Febrile Convulsion
A febrile convulsion is a type of fit that can happen if your child’s temperature gets too high very quickly. They usually happen to children between birth and 5 years old. ItRead More…
Typhoid Fever
Typhoid fever is an infectious disease spread by eating or drinking contaminated foods and water. Typhoid fever diagnosis has been abused in Nigeria, as many resistant malaria are automatically labelled as typhoidRead More…
Ebola
For information on Ebola, please click for the factsheet here
Lassa Fever
Lassa fever is a disease caused by a virus that lives in the body of certain bush rats. These rats live in the bush around the house, they come into the housesRead More…
Malaria
Malaria is caused by small parasites injected into the blood during mosquito bites. When the mosquito carrying the malaria parasite bites someone, it injects the saliva where the malaria parasite lives intoRead More…
Zika
Zika is an illness caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, it has been present in Nigeria for many years and it does not pose any danger to everybody. However, Zika hasRead More…
Smoking
Smoking here refers to cigarette smoking. Smoking other hard drugs is not considered here. Cigarette contain about 330 active chemicals including arsenic, hydrogen sulphide, acids, and lead used in paints. Irrespective ofRead More…
Physical Inactivity
Staying at home and doing nothing with engaging in some form of physical activity has a direct connection with high BP, obesity, depression, heart disease and diabetes. Physical activity is simply movingRead More…
Alcohol
Alcohol consumption is a common under-reported health problem in every society. Due to the stigma of chronic abuse, people addicted to alcohol prefers to deny the problem even when they recognise theyRead More…
Obesity
Body Mass index if the relationship of the body’s weight to the height of the individual measured in kg/Square metre. The normal BMI is between 19 to 25kg/sq. metre. BMI over 25Read More…