Category: Nigeria Health Care

Improve your understanding of the Covid-19 vaccine differences - simplified.

If you want to build a career path in Public health, start early. There are many sub-specialties in public health that are fundamental to health and wellbeing. Each sub-specialty is as challenging as

Despite the preventive measures, people with SCA can fall seriously ill. It is important to note that illness can start from age 4-6 months when levels of the natural foetal haemoglobin, which preven

Haemoglobin is a protein of different chains whose chemical structure is controlled by our genes. Haemoglobin C (Hb C) is one of the most common structural haemoglobin variants in the human populatio

But the Covid-19 experience of each individual can also share some common aspects: Stigma, Fear of survival, or isolation. Everyone has their experience or narrative and there are several inspiraing s

Before now, a cure for the condition has been mostly elusive. For some years now, the only established cure for SCA has been stem cell transplant - that is, a transplant of "healthy stem cells from

Have you wondered how much Vitamin D you should take during Covid-19? Guest Article by Dr Ngozi Onuoha Background It is now three months since the World Health Organization declared a global Coronavir

In this open and frank video, Dr Helen explains what Depression is in Pidgin English, using simple but common examples to show that Depression could happen to anyone, anytime.

Rape is facilitated by structural and systemic issues that shape our cultural environment. They are unfair and disproportionately skew power relations in our society. If we all take action now, we can

It is different for people with the trait/ carriers, that is AS, who have kids together. So, each parent could pass a copy of the abnormal HbS gene to any of their children or a normal gene.