Health
FG urges states to boost climate change resilience
The Federal Government has called on state governments to enhance their capacity to respond promptly to floods and other climate-related disasters.
Mr Chris Ngwodo, Director-General of the Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience, made this appeal at the Youth Pre-Conference of Nigeria Health Watch’s Future of Health Conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ngwodo emphasised that capacity deficits at the state level must be addressed, with the Federal Government providing support.
He advocated for proactive and reactive measures, including evacuating flood-prone areas and investing in climate-resilient infrastructure.
“The government will provide alerts and forecasts on heavy rainfall and changing patterns that may trigger flooding.
“Climate change severely impacts Nigeria, with rising sea levels in the south causing flooding and drought and desertification in the north,” he said.
Ngwodo encouraged youth involvement by familiarising themselves with national policies and legislation addressing climate issues.
Dr Omokhudu Idogho of the Society for Family Health noted that climate mitigation and adaptation yield significant health benefits, outweighing costs.
He emphasised climate change’s social, health, and economic implications and its status as a children’s rights emergency.
Nigeria Health Watch’s Managing Director, Mrs Vivianne lhekweazu, highlighted climate change’s devastating impact on community health across Africa.
She stressed the importance of involving young people in the conversation, leveraging their powerful voices to drive change.
Nigeria Health Watch’s Managing Director, Mrs Viviaane Ihekweazı, highlighted climate change’s devastating impact on community health across Africa.
She stressed the importance of involving young people in the conversation, leveraging their powerful voices to drive change.
According to her, the rising temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and increasing natural disasters are exacerbating health vulnerabilities.
These, she said were through the spread of infectious diseases, food and water insecurity, or strain on the already fragile health systems.
She, however, said that the youth conference was to bring young people into the conversation because they would be disproportionately impacted by its effects.
“Young people have a very powerful voice that is not constrained by finances and those voices have to be used because other countries have used youth voices to lead to change.
“People are creating apps to track changing weather patterns. How are we using that to inform policy,” she asked.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria Health Watch is a not-for-profit health communication and advocacy organisation that seeks to advocate for better health for Nigerians.
NAN
Health
My Herbal Medicines Are Well Accepted Across The Globe, Prof Amodu Reveals
By David Maxwell
One of Nigeria’s leading voices in the support and propagation of herbal medicine, Professor Benjamin Amodu has revealed that his herbal medicines are widely accepted across the globe.
He made this revelation while speaking to our reporter at his laboratory in Abuja.
Amodu, known for his herbal cure for serveral communicable and non-communicable diseases like malaria, asthma, diabetes, enlarged heart, various cancers, chronic kidney disease even into the end stage, has boldly revealed that his herbal products enjoy a huge acceptance across the globe.
“Our medications are well accepted, both at home here in Nigeria and abroad too.
“This is because we’ve been sending our medicines not only to countries within the African continent, but also countries in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, America and even Oceania.
“We usually send our herbal medicines to Ghana, Cameroon, Egypt, South Africa and many other African countries, and even to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Kingdom, USA, France, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Canada and virtually everywhere around the world without any issues.
“We have been sending them to these places via DHL and we haven’t had any issues whatsoever.”
Amodu also spoke of the wide acceptance his his herbal medicines have been enjoying at home here in Nigeria.
He said, “even though we may not have had the support anymore expects from the government, but the Nigerian people are not waiting for the government to tell them to either accept our medications or not.
“Since many patients we have treated with our products and get cured of the ailments keep talking about and announcing for others to know, we haven’t had a short supply of patients who either come to us themselves or through family members and other caregivers.
“So if the USA, UK, Canada and all these other countries can accept our treatment, plus those at home here in Nigeria, then I can confidently say that my products are well recognized and accepted across the world.”
Having spent about four decades researching into Traditional, Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, TCAM, with scores of papers published in reputable health journals and peer reviewed, Amodu, a professor of phytomedicine from the Triune Biblical University, USA, is no doubt a leading advocate for alternative medicine.
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