Society for Family Health (SFH), a non-governmental organization (NGO, has donated 32 Olympus microscopes with accessories to Akwa Ibom State government to support effective case management, diagnosis and treatment of malaria in the state.
The Global Fund Malaria Programme coordinator, Society for Family Heath, South-South, Pastor Ben Ofu.....

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January 24, 2013, 6:14 pm | 0 Comment(s)

We believe the world has a historic opportunity to ensure that life-saving new technologies to prevent cervical cancer reach women and girls around the world without delay, because:
We are aware that cervical cancer, a disease caused by infection with some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), affects half a million women globally ever.....

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January 24, 2013, 6:13 pm | 0 Comment(s)

The satisfaction of any
reasonable health
practitioner in maternal and child care is to see to the safe arrival of the new born and the mother.
National Clinical Service protocol for Obstertric and Neonatal Care has addressed the role of uterotonics such as oxytocin and ergomnetine particularly in the management of labour,.....

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January 17, 2013, 7:07 pm | 0 Comment(s)

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The satisfaction of any reasonable health practitioner in maternal and child care is to see to the safe arrival of the new born and the mother.
National Clinical Service protocol for Obstertric and Neonatal Care has addressed the role of uterotonics such as oxytocin and ergomnetine particularly in the managemen.....

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January 13, 2013, 5:28 pm | 0 Comment(s)

Infertility is a very unfortunate situation for young couples. It is true there are some young couples who do not achieve pregnancy in the early part of their marriages.
The possible causes are both the female causes or even the male causes or it may be the problem from both of them. In some cases, you don’t find any problem whatsoever. .....

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December 20, 2012, 6:33 pm | 0 Comment(s)

A four-week intensive training programme to sharpen the skills/strengthen capacities of nurses/midwives serving as on-the-job providers in government health facilities has ended in Uyo with a call on participants to offer quality family planning contraceptive technology to clients.
The training programme which was jointly organized by Uni.....

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October 12, 2012, 7:06 am | 203 Comment(s)

The state government has enlisted the support of everyone in the fight to eradicate sickle cell anaemia from Akwa Ibom State.
The commissioner for health, Dr Bassey Antai, called for the support recently while flagging – off the sickle cell screening/awareness campaign held at the conference room of the Ministry of Health.
Dr A.....

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October 12, 2012, 7:05 am | 102 Comment(s)

Regulating agencies have been tasked to check and curtail the nuisance of incessant advertisement of herbal products which has been traced to the increased rate of kidney impairment, liver failure and cardiac arrests witnessed in the state in recent times.
The commissioner for health, Dr Bassey Antai, stated this when the newly inaugurate.....

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October 12, 2012, 7:05 am | 144 Comment(s)

The Akwa Ibom State Chapter ofthe National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has called on members of herbal medicine practitioners to adhere strictly to the ethics of the profession as presented by the constitution of the body and the governing rules set by Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health.
The call was m.....

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October 8, 2012, 6:49 am | 103 Comment(s)

Mother’s milk is the best source of nutrition for a nursing baby. After all, breast milk is high in nutritional contents and is the most pure form of foods out there. Not to forget the fact that it’s coupled with loads of love that creates a special bonding between the mother and the child.
As such, it’s very natural for nursing mothers to .....

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October 8, 2012, 6:48 am | 79 Comment(s)