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Dr Chris Agboghoroma, Chief Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, National Hospital, Abuja, has attributed maternal mortality rate in the country to dearth of human resources for healthcare and delivery at home. Agboghoroma told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja that no fewer than 60 per cent pregnant women give birth at home without the supervision of health personnel. The consultant was reacting to the ranking of Nigeria as 11th position in newborn deaths globally by the United Nations Children Fund. While flaying the ranking, the expert identified unsupervised delivery as a contributing factor to the high maternal mortality rate. According to him, a situation where many women in this country still give birth at home unsupervised is a licence to disaster. He specifically noted that 60 per cent women in some states in the country deliver themselves at home, describing the situation as mostly responsible for the rate. Agboworoma emphasised that such pra...

Hello BUMSites FELLOW MEDICAL STUDENTS This is to draw your attention to the registration for BUMSA membership currently going on for both fresh and returning students. You are highly advised to register as soon as possible to gain access to the following services available to only *REGISTERED BUMSA MEMBERS* GENERAL RECOGNITION : Only REGISTERED BUMSA MEMBERS will be recognized and helped where necessary by faculty of clinical sciences and other faculties and by fellow  BUMSA MEMBERS in general. GOING TO EXCURSIONS : going for medical excursions from place to place will require someone to be a REGISTERED BUMSA MEMBERS  lack of which may lead to disqualification. ID CARD : only REGISTERED BUMSA MEMBER will be granted the opportunity to hold the BUMSA MEMBERSHIP ID CARD to be available shortly to those who pay for it ( 500 naira). This is because all the required information to be used for your ID CARD will be taken from the information you have uploaded while ...

Each year, seven in 10 deaths globally are from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mostly from tobacco and alcohol use, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. WHO said while launching the Independent Global High-level Commission on NCDs that bold and innovative solutions were now on the table to accelerate the prevention and control of deadly NCDs. The UN health agency said such non-communicable were heart and lung disease, cancers and diabetes. Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay and co-chair of new WHO high-profile panel said: “NCDs are the world’s leading avoidable killers. “But the world is not doing enough to prevent and control them. We have to ask ourselves if we want to condemn future generations to dying too young and living lives of ill health and lost opportunity. “The answer clearly is ‘no’. But there is so much we can do to safeguard and care for people. “This is from protecting everyone from tobacco, harmful use of alcohol,...

Prof. Sani Alhassan, Provost College of Health Science (CHS) organize a maiden Provost Cup Football Competition in honour of his Office and the college at large to also gets the students participate actively in the “College of Health Science Foundation Day” celebrated every year ever since it was. The Participants includes all the faculties in the college each as a group. The five faculties include Clinical Science, Dentistry, Allied Health Science, Basic Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science. For the smooth running of the competition, fixtures were agreed upon to be played during weekends(Sat. & Sun.) Unlike the popular knockout or group stage system, this time around its in a ‘League format’, thus the overall winner is He who gathers the highest points. Kick off is from 17th of February 2018 by 4pm. Each day, 2 games are to be played both at sport complex  BUK oldsite(NUGA) i.e Fifa standard pitch and the other is the sandy pitch. Get Ready as the drum is abou...

What are bacteriophages and how do they work? Bacteriophages are small viruses that are natural killers that target specific bacteria. Unlike antibiotics, they are found in abundance in nature, such as in our body, soil, rivers, ponds and oceans, and in sewage. Being an inexpensive natural resource and safe for humans, as evident by their numerous and benign presence in the environment, phages offer immense potential as an alternative when antibiotics are rendered ineffective due to bacterial resistance. They can be easily isolated by using simple microbiological techniques. It typically takes one to two days of incubation for phages to appear (seen as clear zones on the bacterial lawn of the petri dishes) if the collected sample has phages present in them. The isolated phages are then grown to high numbers in a lab and any impurities are removed. They can be stored under refrigerated conditions and for long-term use, under sub-zero temperatures. Phage preparations are given to pat...

Decide to be a Hero Today!!! This is a call for all SCOPHeroes and intending SCOPHeroes to join us again to  re- position Nigeria Medical Students Association, Standing Committee On Public Health In this times when every other Standing Committee is fast realizing that SCOPH is the committee of  intersection in the struggle for contributing our quota as Student Doctors towards Better Health for the  cherished public we serve,  I  enjoin all lovers of Public Health Promotion to join the Team of Heros by tapping on the link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/3wLHX7Lb1KQHSiiFsZ0skc All LO for SCOPH for the past year are besieged to also indicate so that together we will materialize our promising plans for the year…It promises to be a really awesome experience Join SCOPH! Become a Hero! Orange Hugs 🍊🍊🍊