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AFRO-NETS> Dateline Health Nigeria No. 09. March 14, 2000
Dateline Health Nigeria No. 09. March 14, 2000
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* Quit smoking and win N1 million
* Quack Doctor gets N50,000 fine for manslaughter
* Ondo launches free Health Programme
* Nigeria loses 720 million man-hours to Malaria
1. QUIT SMOKING AND WIN N1 MILLION
The Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) in collaboration with the Federal
Ministry of Health has announced the commencement of this year's
"Quit and Win 2000 competition" � a smoking cessation campaign for
adults described as a cost effective strategy for motivating a wide
group of people to stop smoking permanently. Addressing newsmen in
Lagos, the NHF President Prof. Oladipo Akinkugbe, said this year's
competition which Nigeria is participating in will involve 110 coun-
tries, adding that this is Nigeria's second outing, the first being
in 1998 when his Foundation coordinated it nationally. Source: This
Day, Friday February 25, 2000, p. 27 By Ndubuisi Franeis. Key words:
Foundation. smoking
2. QUACK DOCTOR GETS N50,000 FINE FOR MANSLAUGHTER
A quack medical doctor charged with manslaughter was recently con-
victed and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment or a fine of N50,000
by an Ibadan High Court. The convict, Ahmed Olayiwola (33) was ar-
raigned in 1994, for causing the death of 16-year old girl, Bukky
Odukoya through the procurement of illegal abortion on her. The con-
viction climaxed to a six-year trial before Justice Moshood Adio. In
his ruling, Justice Adio said "based on the evidence before me, I
hold that the accused performed an abortion on the deceased which re-
sulted in her death. The prosecution has proved its case. The accused
is therefore found guilty as charged and I convict him accordingly.
Source The Guardian on Saturday, February 26, 2000, p.4 By Iyabo So-
tunde. Key words: Quackery. Illegal abortion. Manslaughter
3. ONDO LAUNCHES FREE HEALTH PROGRAMME
Eleven months into its tenure, the Ondo State Government yesterday
launched its Free Health Scheme with an assurance that the physical
and mental health of residents would be boosted within the year. Gov-
ernor Adebayo Adefarati said at the Akure City Hall that the scheme
would involve free provision of prescribed drugs. Accordingly, about
N15 million (approx. U.S. $150,000) is being voted for immediate pur-
chase of drugs out of the N100 million (approx. U.S. $1.00 million)
projected for that purpose in the budget. The scheme will also in-
volve the use of medical teams on wheels to take health services to
state's residents' doorsteps. Source: The Guardian, Tuesday, February
22, 2000 p. 7. Key words: Free health scheme
4. NIGERIA LOSES 720 MILLION MAN-HOURS TO MALARIA
The Minister of Health, Dr. Tim Menakaya, has said that Nigeria loses
720 million man-hours to malaria. The Minister, who was speaking at
the opening of a three-day consensus building meeting on the Roll-
Rock Malaria (RBM) Programme also said that 10 million children under
age of five were affected by the deadly disease yearly. Menakaya said
that the socio-economic impact of malaria devastated the labour force
and depleted the meagre household income. The minister who attributed
high rate of childhood mortality to malaria said that 10 per cent of
maternal deaths in the country were due to malaria. Source: The Punch
Wednesday, February 23, 2000, p. 4. Key words: Malaria
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