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NAWOJ recommends regular medical checkups for women

By Oluwadamilola Akinduro

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Women have been charged to embark on regular medical checkups in order to live healthy life and long enough to reap the fruits of their labour.

Giving the charge were speakers at a sensitisation programme organised by Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Ondo State chapter.

Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Adebummi Osadahun,  charged women to take their health as a matter of priority and should always remember their place in the society, noting  the slogan of No Woman, No Nation has been changed to No Woman , No Generation.

Osadahun explained that ageing in women is not a disease but a natural phenomenon which is bound to happen to every woman as she advised against over thinking to avoid increase in blood pressure.

The State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Prince Leke Adegbite   urged women  not to over care for their job but to also  create time for themselves because they are the actives of the society.

In a goodwill message, DSC Yomi  Faboyo-Agbede from the office of Non Anti-Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration of the NSCDC advised on the need to change the Psychiatric hospital name to Health Care Institution so that it could further address people more in women health mental issues.

Representative of the State Police Commissioner, Bukola Fadimoye urged participants to further educate women in their various fields of endeavours because depression does not only on women but also on the children.

Also, the representative of the State Commandant of NSCDC, CDC Olubummi  Olakanse charged NAWOJ to take the programme as an annual project or could be organised on a quarterly period and to be taken to the grassroots.

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A resource person,   Mr Oluyomi Daniels, the National Sales Manager of Sam Pharmaceutical Limited  spoke on Peptic Ulcer and the use of antacid

Daniels said treatment of Peptic ulcer can be tackled by reversing the causative agents among which he mentioned stomach Acid, use of Nonsteriodal Anti-inflammatory drug NSAID and H pylori as well as the use of medications like Proton Pump inhibitors (PPI).NAWOJ Ondo State Acting Chairperson, Comrade Tola Gbadamosi said women should create time for enough rest and chilling out once a while as done by the men. She also urged women to avoid unnecessary physical, emotional and psychological stress which could aggravate their blood pressure.

“Women should create time to cater for their health and particularly when they are ageing so as to have enough strength to meet the challenges ahead of them and sustain their homes,” she added.

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