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NTS advocates better resources, support for individuals with asthma

NTS advocates better resources, support for individuals with asthma
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Travails of asthmatic patients staying afloat as inhaler supply dwindl

Before the surge, Ventolin inhalers were N2,500 to N3,000 and now it’s about N10,000. For Seretide diskus, it went from N8,000 to about N50,000. ....

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Experts demand strong action against soot, illegal refineries

If the government will develop the will power to step on toes in order to stop the illegal refineries and mining activities in the region, many lives would have been saved. There is no refinery in the Niger Delta that may cause the soot if not the illegal refineries. ....

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Nigerian Thoracic Society position regarding the soot pollution in Port Harcourt

The adverse health effects of exposure to air pollution are of global concern and rank highest among environmental health risks.Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of death and the development of many diseases ranging from cancer, lung diseases, heart diseases and diabetes. It greatly affects children, adolescents, adults and the elderly, particularly those with pre-existing disease conditions.It causes premature death,upending the growth and prosperity of a nation. ....

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Halting tuberculosis' dangerous march

Anambra detected over 8,000 cases in 2022 from an estimated 13,000 persons believed to be infected in the state. ....

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