by flyingdoctorsnigeria | May 28, 2022 | Emergency Response, Expats, First Aid, General, Health, Medical News, Occupational Health, Occupational Health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines self-medication as the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms or the intermittent or continued use of prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease or symptoms. Self-medication is a very common...
by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Jul 12, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Aid, General, Health, Occupational Health
Asthma is a disease in which the airways narrow, swell and produce extra mucus. This makes breathing difficult and triggers coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. The World Health Organization estimates that 235 million people suffer from asthma all over the...
by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Jul 10, 2018 | General, Health, Occupational Health
Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix; the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. In 2015, the World Health Organisation explained that approximately 90% the 270,000 deaths from cervical cancer occurred in low and...
by flyingdoctorsnigeria | Jun 4, 2018 | CSR, Expats, General, Health, Occupational Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Tuberculosis (TB) a global emergency in 1993. Twenty-five years later, TB remains one of the world’s major causes of illness and death. In fact, it is currently ranked as the 9th leading cause of death worldwide. The 2017...
by flyingdoctorsnigeria | May 31, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Aid, Occupational Health, Occupational Health
Tobacco kills up to half of its users. Leading cause of death, illness and impoverishment The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 7 million people a year. More than 6 million of those deaths are the...
by flyingdoctorsnigeria | May 17, 2018 | General, Health, Occupational Health
Death happens. Unfortunately that is true. It could happen anywhere, even when you are on a trip, either alone or with your loved ones. According to the US Department of States website, available data shows that an estimated 74-80% of deaths abroad are from natural...