WHAT IS LASSA FEVER? Lassa fever is an animal-borne acute viral illness, discovered in 1969 in Lassa town, Nigeria. It is endemic in parts of West Africa including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Nigeria; however, other neighboring countries are also at risk, as the animal vector for the Lassa virus,
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WORLD DIABETES DAY, 2019
Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease but people with diabetes can live long, healthy lives with good diabetes management. This includes managing not only blood glucose (glycaemia) but also risk factors for complications such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. These can be managed with a healthy diet, regular
ABOUT BREAST CANCER
What Is Breast Cancer? Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. There are different kinds of breast cancer. The kind of breast cancer depends on which cells in the breast turn into cancer. Breast cancer can spread outside the breast through blood vessels
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October
The Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease. There are about 1.38 million new cases and 458 000 deaths from breast cancer each year
TOGETHER WE CAN RESTORE MORE SIGHTS
10/10/19 World Vision Day, 2019 VISION 2020: The Right to Sight was launched by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1999, as a global initiative that aims to eliminate avoidable blindness and its causes by the year 2020. And the World Sight Day was also initiated as an annual day of
WORLD SIGHT DAY, 2019
ABOUT WORLD SIGHT DAY World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment, and is held on the second Thursday in October each year. Established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000, World Sight Day is the main advocacy event for raising
DAY 5 – THE STORY SO FAR
Today, 27th of September, 2019 makes it the 5th day we have been at the General Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria, carrying series of free medical check-ups, eye screening exercises and surgeries of various forms to benefit those in need of medical assistance. The interventions, which began on Monday, in
WE NEED YOU, TO HELP THEM.
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “The one who relieves the distress caused by a worldly grief of a believer, Allah will relieve him of one of the distresses of the Day of Judgement”. (Muslim) Last month we commenced on our annual medical outreach, where we reach out to
TOGETHER WE ARE TOUCHING LIVES
TOGETHER WE ARE TOUCHING LIVES Kwara State Government Appoints Prof. Wale Sulaiman, a Member of the Advisory Council of Sakinah Medical Outreach as Special Adviser We congratulate Prof. Wale Sulaiman on his appointment as the Special Adviser on Health Matters to the Kwara State Government. Prof. Sulaiman is a renowned
A PROMISE KEPT
A Promise Made is A Promise Kept Our promises to serve the needy will never cease. Since 2009, Sakinah Medical Outreach has provided free healthcare services to the less privileged and in 10 years, over 1000 individuals have benefited from our various medical intervention programmes. Our vision is to make