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Poor response has been recorded at the conclusion of a four day immunisation programme in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Health Educator and Social Mobilisation Officer of the locality, Lilian Oyetayo says the government should always engage community leaders for rural immunisation campaigns. Oyetayo said this in Bwari , while speaking on the 2018 December Polio Outbreak Response, being organised between December 15 and 18. She said that the input of the community process would particularly promote the inclusive participation of all stakeholders. Oyetayo, however, decried poor level of compliance and participation by the residents of Tudun-Rugan community in the polio response activity, which had somewhat frustrated the efforts of health officials to effectively carry out anti-polio immunisation in the neighbourhood. The Chief Imam of Sabongari Central Mosque in Bwari, Ibrahim Yusuf said that it  ignorance is the residents of the community t...

Dr Arikawe Adeolu, a medical doctor, Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, has advised the public to always observe the colour of their stool to determine their health status. Adeolu gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, a change in colour, shape, size, consistency and frequency of stool can indicate possible health conditions. Adeolu also said that the normal colour of stool should be brown; adding that professional medical assistance should also be sought if the colour changed and remained consistent more than two days. He said that since the colour, shape, size, consistency and frequency of an individual’s stool gave a lot of background information about underlying health conditions in the body, it should not be ignored. Adeolu said that the pigment present in bile was the reason the stool maintained its brown colour as the pigment mixes with the stool when they come in contact. He said that if for any reason this pigment failed to mix with the sto...

The Young Innovators of Nigeria, YIN, on Tuesday said efforts were on to launch a hardware laboratory in the Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory,FCT), to strengthen start-ups ecosystem.  The Chief Executive Officer of YIN, Andrew Abu, made the announcement in Abuja that the launch of the laboratory is part of the group’s project for the year.  According to Abu, the hardware laboratory will provide the platform for young innovators a place to test-run their products. “For us as a country to develop our start-ups ecosystem and  build entrepreneurship, we must put in place laboratories for innovators to verify their products. “This is why the Young Innovators of Nigeria are working to establish a hardware laboratory in the FCT by May. “Every effort is in place, we are waiting for our hardware equipment to arrive while we are also going to meet with our development partners to ensure their commitments,” Abu said. Abu said that the lack of mainten...