WORLD LEPROSY DAY
Leprosy is A chronic, curable infectious disease mainly causing skin lesions and nerve damage.
Leprosy is caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. It mainly affects the skin, eyes, nose and peripheral nerves.
HOW IT SPREADS
By airborne respiratory droplets (coughs or sneezes).
Symptoms
Requires a medical diagnosis
Symptoms include light-coloured or red skin patches with reduced sensation, numbness and weakness in hands and feet.
Common Age-Related Eye Problems
Common age-related eye problems include presbyopia, glaucoma, dry eyes, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and temporal arteritis.
How does aging affect your eyes?
Age sometimes brings changes that weaken your vision and eyes, but you can
do certain things to maintain lifelong eye and overall health.
How can you help to prevent age-related eye problems?
1.See your family physician regularly to check for diseases that could cause eye problems, like diabetes
2. Visit your ophthalmologist or optometrist every year.
Our discharges today include 435 community recoveries in Lagos State and 184 community recoveries in Kaduna State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
There are several options for organizing action on quality health services in fragile, conflict-affected & vulnerable
settings, ranging from discrete quality initiatives of individual providers through to coordinated
multi-stakeholder action.
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In fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings, delivery of quality health services faces significant challenges. A ๐ guide outlines ๐ practical approaches aimed at saving lives & improving quality of care in these settings.
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Recovery from #COVID19 can continue long after a negative test. Learn about rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 in a ๐ free online course on #OpenWHO:
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It all begins with the first thought of the day. If you wish to carry forward the day with the happenings of yesterday, you make that choice and carry forward...but prepare for all that might come your way.
Each day brings new opportunities, new agendas, new decisions...
The Importance of antenatal care for pregnant women cannot be overemphasized. However the pandemic has caused some restraints on hospital visits, it is important that you still try to find a way to reach out to your healthcare provider and let them know how you feel.
@WHO
Cervical cancer develops in a woman's cervix. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. In 2018, an estimated 570 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide and about 311 000 women died from the disease.
#CervicalCancer#OladitiCares
If you test positive for hepatitis B infection, then your newborn must be given proper prevention immediately in the delivery room, clinic or bedside:
first dose (called "birth dose") of the hepatitis B vaccine
one dose of the Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG).*
ALL pregnant women should be tested for hepatitis B. Testing is especially important for women who fall into high-risk groups such as health care workers, women from ethnic communities or countries where hepatitis B is common, spouses or partners living with an infected person.
We embarked on a journey last year to bring smile upon people's faces. Majority of Nigerians are poor and cannot afford to access basic healthcare facilities. Our aim and objective is to make healthcare services available to all through Community impact projects.
Last year we were able to organize two Community health outreaches to Underserved communities in Oyo State.
We hope to achieve more this year by God's grace
Happy New Year
Cheers to a fruitful Year
2021