Scientific Name: Dermochelys coriacea Type: Marine reptile Diet: Omnivore Average life span in the wild: 30 years Size: 4-6 ft (1.3 – 1.83 m) Weight: 300 – 500kg Group name: Leatherback
The Lassa fever epidemic continues to spread across Nigeria, despite frantic efforts by the health institutions, government and non-governmental organizations to curtail this disease. As at the last update on
In the past few weeks, the media has been agog about the news of novel and existing disease outbreaks in humans and animals both globally, nationally and locally. Notable among
Since the beginning of the year, news reports have confirmed that Lassa Fever has been on the rampage yet again in Nigeria. According to the Nigerian Center for Disease Control
On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. By 7th January, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was
Antibiotics are essential resources for human and animal health today. However, with increasing abuse and misuse by both human and animal health practitioners, antibiotics resistance is occurring and has now
In a lot of countries and communities around the world, animals are still under-appreciated. A lot of people still treat animals with indifference or a complete lack of awareness, empathy
Dear ALL, it is with great pleasure that we announce the rebranding and transitioning of “MyAnimal,MyHealth” from just a Blog to a full-fledged and registered nonprofit organization called ONE HEALTH
Project #FishAndOceans is an agriculture and journalism project that investigated on ocean resource conservation, and the health and economic effects of Nigeria’s over-reliance on fish importation. The project was funded and
Project #AbattoirNigeria was a nationwide public health advocacy and media project that investigated, reported, and engaged abattoir workers and the Nigerian public on the challenging issues of unhealthy abattoirs, poor
Eat Fish? Here’s how to recognize good or bad fish at the market For many Nigerians, fish is a regular delicacy in our meals. It is considered a much healthier
