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Bridgegate Medical Center - Abuja, Nigeria

American University Health Care has been selected as the lead organizational and strategic planning consultant. Led by General David Young, M.D., the AUHC team is guiding the planning and development of the new healthcare delivery organization. (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 -...

Pfizer Says Nigeria Gave Approval for 1996 Drug Test

US drug giant Pfizer Thursday said it had got the go-ahead from Nigerian authorities before administering a drug that claimed the lives of 11 children in the northern Kano state in 1996. "We have written approvals from NAFDAC (Nigeria's drug agency), the federal ministry of health, Kano go...

Cholera In Nigeria Kills 80

At least 80 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. Health officials say nearly 2,000 others are affected.// Cholera is an infectious disease that spreads through drinking contaminated water. The state government has sent medical teams to deal with t...

MoU for HIV/AIDS Signed by Nigeria and Clinton Foundation

The Nigerian government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Clinton Foundation of United States on Monday to allow the supply of affordable//, high- quality drugs as well as diagnostics for HIV/AIDS treatment and care. The MoU was signed at the Presidential Villa with Nigeri...

Meningitis Outbreak in Nigeria Claims Five Lives

Cerebra Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has claimed five lives after an outbreak in the Sabon-Birni area of the Sokoto State. // A parallel outbreak of measles has also been reported, though there have been no loss of lives. The five dead persons were among the fourteen who were reported to be sufferi...

Chicken Farmers In Northern Nigeria Face Huge Losses

Bird flu has caused huge losses to chicken farmers in northern states of Nigeria.A senior Nigerian official said on Friday, that the farmers in the northern state of Kaduna have lost at least 65 million naira (about 500,000 U.S. // dollars) to the outbreak of bird flu since the deadly virus of H5N1...

Bird flu in Nigeria spreads its wings to southern states

Information Minister Frank Nweke has said in a statement that a pathogenic form of bird flu has spread to three new states//, and one among them is Nigeria’s southern most state. Idemili, the southern state of Anambra, Oturpo in the central state of Benue and Port Harcourt in Rivers state h...

Concern Expressed Over Poor Quality Bird Flu Vaccine Used in Nigeria

Commericail poultry farmers are going for vaccination of their stock against bird flu, but use of inferior quality vaccination is fraught with great risks, experts warn. Nigeria to date has officially banned the use of vaccines to tackle H5N1.Through culling, quarantine, disinfecting and sur...

US Offers Specialized Equipment To Fight Bird Flu In Nigeria

The United States has supplied the latest equipment and supplies worth $356 500 To Nigeria in an effort to help the African country battle bird flu. // The US embassy in Nigeria said that this equipment includes sprayers, rubber boots, GPS units, first aid kits, gloves and disinfecting brushes. ...

Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu In Nigeria

The Nigerian Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in Kakara village in the northern state of Kano on Thursday//. Timothy Obi, leader of the Avian Influenza task force team of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), has told reporte...

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Nigeria in Medical Technology

amfAR Announces Funding for HIV Services and Research Aimed at Men Who Have Sex With Men in Developing Countries

...at the Center for the Right to Health in Abuja, Nigeria. "The MSM Initiative provides important resources to help us expand our work to empower MSM in nigeria and ensure that education, condoms, and treatment are available to all." Data on HIV rates among MSM in developing countries are sparse but a rece...

Research Identifies Need for Improved Understanding of Sickle Cell Disease in Adulthood

...to assess the safety and efficacy of hydroxyurea in unique African settings is needed to facilitate the introduction and utilization of hydroxyurea in nigeria and other parts of Africa. -- Cognitive function impaired among sickle cell patients; transfusion trial needed to assess how to mitigate brain dam...

FDA Advises Manufacturers to Test Glycerin for Possible Contamination

...ed glycerin in acetaminophen syrup. Between 1990 and 1998, similar incidents of DEG poisoning reportedly occurred in Argentina, Bangladesh, India, and nigeria and resulted in hundreds of deaths. In 1937, more than 100 people died in the United States after ingesting DEG-contaminated Elixir Sulfanilamide, a d...

Nigeria in Medical Dictionary

Trachoma

...a is the leading infectious cause of ... The Carter Center's Trachoma Control Program aids people in Ghana, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, Sudan, and nigeria in trachoma control and trachoma prevention. Trachoma — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment and prevention of th...

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Endemic

...lippine endemic , adult and juvenile) Scientific name - Tanygnathus lucionensis ... Only 4 polio- endemic countries remain – Afghanistan, India, nigeria and Pakistan ... been interrupted in the 4 remaining endemic countries, the risk to the rest of ... Kangaroos are endemic to Australia. ... Th...

Nigeria in Biological News

IAEA helps recover stray radioactive sources in Nigeria

At the request of the Nigerian government, the IAEA deployed a team of nuclear safety experts to secure and transport several potentially hazardous radioactive sources in the country. Staff from the Agencys Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology department (NEFW) traveled to several different loc...

Researchers team up to provide new hope for childhood hunger

...A scientists, teams will field-test improved cassava varieties in Kenya and nigeria during the next five years. Through the efforts of the Danforth Center and ...ring in-country studies. Test and validate improved cassava varieties in nigeria and Kenya in limited, controlled trials. Long Term Goals: beyond 10...

Avian flu threat: New approach needed

...an flu virus, H5N1, has spread across most of Asia and Europe and parts of Africa. In some countries including Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, nigeria and Egypt the disease has become endemic. Although 245 deaths have been reported since 2003 there has, as yet, been no human pandemic. But somewhere,...

Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops

...ding that "mitigation of many negative side-effects is not possible" once the damage is done. A recent study shows a large wetland in arid northern nigeria yielded an economic benefit in fish, firewood, cattle grazing lands and natural crop irrigation 30 times greater than the yield of water being diverte...

Fertility treatment in developing countries; a cycle of IVF for less than $200

...d so on. However, if the task is great, the need is even greater. According to Professor Oluwole Akande from University College Hospital in Ibadan, nigeria - who spoke at a press conference on Monday 7th July at 12.00 - infertility in developing countries raises problems beyond those known to developed na...

World's most endangered gorilla fights back

...mps of grass when threatened by people. Gorillas usually flee and rarely charge when encountered by humans. Cross River gorillas are restricted to nigeria and Cameroon. They number only around 300 individuals, making them the most endangered of the four gorilla sub-species. The Wildlife Conservation ...

Baker Institute finds increased domestic production won't make US self-sufficient in natural gas

...ercent of total U.S. natural gas consumption in 2006. The United States imports LNG from a variety of countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt, nigeria and Algeria. According to the new study, under a business-as-usual scenario, where U.S. lands are not opened up for drilling, by 2030, U.S. consume...

End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources

...tudied, forest area in percentage terms shrank fastest from 1990 to 2005 in nigeria and the Philippines, and expanded fastest in Viet Nam, Spain and China. Growing stock fell fastest in Indonesia, nigeria and the Philippines, and increased fastest in the Ukraine and Spain. I...

Corn grain mould used as pesticide

... dangerous paintbrush-shaped mould is ubiquitous. This may be one reason for the high rate of liver cancer in Africa. "Our colleagues from the IITA in nigeria recently succeeded in proving that 99 out of 100 children from Benin and Togo had aflatoxin in their blood," Professor Richard Sikora of the Bonn Inst...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...economic growth and food security. Experts and political leaders from 26 African countries are convening for the NEPAD-Fish for All Summit in Abuja, nigeria Aug. 22-25 amid warnings of a fish production crisis in Africa ?the only world region where per capita fish supplies are dropping. Analyses prepare...

Nigeria in Biological Technology

Health Care Innovations and Opportunities Attract Attendees from 40 Countries and Delegations from 12 to 6th Annual World Health Care Congress

... Kingdom , Switzerland , Sweden , South Africa , Poland , Germany , France , Czech Republic , Denmark , Canada , and nigeria . Representatives from dozens of other countries are also registered. A 12-person delegation of senior health leaders from Bangladesh will ...

Growing Interest in DNA-Based Genetic Testing Among African American with Historic Election of President Elect Barack Obama

...s are from present-day Sierra Leone. Cameroon and nigeria also run a good race as genetic homelands for many... Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia Jim Brown - nigeria Don Cheadle - Cameroon Kimberly Elise - Mali ...tt Jr. -- Sierra Leone, Liberia Judge Hatchett - nigeria Tom Joyner -- Sierra Leone Spike Lee, Niger - C...

AANS/CNS and BrainLAB Announce Winner of 2008 International Research Fellowship

...boratory setting within the United States. Applications for the 2008 fellowship were received from Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, nigeria and Turkey. The goal of the fellowship is to foster collaborative research between the U.S. and international neurosurgeons. BrainLAB funds the fell...

Chrome Group to Seek Listing for Some of its Subsidiaries

...aken ERHC to where it can stand on its own. " About Chrome Group Chrome Group is a leading multibillion dollar regional conglomerate based in Abuja, nigeria with vast interests in oil and gas, insurance, destination inspection services, bio-fuels energy production, petroleum products trading, real estate, ...

Nigeria in Biological Dictionary

Meristem

...R ... DANGOTE SUGAR REFINERY PLC: Q109 RESULTS: OUR INITIAL REACTION ... nigeria EQUITY REPORT-UPDATE ON UNILEVER nigeria PLC (MARCH 26, 2009) ... meristem ( ) n. The undifferentiated plant ...