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WHO recommends the following package of interventions for the prevention and treatment of malaria in children:

use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs); in areas with highly seasonal transmission of the Sahel sub-region of Africa ie Northern Nigeria where the rainy season is shorter (approx 4 months), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for children aged between 3 and 59 months;

in areas of moderate-to-high transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, intermittent preventive therapy for infants (IPTi), except in areas where WHO recommends administration of SMC;prompt diagnosis and effective treatment of malaria infections. This refers to most of Southern Nigeria. Intermittent ie 'start and stop' prevention is better than long term continuous treatment.

Now this advice is given for areas with high risk of malaria transmission like nigeria. The best approach is bite prevention. As for actual drugs and doses speak to a specialist, it is unethical to prescribe without a proper consultation and documentation of allergies, counselling on side effects and review of risk factors. Many antimalarials don't have paediatric formulations so it is easy to give a child an overdose hence the need for professional advice. Don't give your child medication because your neighbours says it works for his child.

If you take your child to the village during the holidays etc where you have no environmental control it is a good idea to give preventative treatment. Most people however fumigate and use mosquito nets in their usual residence which is good practice.


Your child will definitely get malaria at some stage, the above measures are designed to help the child develop a natural immunity. Malaria is the biggest killer of children under the age of 5 in Africa so don't be complacent. The risk of dying from malaria is reduced after the age of 5 though it still remains a threat.

Hope this helps

prettyjo:
I read this from beginning to the end.its a pity indeed.Rip to her.
but
I will blame the doctors and especially the husband.

why didn't the husband take her to another hospital immediately he realized the kind of services they offered

Please be considerate, don't make things worse than they already are for the husband as he is mourning his loss.

Eko hospital is a good hospital besides you can't just put someone who is unconscious or very sick in a car and drive to another hospital.

People like Balarabe Musa are responsible for the rot of yesteryears that has continued through to today.

He does not deserve to have an opinion in Nigerian politics and frankly few want to listen so please shut up.

I wish we had a Nigerian Jerry Rawlings

RIP to the dead.

Please take responsibility for your own destiny, if the driver is speeding tell him to slow down.
The number of people who sit in the back while their drivers drive like lunatics is amazing!

I second the above opinion, trying to save money by avoiding a paediatrician is a foolhardy exercise in this matter.

Have you thought of the consequences of giving an inappropriate drug from non specialist advice or if the diagnosis was not actually malaria?

A child being raised in Africa needs prompt treatment of malaria not prevention. No drugs are actually licensed for use in children because no pharmaceutical country wants to be sued in the future.

Ask yourself how long are you going to give a child prevention treatment for? till they are 5?
A growing child does not need chemicals or drugs in their system for long periods of time unless absolutely necessary.

Discuss this matter with a specialist and start off with bite prevention measures such as mosquito nets, fumigation etc

I am sorry to hear of your loss.

In nigeria i am afraid to say it is 'common' for women to die in pregnancy, we are in the top 5 for maternal and perinatal deaths in the world. Worse than some so called less developed african countries.

Indeed it is a sad story, there is evidence of medical negligence in the way the hospital did not attend to a pregnant woman in a timely fashion who was obviously in distress. She should have been admitted to a high risk pregnancy unit and the consultant obstetrician on duty should have attended to her immediately. She should have had a doppler scan of the legs performed to rule out an embolus. Emergency radiology cover should have been available to perform any scans deemed necessary. The 'Oga is not on seat' mentality should not be applied to hospitals
Unfortunately Nigerian hospitals are not really set up to provide 24 hour round the clock consultant led care, the public simply can not afford it for a start and there are not enough consultants or specialists to provide this service. So we have to cope with what is available. That is why many go abroad to have their babies.
It sounds to me like the Lady had a thromboembolic episode which lead to a pulmonary embolus and cardiorespiratory arrest from the history given but alas i was not there so i do not know for sure. It is also possible she might have been given a painkiller which suppressed her breathing but any good hospital should be able to remedy this situation with oxygen and the the right drugs to reverse the effects.

The hospital doctors should have had a meeting with the family to explain events and note their concerns. Maybe there would have been closure especially if the death was sudden and unavoidable as sometimes the family may not understand the situation fully. Good communication skills always helps defuse tension in situations like this. If the family is still aggrieved they should request an audience with the management and senior doctors. Unfortunately we don't really have the ethic of accountability ingrained in us as Nigerians.

However, my prayers are with the family and i hope they learn to cope with their loss and console themselves with the arrival of the new born child

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Christ!


Try, at least, to be grammatical. Singular subject-singular verb s.hit.

Secondly, be consistent.

I woke on the wrong side of the bed. Excuse my 'rants'.[/quote]Bros, take it easy lol. We can't all be judged by your high standards we are a heterogenous mix of people from all walks of life

Ants following the Sugar trail..

If Boko haram won the elections they would have also dumped PDP and APC and joined Boko haram.

The spate of defections just shows politicians are only after their own pocket.

We need someone to clean out the aegean stables.

Whatever their beef is they are still fighting for their own pockets and selfish interests.

Lol, I think we should report him to the EFCC and fidelity bank so they know what he has been up to

You have just provided ammunition for the devil to scam others in another forum elsewhere

Igban:
Yeah right, dumbass.

Only if your god can also stop the next bomb from going off in Borno.<--- Best insult of the day! Prize awaits in heaven

LOL, Keep insulting me and wasting your mb if it makes you feel better, it is still a valid request.

Bluetooth2:
He wants Buhari to fail by increasing VAT so Nigerians can insult his government. Oga Jona, why didn't you increase VAT in 2010 ?

Hasn't the Otuoeke express left Aso rock yet?

GMB can indeed increase taxes but only for politicians, their income and allowances can be taxed at 90% so we can rake some of their loot back into the national coffers

WHY SHOULD THEY INCREASE TAX WHEN THEY CAN'T SPEND THE CURRENT REVENUE WISELY AND WITHOUT CORRUPTION?
NO TO ANY TAX INCREASES TILL THEY DEMONSTRATE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION!

April fool was last week, please!

Time for responsible people to give advice, not charlatans, the clueless and pretenders to the crown

Igban:
O my Lord, when I saw Biu in the title, I thought it was Benson Idahosa University in Benin. But since na Bornu, I don't give a damn!

I'm sure the highly overrated general will come rescue them.

Dear God please give this prodigal soul double sense, an air of moral responsibility, a guarded mouth and a conscience..

I will not be surprised if he was taken to the Barracks and promptly killed by the soldiers who wondered why the crowd hadn't killed him themselves..

Pack mentality..the same people will rise up and kill an innocent in a blink of an eye

I thought they said it was GMB supporting them?
He has won now and they are still active so what have GMBs detractors got to say about the matter?

May be he hasnt called them to tell them he has won the elections, you know there are no functioning masts in the North East.
GMB can send FFK or Doyin Okupe, they are both looking for work I hear

Smartestelvis:
pardon me if i sound rude but if as a medical doc n a hepalo...whatever u couldn't understand those liver functions result then a crowbar is about as efficient as u doc..u shouldn't write off wot u can't comprehend thereby making someone sound odd,hope u havent got a clinic yet?

You have been caught out and you come here and question my professional competence?
I don't need to prove myself to people like you, you have a meeting with God very soon.
You are just a fraudster and you will do well to stay away from this forum before we decide to contact fidelity bank and inform them of your dishonest activities.
According to the results you supplied there's nothing wrong with your liver just your brain and your conscience.

I have an established clinic and see liver patients twice a week, if I ever see anyone like you in my clinic I will call the police.

I will be watching you henceforth.

feeding his neighbours without feeding his household?

I thought charity begins at home?

what is the Ijaw word for clueless please?

Ezedon:
I'm very scared of this, now we have a president without certificate

And you believed that crap?
So if you can't find your secondary school results that means you didn't go to secondary school?
What else did PDP tell you that you believed?

I am of no political inclination (all parties are the same) but I didn't believe that one bit.

irunoobo:
[size=14pt]SEEMS THE IGBOS WANT TO COVER UP ALL EVIDENCES OF PDP RIGGING
IN THE SOUTH YEAST THE FEAR OF BUHARI IS THE BEGINNING OF BURNING EVIDENCES. VERY HATEFUL TRIBE THAT REFUSE TO FORGET THE PAST AND EMBRACE CHANGE [/size]

Tribalistic rhetoric is not welcome and is a sign of poor reasoning and moral backwardness, you have lost the chance to make an otherwise meaningful contribution to this post.

People do have a right to vote as they please as well so respect their wishes even if they did not vote for you.

Regarding your tribalistic ranting, it is the language of people like you that killed millions in Rwanda..Mend your ways.

Rhetoric : language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere or intellectually vacuous.

Man mus wack people..
When APC needed most of you where were you?
PDP or APC membership cards are not ATM cards o!!!

Anyways there must always be healthy opposition otherwise APC will just become like PDP, impunity, corruption etc albeit to another level

Everywhere will soon burn

GEJ's room in Aso rock will burn
Central bank budget monitoring office will burn
NNPC revenue collection department will burn
Nigerian customs revenue collection office will burn
PHCN revenue collection unit will burn
Debt Management office will burn
You name it, it will burn

Haba! Do they think we are stup.id

mbulela:
I very much have an idea on those.
The truth is that there is a limit to how much harm the Senate president can do from his position.
It all depends on the president. If he insists on an atmosphere of "no business as usual", such persons will still make money from their clandestine activities but it will be greatly reduced.
In my view, a bad saraki will be more dangerous as a state governor than a senate president.

I agree with you on that, he won't have direct control of any large budgets that he can divert to his own pockets. He has enough money as it is anyway but it is never enough so he will still be looking to cream the top off lucrative contracts.

Hmm, some people have already collected advanced payment for rigged results. INEC is spoiling market o!

pafestula:
Happy Easter to you all Nairalanders, please I need your mature and candid advise on this issue.

I want to go straight to the point here, last year July 2014, a friend of mine visited me in my house one Saturday afternoon, we were drinking together when his phone rang, a lady he scheduled for a date called him that she was waiting for him at First Bank side, then he rushed his drinks and pleaded I followed him to pick this lady, he also stressed further that he wouldn't like the lady to know his house, am married but my wife and kids resides in another country, but my so called friend is still single, so I complied...

I drove him and we picked the lady with my car to an hotel he has already arranged before coming to me, to cut the long story short, the lady refused entering hotel room with him, based on the fact they just met bla bla bla.

I later dropped both of them in their respective home and drove back to mine house around 8:45pm, when it was around 10pm, the lady called me and thanked me and asked about my welfare, she collected my phone number when she came down from my car in the presence of my friend, later saw her whatsapp message also.

This lady developed serious feelings towards me within a week, telling me she expected my friend to link us together the day we met, that his failure to do so made her deny entering hotel with him as she saw me first time and admired me so much, I told my friend all I got from this lady in a matured way and showed him the chats, he smiled and gave me full support to date her, but I declined as am married and she is NEVER my taste.

Ever since then, she has been calling, sending romantic texts, even sending airtime and always like to do more, etc, which i do reject, she always try to visit me or I should visit her, on Thursday my family arrived back home for Easter, last night I was with my wife in bed when I grabbed my iPad replying messages and my wife was right beside me, I opened her own whatsapp message and saw about 7 explicit nude pics she sent without my consent, my wife read our conversation and discovered am indeed innocent, but she is kind of moody.

I called the lady this morning and fought with her on phone due to her action, please how can I make my wife happy? and what do you guys think is making my wife Moody? my friend is also on NL reading this now. I called him and explained things to him.

The lady in question is a Nurse and 28 years old.

My friend, the solution is simple, block her from whatsapp and delete all her messages.
You should also inform her of the fact you are blocking her before you do and also remind her that you do not wish to let her or anyone else ruin your marriage.

This is of course valid only if you are really interested in getting rid of the unwanted attention.

mbulela:
Some of this arguments are befuddled.
How much influence does the Senate president have on the economy?

Befuddled? You obviously have no idea on how the senate select committees on oil and gas, power, education and agriculture etc sit on all the contracts and demand backhanders before certain large and lucrative contracts are awarded.
Who do you think presides over all these activities.

There are certain individuals behind the scenes who have become billionaires by sitting on the right committees.

This is an excerpt from an article I have just read given below:

In January of 2012, a presidential committee on public service reform discovered that top government officials in Nigeria take home N1.126 trillion a year in salaries and allowances – out of a national budget of N4.6 trillion. These public officers constitute just 0.013 per cent of Nigeria’s population. They include 108 senators who each make over $1.7m a year. That alone is $183.4 million (N28 billion). Then the 360 members of the House of Representatives each takes home over $1.2 million, which amounts to $432 million (N65bn). Again, each state governor collects an average of N200 million naira a month just as security vote. In a year, they each get N2.4 billion naira. So, our 36 governors take home N87 billion naira on security votes alone every year. Add our 38 ministers and ministers of state, 100 plus heads of federal and state agencies, over 432 state commissioners, 774 local government area chairmen or caretakers, almost 10,000 councilors and you will understand where the N1.126 trillion goes.

Link http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/04/if-jonathan-had-wanted-be-statesman-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo

1. Does democracy really cost this much in Nigeria?
2. If the politicians are paid much more than a lot of politicians in western countries, how does this benefit us?
3. One argument has been good salaries and allowances reduce corruption, so has corruption been reduced?
4. Does it make sense so spend so much on so few?
5. Will politicians accept a pay cut in the economic downturn?
6. Should every sector not expect similar western standard salaries to 'reduce' corruption especially the police?

I have so many questions but I throw this open to the floor for debate.

Well, I'm not impressed.

So after Chad, Niger, mercenaries and Cameroun do the hardcore fighting the Nigerian soldiers do the mop up operations and come to dance skelewu and shoki?

Please maintain your professionalism, You're a professional army not a dance troupe and you shouldn't be bragging about victory over untrained insurgents with rusty dane guns, Nigerian army issued AK47s and APCs which you are now burning. We bought that equipment with Nigerian money and you're donating them to boko Haram at the first shout of 'allahu akbar'.

We don't blame you we blame your leaders and the president for allowing this mess.

We are watching..

Sycophants and opportunists..
Following the sugar trail like ants

Bros, the care looks very clean but you for try valet the engine compartment too now, makes a potential buyer wonder how meticulously the car was maintained when the owner can't be bothered to clean the engine bay before advertising for sale.

It looks like the vehicle was driven across the sahara and through the niger river to get to Nigeria.

No offence intended..

Strictly speaking none of your business unless there is a physical threat to your mums wellbeing.

You might want to take the delicate matter up with your Dad in a sensitive way rather than go blurting out to your mum, after all he should be given a chance to make things right and you don't want to be seen as the enemy by either of them

Who knows your mum might already be aware or even reluctantly approve of his infidelity, this will only add to her embarrassment..