Motunrayo Joel

Nigeria deputy editor/health researcher

Fact-checking 5 claims about Nigeria’s ‘second cervical cancer wave’

Africa’s most populous nation is experiencing an increase in cervical cancer cases because of the Covid-19 pandemic, said a prominent oncologist. We examined some of her claims.

health

hormones

pineapple

Mixture of pineapple peels, lemon, ginger, cabbage won’t treat hormonal imbalance

A post on the Nigeria-based Facebook page “The Professor” claims a mixture of pineapple peels, lemon, ginger and cabbage is a “treatment” for hormonal imbalance.

It describes how to prepare and take the mixture, ending with: “NOT FOR ULCER PATIENTS, PREGNANT WOMEN AND NURSING MOTHERS AT THE…

Did WHO kick Nigeria out of the Covax Covid-19 vaccine programme? Not quite...

It was widely reported that Nigeria would take 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021.

Faisal Schaib, executive director of the country’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said the doses would be delivered in the first phase of the World…

high blood pressure

cure

fake cures

No, lemon, ginger and garlic won’t cure high blood pressure

“Natural solution for high blood pressure,” reads the headline of a Facebook post shared in Nigeria.

The post claims lemon, ginger and garlic steeped in hot water and drunk twice daily is a remedy for high blood pressure.

“You can add natural honey to taste (optional). Drink this mixture at…

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