseases kills 16 million people annually   BusinessGhana
Newsx
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Sierra Express Media

Sylvia Blyden rallies Britain & Co to back President Koroma
Sierra Express Media
Former Special Executive Assistant to President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has called on Britain and the rest of the International community to rally behind the current Government in Sierra Leone after the Ebola crisis. Dr. Sylvia Blyden, speaking as a Panelist at ...

UN reports significant drop in Ebola cases   Sin Chew Jit Poh
Signs of hope in battle against Ebola?   Toronto Star
Re-opening of schools in Sierra Leone: Another big challenge   The Patriotic Vanguard
Sierra Leone Times
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NILS, NOUN Partner to Set Up Study Centre At Nass
AllAfrica.com
The National Institute of Legislative Studies (NILS) has entered into agreement with the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to establish a special study centre at the National Assembly for the purpose of training lawmakers and their staff. Speaking at ...

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