Tag Archives: Health Emergency

Good Health is Underrated

Good health

If you have ever had a challenge with your health or your loved one has, then you’ll probably agree with the clause ‘Good health is underrated’ and you clearly recognise the value of perfect health.  In recent weeks, HEI had received numerous phone calls from different people about the need for financial assistance for medical […]

Health Emergency: No Respecter of Age

Health Emergency

Health emergency is no respecter of anyone. Anaemia is becoming increasingly prevalent in Nigeria and this is because of the country’s deprecating economy.  Anaemia which can be specifically called iron deficiency anaemia remains one of the most severe and important nutritional deficiencies in the world today. Reports have shown that anaemia contributes to mortality and […]

IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Accident warrant emergency response and the absence of effective emergency response can lead to loss of lives as with the case of the three children of the Julius family who died as a result of fire accident. In as much as no one prays or wants accident to occur we cannot live in denial of […]

Malnutrition is a Major Cause of High Morbidity Among the Pediatric Age Group in Nigeria.

Malnutrition, to simply put, is the lack of basic nutrients needed to stay healthy and it is most predominant among the pediatric age. The inability to access the nutritional requirements of a child’s development, -either as a result of poverty or ignorance on the part of the caregivers- increases such a child’s susceptibility to life-threatening […]