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Is your Suya Safe to Eat?

By Samuel Akpan and Kikiope Oluwarore Spiced and skewered meat, locally known as “Suya” is a delicacy well-loved and enjoyed in Nigeria and parts of Africa. It can be made from several meat types including beef, ram (mutton), and even …

Dead Fishes on Nigerian Shores – Expert Recommendations for Action

Last week, we published an article on Dead Fishes on Nigerian Shores – A Public Health Emergency which raised an alarm on the daily occurrences and sightings of dead fishes on the coastal states of southern Nigeria. We also provided …

Dead Fishes on Nigerian Shores – A Public Health Emergency

Contributors – Dr. Kikope Oluwarore, Dr. Samuel Akpan and Iyiola Oladunjoye Since late March 2020, residents of coastal communities on Akwa Ibom and Rivers State have been waking up daily to find dead fish and crabs on their seashore. Media …

Don’t Let Mosquitoes Breed!

Written by Idris Otun and Kikiope Oluwarore Though the world is currently battling with the novel coronavirus which has been declared a global pandemic, it is important that we do not ignore the prevalence and impact of existing infections. This is …

Climate change and its health impacts on Women and Girls

Written by Fariha Hossain and Kikiope Oluwarore Climate change has been a topic of concern since the late 1980s. As a result, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 to “prepare, based on available scientific information, …

Coronavirus case now confirmed in Egypt – The first in Africa

This article first appeared on Aljazeera Egypt has confirmed its first case of a deadly coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year and has since spread to more than two dozen countries around the world. …

Update – Lassa Fever records 41 deaths across 19 states in Nigeria

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 January 27, 2020, a total of 195 cases were confirmed …

Prevent Disease Outbreak among your Animals with these Biosecurity Measures

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 these include the globally-spreading Coronavirus, the endemic Lassa Fever in …

New Updates on the ongoing LASSA FEVER outbreak in Nigeria

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 (NCDC), as of the 24th of January 2020, 195 confirmed …

CORONAVIRUS – What you need to know about this new public health threat

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 identified as the causative virus by Chinese authorities. Since then till …

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