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Cancer Control Advocate| Researcher| @commschols Awardee |MSc @MyBCU | ED @projectpinkblue |Alum @StateIVLP | @uicc YL Awardee | Curator #WikiAbuja #ChokeCancer
Sep 10, 2020 29 tweets 14 min read
It is a shame that Niger Delta, a region that produces the greatest economic resources for Nigeria, does not have a single functional CANCER Radiotherapy Treatment machine for her 40million people.
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Call on Govs & Pres. to save cancers patients
Pls RT. Radiotherapy is one of the major treatment options in cancer management, according to the @WHO
52% of cancer patients should receive radiotherapy at least once during the treatment of their cancer.
#ChokeCancer
Apr 23, 2020 56 tweets 10 min read
As we are testing for #COVID19 in Nigeria, we also need to urgently begin finding indigenous-led scientific therapy or vaccine to protect our people. This virus is spreading fast.
It's almost a month when Prof. Maurice Iwuh, said he has Drug that can fight #Covid_19
Thread: In my estimation, there is nothing wrong with a vaccine trial in human. In fact, trials are beneficial to all, whether White, Black, Africans, Europeans, Asia etc.
Without Vaccine trial in human, we may not know potency and efficacy. #VaccinesWork #COVID19
Apr 21, 2020 18 tweets 6 min read
People living underlying conditions such as Cancer, Asthma, COPD, Hepatitis, Diabetes, Sickle cell, HIV/AIDs, etc are at higher risk of catching or dying from #COVID19

Please if you know any living any of these illnesses, encourage them to take extra precaution
Please RT.
Thanks Abuja- Monday, April 20, 2020. The new respiratory illness referred to as coronavirus disease 2019 and abbreviated as “COVID-19” has changed life as we know it for the foreseeable future. COVID-19 affects the lungs and airways;
Apr 6, 2020 34 tweets 17 min read
#COVID19 is here to teach us a lesson; I hope we learn. Nigeria’s healthcare is unhealthy.But instead of fixing it, our rulers have been busy flying up & down abroad.
If we survive COVID-19, we need a law to restrict all public officials from seeking medical care abroad.
#Thread With #COVID19, reality is upon us. No more running overseas for medical vacation. Our rulers cannot travel to the United Kingdom, United States of America or India anymore for medical care. These countries are also hanging on their last breath, battling to survive the pandemic.
Apr 4, 2020 22 tweets 8 min read
Dr Aniru Conteh, an expert in treatment & research in LASSA FEVER, got the virus when he received a needle injury while drawing blood from a pregnant patient.

This day 04/04/04, we lost this hero who spent 25yrs in saving thousands of lives from LASSA FEVER.
#LassaFever #COVID19 Conteh spent his professional career working with people with Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to West Africa. Lassa fever was first brought to the attention of the public in 1969 during an outbreak in Nigeria.
Dec 7, 2019 59 tweets 141 min read
Tips on Applying for Commonwealth Shared Scholarship 2020
My personal guide on how to write exceptional dev. impact essays
Commonwealth Scholarship is for those committed to achieving sustainable development in their home countries
Thread #RuncieChidebe
DDL:18/12/20 CC @DrJoeAbah @DrJoeAbah @ChidiOdinkalu @conumah @MrFixNigeria @HamzyCODE @aproko_doctor @DrZobo @segalink @donlaz4u @AishaYesufu @Nedunaija DISCLAIMER: Please note that this article is my personal opinion and insights on how I wrote the development impact essay and got the scholarship. It is essentially a guide from me and does NOT represent the opinion of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
Nov 20, 2019 31 tweets 95 min read
Hospitals can go to hell. Cancer was defeated: Poor #BreastCancer Patient & Herbalist.

I felt an unearthly pain as knife cut through me, I heard myself scream, twisted & stretched, I saw a coffin & was told I died

Pls RT

cc @projectpinkblue @DrJoeAbah @Fmohnigeria
#ChokeCancer @projectpinkblue @DrJoeAbah @Fmohnigeria @segalink @AishaYesufu @MrFixNigeria @ChidiOdinkalu @HenshawKate @Realomosexy @aproko_doctor @DrZobo @BBCAfrica @PRESIDO_GLORIA This is a compelling story of a young Nigerian Mum who was unemployed and was diagnosed with #BreastCancer, she could not afford cancer treatment & connected to a Herbalist in Jos. Please & please, READ, Retweet and Share. Thousands of lives could be saved. #ChokeCancer
Aug 28, 2019 26 tweets 82 min read
Nigerians women diagnosed with HER2+ #breastcancer to receive FREE CANCER DRUGS from ARETTA.
HerceptinSC costs N300k /course & N5.5m for 18courses will be given FREE to woman with EARLY HER2+ BREAST CANCER
Tnx to Prof @folopade
Pls RT @DrJoeAbah @segalink @Omojuwa
#ChokeCancer @folopade @DrJoeAbah @segalink @Omojuwa @HamzyCODE @seunonigbinde @ChidiOdinkalu @HenshawKate @Andrew007Uk @ProfOsinbajo @DrZobo @aproko_doctor @emeka_nwagboso @conumah Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death in Nigeria, with an estimated 26,310 new cases and 11,564 deaths in 2018 said @IARCWHO #ChokeCancer
Dec 28, 2018 36 tweets 7 min read
You will never understand how deplorable Nigeria’s Healthcare is until you have a close relation down with an illness.
It can take 3months for one single diagnosis & we would blame patients for presenting late.
No! It’s the system! We’ve lost hugely to our poor healthcare. We can never have a prosperous country with this kind of healthcare system. A system where EMERGENCY 🚨 does not mean anything to anyone in the system. Patients had wait for over 3months to get as simple as Colonoscopy Done. You come today, they said no. It must be on THURSDAYS.