“Compared to other regions globally, Africa saw a disproportionate number of conditions requiring donor blood, impacting as many as seven million patients every year.”
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says it has put in place mechanisms to monitor and curb the outbreak of monkeypox in Nigeria.
Yakubu Tobias, a mechanic, said he was disqualified from donating his sperm because the sperm banks preferred donors at least five feet, nine inches tall.
“We call on the kidnappers to search their conscience and see if it is right to keep in forced captivity an elder that has spent most of his life in the service of humanity.”
Ms Ezeonwumelu lamented that the majority of persons with albinism (PWA) had no access to treatment due to poverty and misconceptions about albinism.
The agency also warned the pilgrims not to take kolanuts or ground pepper to Saudi Arabia as they would be confiscated.
NCDC said Nigeria had a confirmed total cases of 31 in 12 states and the FCT from January 1 to June 5.
After the first detection of monkey pox in Germany, the number of infections recorded at the nation’s disease control body the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has risen to 113.
The agency wants consumers to always check labelling information, NAFDAC registration and as well the batch coding to ensure products are not expired.
The Ministry of Health said 635 new cases were reported from May 22 to May 25 with 2 deaths. As of May 31, Botswana has reported 30,126 cases.
