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News TV AIT Live About Contact Top Up Enter amount Enter your phone number without country code Email address to send receipt Subscribe For Newsletter Stop Playing Politics With Polio Eradication – Expert Urges Government

chairman, expert review committee, professor Oyewale Tomori wants government to match words with action and stop playing politics with the lives of citizens in the quest to permanently eradicate the polio virus in Nigeria.

Oyewale stated this at the end of the 35th meeting of the committee in Abuja.

He said insecurity is still a major challenge, leading to inaccessibility which remains a significant risk to eradication efforts.

The executive director, national primary healthcare development agency, Faisal Shuaib says about nine point eight billion naira has been released to support the response, but more in terms of commitment is needed.

Nigeria that was almost near certification was thrown into anxiety with the detection of four new cases of wild polio virus in 2016 in some local government area in Borno state.

Cross River Appeals For Media Support For Its Health Insurance Scheme

The Cross River State government has called for the support of the media and civil society organizations in it’s efforts  to make quality health care available through it’s health insurance scheme tagged “Ayade Care”.

The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Rosemary Archibong made the call during a sensitization workshop for the media and civil society on the Ayade Care project in Calabar.

She said the state government is interested in providing qualitative health care for all categories of people living in the state irrespective of their states of origin, hence the need for every one to buy into the insurance scheme with a token contribution of a thousand naira monthly.

Special adviser to the Governor on insurance matters, Godwin Iyala , said increased awareness of the benefits of the insurance coverage is key and called for support from  both the media and the civil society organizations.

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Care Givers Advocate Healthcare For Children With Down Syndrome

Caregivers of children with Down syndrome want the Nigerian government to make education a priority for them.

The caregivers made the plea, as they gathered to mark the 2018 world down syndrome day.

It is a thing of joy when a woman is delivered of a baby boy, but what happens when the baby is diagnosed with a health condition?

Devastating is the word Katherine Nwakolo used to describe her case, when she had her baby 10 years ago.

For many parents, the condition means the child is not a complete being who must be kept inside the house at all times. For this reason they believe they must not spend their resource on educating such children.

The founder of OLG foundation which caters for children with special needs says the best way to manage them is to prioritise easy medical intervention and make education mandatory.

While calling for more funding from government to meet the needs of the children, the care givers want society to stop stigmatsizating the victims

Down syndrome occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21 referred to as trisomy 21, which means that the individual has 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46.




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